Tires & Wheels What wheels are you rollin' around on? Discuss wrapping your rims in here.

my driving experience with 17 inch rims

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #11  
Old 03-14-2007, 09:21 PM
sir_nasty's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Montana
Posts: 6,290
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

the suspension on that car did of course make a big difference but the tires may have as well.... personally for low profile tires like that I prefer Falken Ziex for daily drivers and Falken Azenis for more aggressive driving where handling is important....
 
  #12  
Old 03-14-2007, 09:31 PM
thunder_x's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: southern california
Posts: 955
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

maybe its cause his tires are better than mine, cause they did come with the car, and its a 30k car
and my tires came with the set of rims, the brand of my tires are
Federal-Super Steel 595

yea...never heard of them either...
 
  #13  
Old 03-15-2007, 02:56 PM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location:
Posts: 67
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

ok.. it's most likely 90% suspension and 10% tires that makes the quality of the ride... i prefer 50 series over 40 series because there is less cushion...

but once again... you can not compare a brand new luxury sport suspension from the TL vs your 91 accord... even a stock suspension system upgrade will be better than the top of the line shocks/ coilovers lowering set up...

in my experiences, Falken tires are really soft and not as stiff as Nitto, Yokohama or Toyo racing tires...
 
  #14  
Old 03-15-2007, 11:02 PM
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 1,184
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

I'm ridin on 19's with Falken 225/35/19 FK-452 tires. You're right, Falken tires are really soft. They ride great and I'm glad I went with them.
 
  #15  
Old 03-16-2007, 12:41 AM
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location:
Posts: 11
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

stiff tires or not wait till/if you get coilovers
 
  #16  
Old 03-16-2007, 04:58 AM
otsb708's Avatar
Almost A Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Carpinteria, CA
Posts: 247
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

Try riding on 20's with a 225/35/20 tire..........
 
  #17  
Old 03-16-2007, 07:12 PM
thunder_x's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: southern california
Posts: 955
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

20's on an accord?
that's insane
i already complain about my car being too high, and all i have is 17's
 
  #18  
Old 03-16-2007, 08:34 PM
poser_pilot6
Unregistered
Posts: n/a
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

20s on a newer Accord is different, the newer Accord is bigger (or at least looks like it). And if you keep the overall diameter the same, it wont ride any higher.
 
  #19  
Old 03-16-2007, 08:37 PM
thunder_x's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: southern california
Posts: 955
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

no, ive seen 20's on an accord in a picture
the new accord
its like a monster truck, lol
 
  #20  
Old 03-16-2007, 09:02 PM
poser_pilot6
Unregistered
Posts: n/a
Default RE: my driving experience with 17 inch rims

Ive seen them too, pictures and once on the road. Looked pretty decent to me. Definitely not monster truck-ish lol.
 


Quick Reply: my driving experience with 17 inch rims



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:14 PM.