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how wide can your tire be

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hay im loohing to get some new rims for my mx3. i am going to put 15-6.5 and i was wondering the with you can go up to with out having to do n e altercations. i have 14-6 with a with of 185. if u could give me n e advice on this that would be great thanks
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I believe you can go up too 215 on a 17" rim, without rubbing against the wheel well. (Don't quote me though)...
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hay thanks at least some one replied
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I've had 17x7 and a 42 offset konig impacts for 4 years now. originally I had 215 nittos, but I went back to 205s
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You shouldn't have any probs with 15's, but if you want to use low profile tyres you should really use bigger wheels
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