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Quote: Originally Posted by Hank3 Those look great! Post pics when you get them mounted - if possible take pics of the rim guard on the rims. I'd like to compare them to the RE040s I had on my RX-8s. Will do

I'll have to try them on before I try to change it. But there are no good looking solid black mesh wheels for the price.

Those look great! Post pics when you get them mounted - if possible take pics of the rim guard on the rims. I'd like to compare them to the RE040s I had on my RX-8s.

Might be a little late to the party, but I figured since I have experience with the tire in question in the OP, I'd throw in. I just recently had a set of Eagle GT 215/45/17's mounted on my wifes' Cooper S. I'd have loved to have gone with a dedicated summer tire, but we were in a pinch because I blew up a tire doing a burnout in the walmart parking lot, and she needed to get to work. It was fun though. That being said.......

I wouldn't add any spacers to the BBS, they are already a 40+ offset and sit nice and flush against the fenders. I was considering getting some for these Racing Harts.. but I'm not sure if I should even bother since they are winter wheels. As for the calipers.. I'm not sure what I plan on doing for them. Either black or gunmetal. I've never been a huge fan of decals on them, so I don't think I'd do that....

High load rating just means the sidewalls are stronger & the tire is rated to carry more weight. No danger in going with a higher load rating, aside from possibly some increased ride harshness. The danger is in going lower than OEM load rating, which can cause tire failure after extended use, since they'd technically be overloaded. You should be fine. Especially if they're Winter Tires- who cares if they're a harsh ride?

dam those r nice man. i wonna get same ones in black.

^Me too.^

Sounds to me like a 17" Performance Winter tire would be perfect for you. I ran 215/50R17 Dunlop Wintersport M3 tires on 17"x7" alloy wheels as my winter setup before I moved from Chicago to FL and I was very pleased with the combination of sportiness and snow/ice traction I got out of it.

What I forgot to mention is, in light of everything that was going on, I decided to uninstall the springs lol. My intentions with the lowering springs were to eliminate the highway bounce and gain some improvements out of the suspension overall. What ended up happening is, it actually made the bouncing more obvious because you're lower to the ground now, so the bounces are still there, only it's louder and harder. So, when we...