Anyone running Tenzo-R DC5? 17x7 Fitment & Tire Question

[bung]

Hey all,

I've been reading through some of stickies on wheel sizes and just wanted to finalize a few things. (I have an 02-03 civic. I live in Alberta, we have bad weather, hence bumpy roads and in the spring lots of potholes.)

I love the look of the Work Emotion CR Kai, but they're out of my budget. I've found a few 5-by-2 group spoke replicas like the Tenzo-R DC5 and the Drag DR31. Frankly I'm afraid the Drag are low quality, so I was looking at the DC5s:



( Source: https://www.1010tires.com/Wheels/Ten...AWD51880MLH45B )


From the rim threads I've read most of you are running 17x8, with a few 17x7s around sure. The DC5s only come in 17x7, not 17x8, and have a 42mm offset.


My two questions:

1. If it comes time to upgrade the brakes on my car, (not saying to what or why, don't cringe just yet) should I be concerned about fitment on rims of this size? (This would be for when I'm on the roads and not on a different set I might use for track/drag)

2. Others have mentioned that our cars are "heavy" and I've read that "205s have no place on our car". Using a tire calculator, the size of 225 that wont mess up the speedo, 225/40, has almost no selection. So unless I'm mistaken, I believe I'm forced to look at 215-45R17 or 235-40R17: Comparison table. Is that correct, those are the sizes I should be looking at?

Do you have any thoughts on either of those sizes? How will ride-quality be?


Thanks for any input.

[powdbyrice]

i had rota torques, which are emotion knockoffs.

17x8 +35 is ideal in my opinion.

i ran 17x7.5 +45 and 235/40/17 (twice) and 215/45/17 with no issues. i preferred the 235s as i like a beefy tire. i was lowered 0.75" so no rubbing.

if you upgrade to rsx type-s brakes, they will fit and its a cost efficient upgrade

[tinman5]

I picked up a set of wheels with similar specs (+40 et) and will be running a 225/45 tire. A 215/45 just doesn't look big enough in the front wheel wells at these specs to my eyes. The bigger, beefier tire just looks right.

[j.lai]

I'm in Calgary, running 17x7+52 Spoon CR93's in summer and 20mm spacers all year round. It depends how lowered you are, the lower you are, the lower profile your tires will have to be. I'm maxxed on BC Racing BR Coilovers on the default preload running 215/45 and have no problem with them in the summer with Calgary roads, if you are driving cautiously.
I would definitely recommend you getting a 215/45 or 225/45 given on how bad the road conditions are in Alberta. You'll want the extra height when you hit the occasional pothole that you can't dodge.

[bung]

Great, thanks a lot guys, I didn't notice all your responses, I guess I'm not subscribed to my own thread lol. I am strongly leaning to the 225/45, the 3% speed variance is the max recommended but I don't mind at all, I have a GPS.

Also, I'm not lowered _yet_, and I don't think I'd end up much more than you at .75, maybe 1" even. But of course it's troubling buying this without knowing where I'm going to end up, but I will be off my winters soon, so I can't really wait :(