kaos672

I got my new wheels and tires Saturday. I am soooooooooooo happy!!!! It took me foreever to figure out what type of wheels I wanted to thorw on my box. Check then out. I will put up more pictures this weekend.

hayalex6

thereya go.


Tires look WAY too small.

kaos672

Thanks for looking out on the pic. I finally figuired it out after two edits of my original post.

I didn't want to go with the big tire look. I think that it would take away from the wheel. I have a nice shiney lip on the wheels and more tire sidewall would have killed the look for me.

hayalex6

Your speedometer must be very off though with that tire size.

It's not about the looks, it's about the safety, and the accuracy of the speedo.

mike51392

i dunno i think it looks kind of funny now bad but not good i would say drop your ride asap

1epoXyBox

I like the rims, they look great. I do agree that the drop is needed though. Throw some tein s or tanabes on there.

Alchemist80

nothing kills the look more than not being dropped. Rims will look great once you get the springs though.

mi-caha06

Shoes look good, but your car looks like it's wearing floods without a drop.

The xB will look tight as soon as you drop it!!!!

MySweetXb

what size are those?

kaos672

THanks for the comments. I enjoy my wheels. About the speedometer see below:

Stock Tire - 185/60R15 >Search Tires Tire 1 - 205/40R17 >Search Tires
Section Width: 7.28 in 185 mm
Section Width: 8.07 in 205 mm

Rim Diameter: 15 in 381 mm
Rim Diameter: 17 in 431.8 mm

Rim Width Range: 5 - 6.5 in
Rim Width Range: 7 - 8 in

Overall Diameter: 23.74 in 602.99 mm
Overall Diameter: 23.45 in 595.63 mm

Sidewall Height: 4.37 in 110.99 mm
Sidewall Height: 3.22 in 81.788 mm

Radius: 11.87 in 301.49 mm
Radius: 11.72 in 297.68 mm

Circumference: 74.58 in 1894.3 mm
Circumference: 73.67 in 1871.2 mm

Revs per Mile: 876.1
Revs per Mile: 886.9

Actual Speed: 60 mph 100 km/h
Speedometer1: 60.7 mph 101. km/h

Speedometer Difference: - Speedometer Difference: 1.232% too fast
Diameter Difference: - Diameter Difference: 1.23%

There is not much difference in the speedometer. The above stats are taken from http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

The acceleration of my vehical is incredible now compared to my stock tires. I can feel the power that is being put out from the engine is now being handled without a problem. I get immediate acceleration on take offs. I have a manual and at times when I was pulling off on my my stock tires, I would spin my wheels; but with these tires I have not had that happen so far.

The size of my wheels are 17x7 and the tires are 205/40/17 Falken Ziex. I enjoy the stability and the quite ride from these tires; even on the highway. I have tested these tires in the rain that we have had here in Gerogia this past week and the tires handled as if they were on dry pavement. I have always liked Falken tires. My brother has a 528i sport that has these same Flaken tires and he has had no problem.

I have gotten many compliments on my wheels and the look since of my xB since I got my wheels Saturday. As far as a drop goes... I am contemplating that real hard. My next move is to throw a strut bar, anti-sway bar , and a short ram intake on.

My brother says " If you have to pay a note on a car ,make sure that you enjoy what you are driving each and everyday."
I agree totally.

GOD Bless.

MySweetXb

so in reality the bigger the rim the more miles you are putting on the car? i thought it was less miles are put on the car ???

kaos672

I wouldn't say that. It depends on your tire size and keeping the car as close to the cars original speedometer reading as possible. The miles that are being put on your car are very minimal. Use the tire calculator to see how different tire sizes work out.


GOD Bless

MySweetXb

so if i go with a 215/45/17 that will be worse than the 215/40/17 im guessing?

RaysSPL

search for 'tire calculater' on google....

rims look like work vs-ss....drop that box..congrats on the new purchase!

kaos672

Below are the stats for your two tire sizes:

Stock Tire - 185/60R15 >Search Tires Tire 1 - 205/45R17 >Search Tires Tire 2 - 215/45R17 >Search Tires
Section Width: 7.28 in 185 mm
Section Width: 8.07 in 205 mm
Section Width: 8.46 in 215 mm

Rim Diameter: 15 in 381 mm
Rim Diameter: 17 in 431.8 mm
Rim Diameter: 17 in 431.8 mm

Rim Width Range: 5 - 6.5 in
Rim Width Range: 6.5 - 7.5 in
Rim Width Range: 7 - 8 in

Overall Diameter: 23.74 in 602.99 mm
Overall Diameter: 24.26 in 616.20 mm
Overall Diameter: 24.61 in 625.09 mm

Sidewall Height: 4.37 in 110.99 mm
Sidewall Height: 3.63 in 92.202 mm
Sidewall Height: 3.80 in 96.52 mm

Radius: 11.87 in 301.49 mm
Radius: 12.13 in 308.10 mm
Radius: 12.30 in 312.42 mm

Circumference: 74.58 in 1894.3 mm
Circumference: 76.21 in 1935.7 mm
Circumference: 77.31 in 1963.6 mm

Revs per Mile: 876.1
Revs per Mile: 857.3
Revs per Mile: 845.1

Actual Speed: 60 mph 100 km/h
Speedometer1: 58.7 mph 97.8 km/h
Speedometer1: 57.8 mph 96.4 km/h

Speedometer Difference: - Speedometer Difference: 2.192% too slow
Speedometer Difference: 3.668% too slow
Diameter Difference: - Diameter Difference: 2.15%
Diameter Difference: 3.54%