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Old Nov 21, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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Sorry I'm a newb but has anyone run bigs in the back without skinnies? I like the look of the bigger street radials in the back plus the added traction but my car is a weekend warrior and I don't want to run skinnier of front that much. I live in rural pa with a lot of curvy roads. I was looking at maybe 15x10 rears trying to see what I should put up front? I tried searchin but didn't come up with anything but set ups with skinnies
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Old Nov 21, 2013 | 08:46 PM
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Lots of people run 15" wheel in back and 17" wheel up front. 17x4.5 or 17x7 are the more popular size wheels. You can run whatever size wheel you think looks good, as long as the Tire you put on the wheel is no taller (diameter) of 26-27". Tires taller than that will cause the pcm to disengage your vehicle's ABS brakes.

Scroll through some the "Let's see your drag set-ups" Threads and you will find 17"&15" combos.
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 07:41 AM
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I think the 17x7 is a good compromise. That's what I went with on my 17/15 set-up.
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Yeah I've seen the 17 and 15 combo but I'm looking for a wider front than a skinnier and most of then are skinnies I'll keep looking around....I was considering 275 rears
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Originally Posted by Ryant10275
Yeah I've seen the 17 and 15 combo but I'm looking for a wider front than a skinnier and most of then are skinnies I'll keep looking around....I was considering 275 rears
Still waiting on rims but here are tires for 17x7 (225/50-17) and 15x10 (275/50-15)
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