SwaintaN

im gonna try to get her to go with 17" so there is a little more meat at the tire for these Ohio roads. she told me to get whatever size would look right with width. I prefer tire even with the rim and fender (if not a truck).

SwaintaN

i was told the SS rims were 18s and not hub caps... is that true? if so i might try to pick up a set from junkyard and have tires put on those.

firemangeorge

Seriously? Hubcaps? You are joking aren't you.

18" forged aluminum rims. Factory polished and clearcoated. A good used set will run you $600 or more.

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SwaintaN

lol i tried short handing it,what i meant, but you got it. SS are 18" rum rim w/ no hub caps, unlike these stock 16"s where are hub capped. im trying to keep the LS with a stock look, so trying to get a hold of some SS rims. plus with SS tire size i figured that would keep it almost close as hell to stock tire size.

finnhhr

so I guess to stock HHR the 225wide 17s will fit... ?
original size should be 215/50/17- I have extra 225/50/17s that IŽm wheelinŽin...

Blue_SS

Yes, most likely. You should probably find an online tire size calculator, and you see the whole picture. You will have some odometer error with that setup, because the outer diameter increases. Gages will read slower, less distance...

I used to use a calculator that seems to have finally died on miatanet when I competed. That tire size thing is a way to tweak your gearing, you know...

sleeper

So am I, & for the last almost 10 years. I did check & my Speed-o is 1.4 miles slower reading than I'm traveling. But the 26.1 tire (for the brand I used.) height & width is worth it imo..

Here's a calculator. https://tiresize.com/calculator/

SwaintaN

Now shes lowered, time to find some rims, just dont look right with the stockers on it...

Oldblue

Stockers in a lowered HHR?

16” steelies

Cobalt SS 18”

Again the stock steelies, maybe just some paint will perk them up?

SwaintaN

Here are the stockers.. i wanna go 18s or 20s blacked out.