# Tire/Rim setup question **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-rim-setup-question/129195 "2009-10-29T18:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![white2abbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/white2abbit/32/5602_2.png) [@white2abbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/white2abbit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-rim-setup-question/129195/3 "2009-10-29T18:27:57Z")
> [@Went out for a bag of milk and came back with...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-for-a-bag-of-milk-and-came-back-with/24358/140): > > if ur on a budget dont waste ur new tires, rape the old ones then go to local tire shops and buy used tires… i got a shop to hold me any decent tires 17 225-255 35-45’s and he sells them 30 bucks a pop installed, if ur gonna run 16’s on stock rims there are a million tires out there waiting to get destroyed Hmm…are there any downsides to drifting on a 16" vs. 17" tire (especially with a KA)? I’m not sure which if any would have an advantage. Also, what about ride height, etc., as I’d like to daily drive the 17’s. How many rears do you go through on an average track day? I won’t be going full out and I expect I may not have the power to drift certain turns, etc. Went to a drift day in my friend’s sil40 and he managed to survive on one set of rears that only had maybe 50% tread life to begin with (mind you he’d do 2-3 laps and then wait 15 mins, etc.). Cheers! Ryan --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-rim-setup-question/129195)._