15" vs 17" wheels

[jimw427]

I went with 17", if I did it over I would go with 15". The 17" have that low profile look, so I looked high and low to find 17" tires that were tall and gave me a decent looking side wall. Without checking I think my tires are around 26.5" tall, which is slightly shorter then most 15" but taller then a lot of 17" I think they look good and I am happy with them, but If I ever needed to or get the extra cash laying around I would sell my 17" and go to 15" and run either white letter tires or the Goodyear Cobra billboard tires. This reminds me, another aspect of the 17" wheels, either I cannot find them or they do not make any 17" tires with white letters. Most of the 17" tires have too small of a side wall. If you want the look of white letter tires better stick with 15", if you like the look and handling of the low profile tires go 17" both look good, just different, IMO most of the 17" tires with a low profile look do not appear to fill up the wheel well very well and it looks odd like something is missing. If you go 17" find tires that give you the most side wall as you can. One other caution, make sure you have brake clearance for 15" wheels, I have seen some that don't or are very very close.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Jim