16 or 17 Inch? Which Would You Choose?

[ramibel]

I think you really have to consider your daughter's daily commute and what the car will be used for. Kung puro lubak yung dadaanan nya, get 16's or, better yet, stick with the stock 15's. More compliant ride and less expensive yung gulong at mags pag nasira. Yung advantage lang talaga naman ng 17's (aside from the pogi points) is that, with the larger footprint and lower profile, you 'theoretically' get better handling and shorter braking distances. But you would really have to be pushing the car to notice.
On the other hand, you also have to consider that for most young people, looks are the overwhelming consideration no matter what the disadvantages. I also own a '94 Accord and I switched to 215/50-17's around 2 years ago. OK naman. Di masyado nabago yung ride kasi mataas pa rin yung sidewall. And since medyo pasok yung mags at may rim protector yung gulong, di naman madaling magasgas. But I have to qualify that I do most of my driving sa NLEX where I dont really have to worry about hitting giant potholes that seemingly come from nowhere.
Hope this helps.

[1D4LV]

i would still prefer a 15" for comfort and fogee points.
but since you are asking between a 16 and a 17, i would prefer a 16, on series 50 tires.

[[archie]]

if your slapping it sa accord 94, then 17's or 18's would be the best ww to go... IMO, 15's na stock niya so if your gonna upgrade then go at least 2 sizes higher para noticable ang difference.

[laracroft]

17" would look really
nice on the accord.

just go for 45 series.
i think the overall
diameter will be larger
if you use 50 series.

40 series is just for show.
we had 2 tires blown when
we hit a cat's eye sa lipa,
batangas. after that, we
decided to use 45 series
on our corolla.

another advantage of
using low profile rims is
that in case of a blowout,
konti lang ang binababa
nung gulong. nung pumutok
yung gulong namin, kumabig
lang ng konti yung manibela.
we were travelling at around
120 kph, with 4 passengers.
kaya ko lang nalaman na
pumutok is when i went down
to check on the tires after
hitting the cat's eye. which
wouldn'y have happened if
we were using the stock 14's.

[CamaroZ28]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Me and my family really appreciate the advices everyone had given.

After reading the last entry in this thread, me and my daughter immediately went back to Evangelista St. in Makati at around 14:00.

We did not go back to Wheelhaus anymore, instead we went to Master Fix and we opted for 5 Concept One VR-GTV 16 inch, and 5 Bridgestone Adrenalin 205 50. Installation, nitrogen air, stainless valve, 1 set of Sparco nuts, balancing and wheel alignment were all free. Took almost 2 hours for the whole job.

Wow! The wheels changed the look of the Accord. Fantastic. Medyo nagkaporma.

After that, we went driving around the C5 to check it out. It was okay. Di matagtag. And the 16 inch VR-GTV looks like a 17 incher.

Tomorrow, I will post here the picture of the Accord.

[DonT]

Don't forget to tell us how much was the damage...btw..a 'before' and 'after' pic would be nice to see. Congrats again.

[mbeige]

The 16 inch rims look like 17 because they're actually 17 inches in diameter. The 16 is just the usable width of the wheel where the tire actually gets into contact with the wheel.

[CamaroZ28]

Don't forget to tell us how much was the damage...btw..a 'before' and 'after' pic would be nice to see. Congrats again.

Here it is: Damage is 52K

Before and After

[[archie]]

IMO, hindi ko trip yung mags... (no offense sir)

[CamaroZ28]

IMO, hindi ko trip yung mags... (no offense sir)

Its ok. We have our own tastes naman. At that time, nilibot na namin buong Evangelista. The problem with Accord 1994 is that its 4h 114.3 and its very hard to find a decent looking mags, especially those with 5 spokes . Most of the beautiful ones are either 4h 100 or 5h 100.