17 inch rims on a 93 protege?
 

Ok, I have a friend who is selling his 17's, I was looking on buying them off of him, but we put them on, and the rims hit the bottom of the spring (The thing that holds your springs up, I can't think for the life of me what its called) They don't exactly touch, but they aren't exactly far apart, tell me how does this work, and how can I remedy the situation.

I couldn't tell if they touched, or didn't touch, but it seemed close, if I hit a bump, would it not hit them? what are the cost of spacers, and where would I get them? I will have him throw them on again sometime, and see if the touch, or do not touch.

No they won't touch the bottom of the spring perch unless you hit something really hard and bend something, but then you'll have alot more things to worry about then a new tire. Between the two spring perches compresses no where else. The bottom spring perch will not move at all only the top one moves up and down.i have maybe an inch between my tires and the bottom spring perch, been like this for about 6 months no problems at all.
But this is only if you have the right offset, if you don't then things are gonna rub.

my 17's have about 5mm of clearance between the rim itself and the strut. i was worried too, so i went and purchased 1/4" spacers. now, they definitely have enough room.

the best way to check to make sure they arent rubbing together is to fully mount the rim and tire and then use a very small, thin screwdriver to slide in between the rim and strut. if it slides through with no problems, then your good to go. :)

I think I will buy the 1/4 spacers, just to be safe. I think that will be the best way for me to make sure they clear. That way I can make sure everything will be good.

anyone know where I can get some spacers, or something I can use?

The only problem with using 1/4" spacers with the stock studs is that you might not have enough thread left to properly hold the wheel in place. You should have at least 6-8 turns of the lug nuts. More is better. Especially if you plan on pushing your car.

You can buy longer studs, but don't buy too cheap, or you may wind up with something that easily cross-threads (having had to try to replace one on a friend's SE-R in 15 minutes....not fun).

definitely something to keep in mind. if you cant get at least 8 turns, you have two choices: 1) take the spacers back and tell your buddy nevermind 2) buy some longer studs and hope you dont snap those bad boys off. :)

I'm paying 275 for these rims, they are Momo GT2's all with brand new Avid H4's on them. that is why I want them to work, and want to get them.

I will have him put them on, and try driving around with them and see what happens.....

Until Next Time..........

haha, avid h4's, the one racing inspired tire that yokohama made that i have had experience with... and they suck. once you lose your tread, fuckin forget it, no traction, no pickup on start as your wheels will spin constantly, and even on a properly aligned car, will lose enough tread NOT to be able to pass inspection well before the tread warranty wares out (ran 60,000 mile warranty out on my 14"inch avid h4's in 22,000 miles on all four tires... and thats running the tires for all they're worth) i mean, i had 3/32nd's left on 2 tires and 4/32nd's on the other two by the time i decided to dish them all and get some dunlop or some goodyear tire, i forget the brand, but the model is contour lx 14x6's. at any rate, avid h4's wear pretty fast unless you're a granny driver.
peace

Well, turns out, that he told me they were Avid H4's, only on of them is an H4, the rest are falkens, so I guess I will have to get a new falken once I get the rims!