I am currently in the market for some new tires and wheels. Not only are my wheels rashed to hell and back from the previous owner, my tires are pretty thrashed.

I really want to throw on some wider tires. I was hoping for 245s but I think that might be too big.

My hopeful reality is 235/45/17. I was recently tipped off to a site that has crazy good prices for wheel and tire bundles. I packaged a 07 S4 bundle by accident and saw the sizes... I am super tempted.

Two questions: With my current setup, which is stock; will I be able to run 235s? Will I be able to still run these tires if I drop my ride?

 

Yes you can run that size in a wheel/tire package. That's exactly what I have right now (235-45-17 tires on 17x8 wheels), and it fits fine - no rubbing, no hitting the suspension parts when turning the wheels, no issues whatsoever. The wheels/tires do fill the width of the wells better than OEM-sized wheels/tires, but they're still inside the lip of the fender, so even with a lowered suspension, you should be fine. The main thing you want to do is to spec the offset correctly (around +35) so that the wheels aren't sticking too far out. If they do, that's what'll cause tire rub when you drop the car (or bottom out the suspension).

 

How about a link to the site so we can check it out. I need tires.

 

245 will PROBABLY rub. My 235's rub under hard braking and cornering.

 

I'm with Johnny here. I need new Wheels&Tires. Whats the link?

 

Go ahead and check out edgeracing.com, they have some amazing deals with some pretty sick wheels.

HPaddict: It looks like your car is totally dumped. What kind of drop do you have?

Upstate: Thanks! Thats exactly what I was looking for.