Ro_Ja Boy

17x8.5 +54 with 225/45/17 Tires

Do you guys think that will work in the front? The car is lowered, but is on coilovers, so I could always raise it up a bit if needed.

CRDMS1

OK, I'll bite. If it's in the rim width range listed on the tire specs then you're safe for sure. It it's a half inch or two out of the range, then it could work but you're on your own. To answer your question specific to the 225/45/17, most tires have the upper limit of the rim width range at 8.5" so you should be OK.

My question is: Why?

Luke530

yea... it would work just fine with a 225

sicks2k9k

Gotte be carefull. On my old ssr's i had 18x8.5 +68 with a 225 tire. And since it was an 18" tire that ment lower profile (which is better to avoid rubbing.) I still managed to catch the front fenders. Of course this was all because I was exteremly low. So becarefull with how high/low the car is.

Luke530

how low were you?!

run some extra negative camber... -1 to -1.5 in the front you should be fine with the +54

BSeriouS

I hate to say it, but you will RUB if your running stock alignment man.

If you do indeed run some negative camber, you will be a-OK, but for that size and offset, your best bet is running a 215 for maximum clearance.

Think about it this way. The Volk CE28 guys, running the infamous 17x9 +63 R, 17x7.5 +50 F, combo with the 255/225 set up, there have been many issues where the the 225 will pull the fender lip when hitting bump/turning hard/going uphill etc.

With your 8.5 + 54, you are technically, 20mm's more aggressive then the Standard CE fitment, and would be sticking out at least almost and inch. Sure you can do a 225, but dropping the car to the desired ride heighth is a no no.

Negative Camber is your friend although, premature tire ware is a bitch. lol

Nandska

Don't know if this helps, but I'm running 19 x 8.5 +56 up front with 235/35 and don't have any issues using stock alignment specs. I'm also lowered on espelirs.