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CiVeK9
05-24-2005, 10:53 PM
can 18" rims on a 99 civic EX fuck anything up? some mechanic told me it would

Eli
05-24-2005, 11:59 PM
i had 19's on an 02...

18s on a 99 are fine... no problems.

accordon17s
05-25-2005, 12:33 PM
U will go through brakes more quickly thats about it.

B16a2 Civic
05-25-2005, 12:34 PM
i have no problems on my 00...if you get bigger rims it may put a strain on your transmission but with the 18's its not a problem like ol buddy said above

Spyder
05-25-2005, 12:44 PM
transmission, brakes, clutch, wheel bearings etc will all suffer from having larger wheels... who cares. it isnt anything that signifigant..

want to know what wheels hurt cars alot more? 13x7 reverse off set's ;)

iNsTuN nOoDoH
05-25-2005, 07:24 PM
I got 18s on my civic, lowered 2.5 inches with a camber kit with no scrub =0) my brakes wear out normally, clutch still good even with boost, wheel bearings holdin up... I guess I'm lucky... *knock on wood*

CiVeK9
05-26-2005, 08:16 AM
i had them on my 97 civic DX coupe and some gay vietnamese mechanic said the 18's fucked my car up..i jsut bought a 99 silver ex coupe and i am debatin to put them on or not..i hate the damn hub caps

CiVeK9
05-26-2005, 08:17 AM
the tranny and clutch is gone.....were gone because of the 18's supposely

D3UC3S
05-26-2005, 02:47 PM
sounds like u need a new mechanic...and take it easy on those gears buddy, its only a civic

CiVeK9
06-19-2005, 05:33 PM
appreciate it...gonna sell em

civicext
06-29-2005, 01:02 PM
transmission, brakes, clutch, wheel bearings etc will all suffer from having larger wheels... who cares. it isnt anything that signifigant..

want to know what wheels hurt cars alot more? 13x7 reverse off set's ;)

when you lower a car that puts stress on your trans, clutch, brakes etc. 18"wheels are not going to put that much stress whats there. reason why i say that is cause my car been lowered seince 96 and i have been running 18"wheels seince 98. the car i have is a 95 civic coupe and to this day i am still running the wheel bearing that came on the car new.

and for reverse wheels they will hurt your car more then a set of 18" wheel with the right off set will.
"if it was not for chris aka smoking boy i would not of at the time got my first set of 18" wheels thank :goodjob: "

flysi00
06-29-2005, 02:11 PM
i had a 99 si sitting on 18's they did fine with my camber kit

dropem84
07-03-2005, 05:39 PM
i had 18s on my civic still going

Brett
07-03-2005, 10:33 PM
18's are fine on a civic, dont sweat the wheel size change

Type-R
07-07-2005, 06:51 AM
only issue i had with mine was getting the camber right

once that was done everything was good. only time i had to change tires was after a sold week on the track

CiVeK9
07-20-2005, 04:51 AM
appreicate the post....sold the 18's got some si wheels and cash! i'm sure i won't have any problems with stock wheels