Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Wheels & Tires This might seem like a dumb question

God forbid you haver to use a rubber mallet on a car - that's just unheard of! Those panel-beaters/smash repairers are just barbaric! GIVE ME A BREAK!

Your opinion of what is an acceptable modification to a car is flawed due to the fact that you won't make necessary adjustments as required, then maybe you should leave the helpful suggestions to those who have done it.

If we all though like you we would all be driving stock vehicles - how exciting is that?!

Ok thanks for all the help guys. One last thing before I go ahead and buy these new rims. These rims are the rims I want to get. Go down to the gunmetal concept pro wheels. I am getting the 17" ones, I just want to make sure that these wheels will be alright on my car. Thanks!

As long as they are 42mm offset and a 4x108mm bolt pattern they should be ok. So call and find out. The only thing is make sure you get the right size tire (225/45R17), and not the ones they are selling in the package deal in the link you posted.

Captain Bart, Mine have no rubbing whatsoever. I looked very hard and found the correct offset for the wheels and no body mods were needed. BTW, 5% is very close to the factory specs for a speedo(+or- 2%). Any more than 5% and you can have computer probs as well.

You can run other tire sizes beyond 225/45/17

Most on the site run 215/45/17 because it will leave you rub free near 100% of the time.
225/45/17 will rub on cars with the pre98.5 wheel liners.

I have seen SVT's on 215/40/17 and that looks fine too. Less sidewall means greater probability of damage to your wheel if you hit sumin.

225/40/17 is a rare size but is very doable. Check Nitto tires for this size.

Its your choice...........ALL are acceptable

Thanks Andy.

The problem with departing from the OEM tires is that it seems no two Contours are made the same. Some poeple have installed for example 225/50/16 instead of the original 215/50/16 on their SVTs with no problem at all. Others had serious rubbing problems with the same tires installed on the same model/year car. The old forums were full of stories on this subject. I myself have to get rid soon of my noisy KDW tires and I really don't know what size/brand to choose. Some CEGers advice to actually put the tires on the car and see if they fit correctly. Anyway, whatever the tires one chooses to replace these KDW tires, one would never get the exact rolling diameter, and thus an error of +-2% in the speedometer is inevitable. I find that an error of 5% or more would not be without an impact on the electronics and the controls of the car.

Originally posted by 96mystiquezetec:

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Ok so if I get it recalibrated how much would that run me and can any car place help me out with it?

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Go to www.blackrobotics.com they make a yellowbox that will allow you to correct the problem if you want.There under $100. BUCKS and you can buy a cheap GPS receiver to calibrate it yourself.

I'm running 225/40/18's with no rubbing after bending very little metal and readjusting the liners up all the way.Less than a half hours work.

Yeah, those rims would look great. My rims are very similar...Axis NE-0s, except that mine aren't gunmetal. They're polished with white accents. The deep polished dip on the rims that you're looking at will look really good, especially while you're driving. As for your earlier tire discussion, you can calculate it yourself at http://www.superford.org/garage/calculators/index.php

I'm runnin 215/40/17 and they don't rub at all. My speedo is a little less than 5% off (overall rim/tire diameter of my new tires are 5% smaller than stock) according to the calculations from the above calculator.

Hope this helps

Originally posted by 96mystiquezetec:

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Ok thanks for all the help guys. One last thing before I go ahead and buy these new rims. These rims are the rims I want to get. Go down to the gunmetal concept pro wheels. I am getting the 17" ones, I just want to make sure that these wheels will be alright on my car. Thanks!

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Well, this certainly cheered me up on that link:

LOL