Thanks for the props Roger. The 225's DID rub, but some quality time with a dremel and an angle grinder last weekend solved that problem.
I'm still close on the inside by the strut too though, I think this is the largest tire we can fit inside the wheelwell with some fairly serious modification. As for this painting idea...do you mean the area between the front and rear doors? Not sure I know what "rubber strips" you're refering to, if it is the area between the doors, I actually ike mine silver.
fst4dr- I really like the falkens so far...in the dry. I'm sure it goes without saying that you need to avoid these tires if snow driving is involved, snow traction does not exist lol. In the dry though, I haven't been able to make these tires complain yet at all, I complain before they do. As an example (i think said this already) last week I took a 90 Deg. left hand turn onto my road at somewhere between 40 and 45, no complaining from the tires, just a small amount of understeer, and that could have been from the sand left on the road from the snow up here. They are noisy though, thats the only drawback I've found so far, easily solved by the stereo. Haven't had adequate wet conditions to test these in yet so I really don't know about teh wet traction. I'll be taking a road trip to Alabama in a week though, so perhaps I'll get some wet driving in...who knows.
*EDIT* Roger...just checked out the photoshop you mentioned. Might look nice with the cf hood, but on an otherwise stock silver car...I dunno.
