hi i want to know if someone had ever tried to put a 255 50 16 into a civic. the reason i want to do it is because i m building a civic turbo setup probably 500whp and i wan to run on the street a set of mickey thomson radials but i want 255 50 16 on my front end. i just asking if someone knows what kind of rim to use or spacer or if will run ok lmk guys i will appreciate the help thanks.

 

if it would fit..id get a 255/40..so it would be about the same height as a 195/55 so i know the overall height would b cleared..but the turning idk??

 

I had 195/50/15 on my civic...the car was lowered and I set it up to fit the 195's fine...I upgraded to 205-50-15 and just that small size difference made the tires tucked and I had to half way roll the fenders and lift the car about .5 inches...I don't really think it would be possible to run your size tire without having the car jacked up fairly high and you would have to roll the fenders quite a bit and also would probably have to dent the wheel well in a little...I would also be worried about hitting the metal piece attached to where the disk brakes are (I think it is called a control arm or something).

 

Well you must have that shit SLAMMED to have to roll the fenders and all. I have 205-50-15s with H&R race springs and I never hit my fenders and still have room to go. Try to find something around the equivalent to a 205-50-15 you can go a lil larger, but if you have coilovers just raise it up and run what you want! but dont plan on turning.

 

yeh i had 205 50 15 on si's that is a snugg fit on the rim but they had enough clearence in the wheel well so if i were you nothing less then 205 50 15 195 are not wide enough

 

I had 225\50\15 bfg drag radials lowered on tein s. techs, anyway they cleared with not that much room left so I doubt a 255 is gonna fit on there

 

a 255/40 will fit height wise..turnin is a different story..

 

what about a big wheel spacer or a funky offset wheel?