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I got my tires mounted onto my rims today, for some reason my 17's look really really small..I went with the 225/45/17..looks very odd, i was hoping it be like a little low profile but dammmn..heres a quick pic from my phone since I didnt have my digi with me..it just looks funny to me, or maybe it'll look different on the car..  
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I'm sure hugo would chime in, but the dsl is plugged into my computer right now  Anyway, he always say's his 17's look small because the spokes on the axis ne-o's tuck in instead of going to the complete outer edge like the RS5's or something. Maybe you are experiencing something similar?
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Looks good but you should have went with a lower profile tire.
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left: 225-40/18
right: 225-45/17 (I think)
Originally posted by NVS SVT:
Looks good but you should have went with a lower profile tire.
Disagree completely.
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Originally posted by NVS SVT:
Looks good but you should have went with a lower profile tire.
Aaron
there wouldnt have ben a major difference with the 215 or 225 except for the 10mm..I was just talking it over with tony (csvt1214) and we believe its the lip..the lip on my rims is pretty big thus giving the rim a smaller look..less room for spokes..more for the lip..maybe thats why
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well i would've went 215/45,the tire would've been a lower profile then a 225/45...kinda like ford did with the svt wheels 205/55 to 215/50..although the e1's have a lower side wall raiting,they are still the same profile as the 55 series
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you guys are looking at the wrong number. a 215/45 and a 225/45 have the same sidewall. a 215-225/40 for example would have a shorter sidewall. go 35 and the rubberband series starts. 
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Originally posted by Mikey Boy:
you guys are looking at the wrong number. a 215/45 and a 225/45 have the same sidewall. a 215-225/40 for example would have a shorter sidewall. go 35 and the rubberband series starts.
Exactly!
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so now the new question is, what would be a nice low-profile tire that will fit that rim since we all see how the 225/45 looks like?
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Originally posted by Troll Pete:
Originally posted by Mikey Boy:
you guys are looking at the wrong number. a 215/45 and a 225/45 have the same sidewall. a 215-225/40 for example would have a shorter sidewall. go 35 and the rubberband series starts.
Exactly!
...no they dont...215/225 is the width...45 is the percentage of the width...so if the 225 is wider than the 215(which it is) than 45%of 215 is would make a shorter sidewall than 45% of 225..for example,if 215 was a 6.5" tire and 225 was a 7" tire than take 45% of each one and see which one would be taller?!!? make sense, i live a sad work life at the moment,selling tires right now,i stare at a set of 205/50516 potenza's and some 215/50r16's gta's..they are def. not the same hieght
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