Low Profile Tires on stock rims

[ScottnAshley]

Will i have any problems with low pros on my stock 4 lug 15s? Im just wondering on clearence pretty much. I know id loose a couple inches cause the normal tires are huge. Thanks in advance.

[Altiman94]

youll lose inches on the tire but gain inches in your wheel gap. Its not worth it.

[ScottnAshley]

If i put those on how many inches will i be working with under the car? Because i can go down 2 more inches on coil overs. Will it look alright?

[jdmfreak]

Dont do it. It'll look like your car was lifted.

[eliterit]

dont do it , you'll have huge fender gap

[ScottnAshley]

LoL How about falcans there thick but not to thick. Id say half a normal tire.

[DriftFactory]

Don't forget about the technical problems from this as well. Your speedo will be off, your car will ride corners differently, and you will have a noticeable loss in top end power. Overall it is a very poor idea.

[black s13]

LoL How about falcans there thick but not to thick. Id say half a normal tire.

cause every falken tire looks the same... you can get pretty much any tire in any size. the sidewall height it determined by the width of the rim, the width of the tire and the aspect ratio of the tire. if you put low profile tires on a stock wheel it will look retarded, ride poorly, and your speedometer will be off.

just think of those guys that buy an escalade, and cant afford 24's, so they just get 20's and lo-pros... it just looks stupid.

[ziggy682]

Okay, I guess I'm the only one here who doesn't care about how stupid it will look, or how much fender gap you will have. I ran a set of Falken Azenis 205/50/15's on my 240 before it had any suspension mods. Yes there was fender gap, but, other than the speedo being a little off, they worked just fine, in fact, the car handled great with that profile tire. When I lowered my car, it did sit a little too low, and would scrape pulling into steep driveways sometimes. At stock ride height, you will increase fender gap, but you will also increase your handling. Your call.

[marshun]

idunno about it increasing your handling since it'll matter how hard or soft the tire rating is.

dont even do it. just wait till you get rims or something. big time waste of money.

[jdmfreak]

Yea I highly doubt that putting low pros on the stockers would improve your handling.

[ziggy682]

Yea I highly doubt that putting low pros on the stockers would improve your handling.

Okay, I speak from experience with years of autocrossing.

Lower profile tires increase handling. The tire sidewalls are shorter, and therefore stiffer. This increases responsiveness and allows your shocks to work better, because you eliminate some of the inherent bounciness of higher sidewall tires.

How many times have you ever seen a 70 series race tire?

Rarely will you ever even see a 60 series race tire. Go to the autocrosses, look at all the 14 and 15 inch race tires that are 40-50 series, and tell me that a shorter sidewall doesn't increase handling.

Point made.

[DriftFactory]

You also have to take into account that ride quality will suffer and your shocks are designed for the size tire that is supposed to be on your car. That being as it is, improved handling is not a given. You may improve in some areas but you may pay for it in others.

[ScottnAshley]

I dunno what im gonna do. i dont care about teh profornce add or decrease i just need new tires simple as that and low pros are as cheap as cheap tires so i was thinking of gign for em.

[Chingon]

just a post of someone at team fc who autox frequently:

by icemark:I am using 11lb 15"x 6.5" wheels with 225/50-15. Just because the factory puts a 60 series on a 15 inch wheel doesn't mean you need to. and that setup is a night and day handling difference between it and a 225/45-17 on a 17x7. It is a noticeable enough difference that you would think you are driving a pickup truck vs a sports car. I sold my 16 lb 17x7 wheels within the first week of trying them because of the crappy handling. Plus the accell factor... for every extra 5 lbs per wheel (or 20 lbs of vehicle wheel rotational mass) you loose about 5 HP. The majority of racers racing a FC will use either the 205/60 or the 225/50 tires

his car looks like this:

[Chingon]

i've actually been debating this issue as well, go w/stock size or 225/50/15. Also take into consideration that sidewall height does not necessarily mean less tire roll, because some manufacturers make stiffer sidewalls than others. But generally, smaller is better.

[ScottnAshley]

lol maybe i can ask teh guy at the place to put a tire next to my othe rwitr to see teh difference. thansk for teh input man.

[ziggy682]

Thank you Chingon, I thought I was the only one on here who knew that lower profile tires usually perform better than tires with taller sidewalls.

For some reason, noone seemed to believe me.

[Chingon]

^happens all the time...

[ScottnAshley]

I got a question its not about teh tires. I got a set of aftermarket pedals. They have like these tabs on the pedal and a peice of 2 sided tape. How in the **** do these install haha. I dont see anyway of them installing with or without the rubber cover. do i bend the tabs around the back of teh pedal? if not wtf i dont get it even after doing stuff 5 times harder i dont get this lol. Thanks if someone has this answer

[SilviaS14KA24DE]

lol killed your own thread

[ScottnAshley]

i got em free lol come on!

[jdmfreak]

Yea man. You definately killed it LOL! If you post pics we might be able to help out more.

[ScottnAshley]

ok i read around it has 4 metal tabs for teh pedal so you bend them around and use double sided tap. These dont sound to safe lol.

[Chingon]

yeah....most of the ones i've seen are just "pedal covers" that replace the rubber one....In fact, I think they all are because the pedal is mandated to be one solid piece I think.

[jamie]

smaller diameter wheels will give you better acceleration but less top end speed(not power). Hopefully they weigh less too ,which will also help in acceleration. As for handling, that depends on too many things. I do know that the fastest guys at my local auto-x are not running very low profiles.