suggestions for rims

[meohmy01]

i got a 94 accord lx coupe. black. any suggestions for rims. im looking for a 17 inch rim to keep the cost down and the sidewall up. right now i have some 5 spoke 16's. i like the open look but want something bigger and less beat up so they're off to the 3 gee. anyone know how big of a rim i could go? im lowered 2.25

[HondaBoy]

u can probley go to a 19 inch but no bigger with lots of rubbing. still with 18s u can get a bit of rubbing but a nice look. im going to put either 16 or 17 inch rims on my 3gee. i like Team Loco the best, but also nippon, enkei, konig. those are my first choices. i like rims with lots of spokes. not wire ones but just a lot of spokes.

[Mike89Accordcom]

I'd do 17's or 18's at most. But I'd stick with 17's

[slammedLXI]

www.superbuytires.com


have ALOT of wheels and tires packages, very affordable. if i was in teh market for 17s id def buy from them, like 1200 for wheels tires and shipping... check em out.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Get SI rims. I can't wait to put mine on.

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by meohmy01
i got a 94 accord lx coupe. black. any suggestions for rims. im looking for a 17 inch rim to keep the cost down and the sidewall up. right now i have some 5 spoke 16's. i like the open look but want something bigger and less beat up so they're off to the 3 gee. anyone know how big of a rim i could go? im lowered 2.25

Just make sure you don't go lower than 45mm offset on 18's or 19's where 215mm tire widths are the rule. I've heard of guys running 225's on the 5th gens, but I dunno that's pushing it in my book. Try these sites in your search, just keep in mind that allot of the sites do not tell you the offsets of the rims your looking at, so you may find your heart getting set on a rim only to find you can't run it cause the offset is less than 45mm.

www.tirerack.com (good rims but kinda high$)
www.discounttiredirect.com
www.whalentire.com
www.onlinetires.com
http://store.yahoo.com/speedandstyle/
http://www.machiii.net/machiii/html/wheels.html
Make sure to check out the rota rims at machiii

[meohmy01]

i have no taste in rims so anyone with ideas of what particular rims would look good on my car.

[buzzbomber88lx]

What color is your car? I always wanted to buy Konig Glide black 17's for my 3g. My car is white by the way. black on white=cool

[meohmy01]

my car is black

[MrBen]

My car is silver. Woo we're the neutral tone boys.

[buzzbomber88lx]

black on black would look kinda funny so the Konig Glide..do they make it in silver??? I know they are pretty cool and you can buy them in a package deal from discounttiredirect for like $799 and I thin that is for 17's. I would go with konig but maybe not the glide

[meohmy01]

i really like the look of a 5 spoke with the spokes being of a decent width like the rims i have now. they look good on the car but are a little small and really beat up. im just going to paint them black and throw them on the 3 gee. i like simple rims with smooth lines. nothing too angular or anything like that. today at walmart i saw a purple mazda something or other with some awsome rims on it. i think i saw a 3 gee somewhere on this board with them.

[meohmy01]

buzz. seeing that car like that makes me sad. but i am enjoying my tail lights. and that dreadfully dirty shift boot looks good with a billet aluminum shift knob.

[meohmy01]

http://www.tirerack.com/upgrade_garage/WheelSearch.jsp?&autoMake=Honda&autoModel=Accord+EX+4cyl+Coupe&autoYear=1997

change the color to black and put on the mille miglia spider wheels. i like those a lot.

my 16's with the tires are 24 inches roughly (two of my feet which is almost a foot) and there is about a 1/4 inch gap between that and the fender. how tall is a 17 with a low profile tire?

[MrBen]

*ahem* do I hear commends for my making of his signature? :)

That site is cool.

[buzzbomber88lx]

kind of funny how there is no gas door..oh wait there isnt one anyway. for anyone wondering what I'm talking about that is the pass. side. thanks ghetto

[meohmy01]

that is a great signature. if i had pics of my car id put them on. maybe later this week ill borrow a camara from someone and take pics of both the 5th gen and the 3 gee (the 3 gee doesn't look much better than the after pic of yours)

[meohmy01]

hey look im an lx user now. how exciting. both my accords are lx's

[HondaBoy]

i realy gotta tell ya the truth. 19s would look cool on a 3gee lowered. but realy their not practical. they cost lots of money, tires get expensive, and u have many problems makeing them daily drivers. rubbing, curbs and other stuff. personally i dont wanna go over 17s. but realy i think 16s will look good on mine. although im not gonna complain about my 13s. they are baby rimz but their lite and the tires dont cost much. i do want bigger though.

[meohmy01]

i got a 5 g. with 16's already mounted. just looking for something a little less beat up. im pretty sure 17's are what im going to get. now it's all just a matter of finding ones i like. then i have to save about 2 years worth of pay to buy them.