Rim and tire

[psyanyde]

Hey guys

don't know much about this any help would be great

I want to get new rims for my car but don't know what all the other numbers mean on a tire. Could someone please clarify this for me?

All I know is that my bolt pattern for my gen 3 is 5 x 114.3 or any 5 bolt universal will fit

What kind of tire?

I have KYB GR2 struts but not lowered. Does the lip size matter? What should be the offset?

if the tires say "SIZE 205/40/17" what do the numbers mean? What should I be looking for? I know the last set of numbers is the size of the rim it'll fit. But what's the 205 or the 40? what's good? what's bad?

HELP!

thanks

[uibalnme]

Here's what the numbers mean...

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoSidewall.dos

Here's a calculator to show the difference between one tire size and another...

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireMath.dos

[psyanyde]

ok so what's ideal for a gen 3 camry? v6?

i have 15" stock rims right now, not sure of what kind of tires to go with them?

The tires I have right now say..
P205/65/R15 925

so if i upgrade to 17" what should I be looking for in terms of tires?

will changing the sidewalls do anything? as in make the car look like it's lowered? will it hit anything?

[bigbird]

id go with 17s personally. as for tires then somthing liek 215/ 45 or 50/17s would work well. the higher the side wall the softer the ride but the more it will fill the fender gap as well.