if ur rockin the stock s13 wheel or stock width wheel any bigger than a 215 is gonna look just plain dumb..baloon side wall status for sure.. stick with ur 205.. whats ur reason for goin with wider tires all the way around??

 

I dont have the stock rims on the car.
Wide tires look sick, I would like to have the wide tires in the back, not so worried in the front.

 

how wide are ur wheels?

 

While there is nothing inherently WRONG with a cantilevered sidewall, some times this trick is used when Stock class racers are not allowed to fit wider wheels. you can squeeze a 225 on a 6" wide wheel but it's not always optimum. most 225mm tires recommend a 7" wide minimum rim.. you will get a slightly rounded contact patch and it makes pressure tuning a bit more difficult. but it can be used to add grip to the front in a pinch.

remember the first number in an aspect ratio size is the section width (total width), and since we all have calculators we know 225mm is 8.8 inches. so you're going to have 1.4 inches of cantilever. once again not completely out of the question, but less then optimal.

Personally I doubt your going to see a huge advantage unless your stock class auto crossing or road racing and can't correct an under steer condition via other methods. but if you want to.. check your wheel width, 6" or bigger you can, if it's a smaller wheel then I'd try not to do it. the difference between a 205 and a 225 is just under 1/2 an inch in total section width on each side. so check your clearance between your strut and current tire if you have .5" or more of clearance you should be okay.

 

I ran 215/50/15's on stok rims one time and it looked good and performed good as well.

 

my girlfriend says my 9 inches is too big... depends on the girl.

 

Weeaaaakkkk.
Lmfao.

 

lol. i tried.

 

ahaha.
its alright dude.

 

You'd want a lot of tire up front to balance out a lot of rear tire due to power, for those that wonder why you'd want anything larger than 215's. 245/40/17's are pretty easy up front. Picking a tire to "look cool" is crap. Form follow function. That is, if it's fast, it'll look good. By the way, I'm running 225's up front and have a mile of clearance inside and out on stock fenders and coils.