Photocall: Odyssey with 18's

[C4M]

Now that I have the Ody back from the shop, it,s time to book it in for some new shoes. I've picked the wheels - now I just need to settle on tyre dimensions and brand.

As already stated, there is SFA chance of being able to lower the Ody, so I need your help. I'm thinking 18's with 225/40/18's: does anyone have a side on photo of their Ody with that wheel & tyre combo? My preference would be for un-lowered photo's or pre and post lowering photos - or, if the car has been lowered, some details about the size of the drop.

Ultimately, I would like to avoid the situation where I drop some cash on wheels only to find that it looks like it,'s been lifted or looks funny with the new wheels.

If you don't care about any of the above, then at least we get another thread with pictures of Ody's in it :)

I promise to return the favour by posting pics of my newely shoed bus if I choose to go ahead.


C!

[AusAccord]

have some Japanese magazines show different size and rim style fitted on lowered or non-lowered ODC. we can meet up at somewhere then u can have a look for some idea :)

[quadrio]

just put some 20's on it, lower it a bit then the missus wont suspect anything because it will still have good ground clearance. here is mine with 20's 225/30/20's
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/quadrio/002.jpg

[baboo]

The Honda Absolute comes with 18" standard. probably lowered on sports setting suspenion, 15mm-20mm lower perhaps?

http://www.honda.co.jp/ODYSSEY/color/body/images/photo_07.jpg from honda.co.jp


Mugen one probably has the same setting

http://www.grandprixgroup.com/new/magazine/xoauto/107/styleup_odyssey/2.jpg from grandprixgroup.com

[evolution]

Absolute suspension is exactly the same as the normal Odyssey's. Not too sure about the Mugen suspension, read that its slightly harder and gives approx 25mm drop


The Honda Absolute comes with 18" standard. probably lowered on sports setting suspenion, 15mm-20mm lower perhaps?

http://www.honda.co.jp/ODYSSEY/color/body/images/photo_07.jpg from honda.co.jp


Mugen one probably has the same setting

http://www.grandprixgroup.com/new/magazine/xoauto/107/styleup_odyssey/2.jpg from grandprixgroup.com

[evolution]

Your profile for 18's is too small, should be 225/45/18. Using 40's will give you a smaller rolling diameter as compared to stock, this will result in wrong speedo reading and may result in brake failure. I would recommend Bridgestone Potenza RE001 only because I'm currently using them.

I've only got pics of mine lowered

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/rb1odc/IMG_0745.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/rb1odc/IMG_0746.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/rb1odc/IMG_0747.jpg


Now that I have the Ody back from the shop, it,s time to book it in for some new shoes. I've picked the wheels - now I just need to settle on tyre dimensions and brand.

As already stated, there is SFA chance of being able to lower the Ody, so I need your help. I'm thinking 18's with 225/40/18's: does anyone have a side on photo of their Ody with that wheel & tyre combo? My preference would be for un-lowered photo's or pre and post lowering photos - or, if the car has been lowered, some details about the size of the drop.

Ultimately, I would like to avoid the situation where I drop some cash on wheels only to find that it looks like it,'s been lifted or looks funny with the new wheels.

If you don't care about any of the above, then at least we get another thread with pictures of Ody's in it :)

I promise to return the favour by posting pics of my newely shoed bus if I choose to go ahead.


C!

[C4M]

Your profile for 18's is too small, should be 225/45/18. Using 40's will give you a smaller rolling diameter as compared to stock, this will result in wrong speedo reading and may result in brake failure. I would recommend Bridgestone Potenza RE001 only because I'm currently using them.

I've only got pics of mine lowered



Thanks for taking the time to host the photo's really appreciate it, and the tyre suggestion. Three questions:


Is 225/45/18 the dimensions of the tryes that you are using in that photo?
How much is your bus lowered by?
Is it just a change of springs, or more comprehensive?


Regards

C!

[evolution]

My 3 answers :)

1. Yep 225/45/18
2. It's not a bus... its an underpowered sports wagon ;). I think roughly about 40mm. I've got a 2 finger gap between tire and arch.
3. Originally changed springs only, this lowered it by 30mm. The pic above is on coilover suspension.

[aka_NSX]

I'm using 18x7 with 215/45/18 and lowered with TEIN spring only

here some pics of mine


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8017/ody05qv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9194/ody051dl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1846/ody055kw8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[evolution]

Now that I have the Ody back from the shop, it,s time to book it in for some new shoes. I've picked the wheels - now I just need to settle on tyre dimensions and brand.

As already stated, there is SFA chance of being able to lower the Ody, so I need your help. I'm thinking 18's with 225/40/18's: does anyone have a side on photo of their Ody with that wheel & tyre combo? My preference would be for un-lowered photo's or pre and post lowering photos - or, if the car has been lowered, some details about the size of the drop.

Ultimately, I would like to avoid the situation where I drop some cash on wheels only to find that it looks like it,'s been lifted or looks funny with the new wheels.

If you don't care about any of the above, then at least we get another thread with pictures of Ody's in it :)

I promise to return the favour by posting pics of my newely shoed bus if I choose to go ahead.


C!

Hows the choosing of the new shoes? Any pics?

[C4M]

Hows the choosing of the new shoes? Any pics?

The're all picked out, but they have been out of stock at Taleb Tyres - so I was waiting for a while. As it happens now, I'm about to take some time off work so I'm deferring for that so that I could take my time and shop around a little rather than attempt to shoehorn it into an already weekend schedule.

C!