What to do?

[TheMajesticking]

I now have 17" Enkei wheels with 245/40/17 tires on them so they look a bit funny well I have some alternatives. A friend at my school bought some 10 spoke 18s from this guy for $100. He is trying to sell them for $350. They have a good amount of thread on them and minor curb marks. Definately worth every bit of $350. I just don't have the money. There is another dude that is willing to buy them from him too. He said "first come first serve" so I really dont want to go as far as to sell the ones I have when he may sell them to the other guy, then I would have no rims.

This is what happened last night: I'm walking to my car from class and my other friend goes in his trunk and pulls out an 18" rim. He has a 1990 Oldsmobile cutlass wagon. I highly doubt if they would fit. I have the 17s at home and I told him that they might fit better than the 18s would. He said if I check online for him to see if they would fit.

I could get those for free or try to come up with $350 for the better ones. The only thing I don't like about the second set is that they have like 18 spokes and the first set are 10 spokes. They are both in about the same condition. What do I do?

[BLUEMEANIE]

How low is your Cam dropped? I have 215/50/17 and I have about a 2 finger gap. If you're not low enough 18's will still look funny imho.

[TheMajesticking]

At least you have 50s. I have 40s. There is a ridiculous gap. I plan to drop it soon though.

[luisitol]

if you plan on dropping it then don't worry about the rims, it'll all look much better when you drop it

[TheMajesticking]

So you're saying keep the 17s?

[BLUEMEANIE]

Yeah, just get thicker tires.
Even if I got 18's I'd run 45's. You ideally want to keep the stock 27"o.d. or plus it by 1"

[TheMajesticking]

The 17s that I have are 17x9 and I think that if I get any bigger tires then they would rub.

[BLUEMEANIE]

Nah, you could run a 215/50/17 with out rubbing. On my 215/50/17x8.5's I have about half an inch maybe a little more from the tire to the strut with 18's I'd run a 215/45/18.
You could also try a 220 or 225/45/17 its a hair smaller side wall than the 215/50.

[TheMajesticking]

That's why I mentioned the 245s. I don't know how the the 17s have 215s on them. That's way too narrow and for the price I'd pay for tires I could get the 18s.

[BLUEMEANIE]

I have a 215 on a 8.5" rim and its just fine. ...and I've never paid over $110 per tire, in fact the tires I have now are $82 from the tirerack they're Continental ContiExtream something or other.

[TheMajesticking]

Yeah but I could get 4 18s with perfect tires for $350

[BLUEMEANIE]

but if you're not really happy with the rim style whats the point.

[TheMajesticking]

The other option is to buy the other 18s as opposed to buying new tires for the wheels I have already. The other 18s have good tires.