Putting 6 inch wide wheels on a car designed for 6.5

NYSpeed Automotive
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Alright heres the deal, i need to get wheels for my rsx for the summer. I am on a tight budget and found a set of 16x6 wheels that will fit. Stock wheels are 16x6.5. Will I run into problems? Will handling be drastically changed? I know im gonna get a lot of flame for this, but its not for performance, strictly cuz i need something with summer tires…i dont wanna run around on my snows all year long.

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i think if u got wheel spacers it should be ok.

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are the tires any thicker? Then it shouldn’t be a big issue. I have 16x7 for my summer wheels and 15x6 for my snows and there’s hardly a difference in handling. (the 15’s have a smoother ride, that’s it)

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So let me get this straight… you want to put narrower wheels on for summer than you are running in winter? I think you’ve got things backwards. Use the skinny wheels for the snow tires and the wider wheels for summer.

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Then pay to have your tires dismounted and summer tires mounted.

$ tire mounting < $ buying new rims

:ham::ham:

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i just got a ssc 16x7 avail at sears there black with chrome lip and 340 for the set

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:word:

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so wheel spacers?

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So the wheels you found came with tires…?

I doubt you’ll need spacers.

What size tire are you running right now, and what size will you be running on these wheels?

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205/55/16 i have to see what the new ones are, but stock eclipse size

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what is the offset? If you dont know then what car did the wheels come from?

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dont know the offset, come on a stock eclipse

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You might want to test fit them first if you can.

Did you find out the size of the tires on the eclipse wheels?

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I don’t understand why you’re being this retarded…please explain your logic behind this decision.

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Like others have said. $50 to swap snow to summer tires will be cheaper than buying wheels and summer tires.

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yeah, the first time around.

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I don’t have any summer tires right now…the only tires i have laying around are 225/45/17…stock wheels are 16 so thats not gonna work. I am either looking for 17’s to fill those tires, or 16s with tires. I found the 16s with tires but they are only 6 inches wide. I’m not stupid, just very poor right now :frowning:

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so save up for different wheels? summer is a way off still.

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you have a 2055516 you can get a 80,000 mile yokohama off tire rack for like 70 a tire