Wheel size

[Alpine]

just run with 15's, OR maybe just a 16 at front and a 15 at the rear. imagine the savings in tyres....

That's the dumbest idea I ever heard. Who would want to run different sized rims on a car?!

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

why not?
as long as the rear tyres in in the same ratio as the front. there is no problem with running different rim sizes. most hardcore rwd cars will run 1 inch larger at rear, and same for the fwd cars, but on the front.

for performance oriented car that sees the track, this is quite common.
why run wider tyres than needed on the rear?

with a fwd you want limited weight, you dont want to be dragging around unnecessary weight.

most important thing just make sure the rears are in same ratio as the fronts, and it wont hurt anything at all.

[ekslut]

You can run different sized rims, just get the tyre profiles different sizes so that the outer size of the tyre and wheel is the same front to back. And as Tonkotsu Flavour said it is popular if you have a track car or something with a lot of power to run say 15" at the rear and 16" at the front, so you can get the wider wheel at the front for extra traction, but for everyday use, why bother?

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

yea it depends on your application
i mean a civic is not a kilowatt monster.
it can look good, but there are other cars to be showed off.

on the track is where it excels, so why not make the ol civic handle like it should

but of course if your car dosnt see a track day there is no point.

[SPEEDCORE]

You can run different sized rims, just get the tyre profiles different sizes so that the outer size of the tyre and wheel is the same front to back. And as Tonkotsu Flavour said it is popular if you have a track car or something with a lot of power to run say 15" at the rear and 16" at the front, so you can get the wider wheel at the front for extra traction, but for everyday use, why bother?

Agreed, very popular in the civic one make races to run this combo of wheel sizes ........ might look a bit odd on the street though.