Ok, Heck of an explanation so I won't try to top it....:) I have had 16X7 fronts and 17X7 rears on my car for some time now and they really make a difference. I say go with it, upgrade +2. Don, to address your 16" front tire size, a 205/50 is a larger diameter than the 195/60 14" stock. The closest match that comes within a few hundreths of an inch is 205/45 16. If you run 205/50's I hope you'll have your speedo recalibrated or you will be traveling faster and farther than indicated. Matthew VINs 10365 and 16816 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Donald Ekhoff" <ekhoff@xxxx> wrote: > You have hit on a subject that is near and dear. Yes it is VERY difficult > to find a combination that works, and yes I think it is appropriate to have > two different sizes front and rear. The car has a rear weight, power and > design bulk bias that requires different size wheels/tires. > > I purchased and installed a set of Konig Monsoons in June, 2001 with the > following specs: > > fronts: 15x6.5 +40mm offset tires: 205/55R15 (195/55R15 might have > been better) > rears 17x8.0 +20mm offset 245/45R17 > > They worked out fabulously! The car is very lowered (especially in front) > so they were quite close on the fender forward outer edge. A normally > lowered car would have been fine and as it was I didn't have any problems. > These rims are out of production however. > > I currently have a set of Konig Appeal's on backorder: > > fronts: 16x7 +40mm offset tires: 205/50R16 > rears: 18x8.0 +40mm offset 245/45R18 (20mm offset not > available) > > I have not tried these but am hopeful. All of the above tire diameters are > very similar to the stock diameters. The rear rims will be really close to > the shock attach point so a 1/4" spacer may be required. Fronts should be > fine. > > Based on how well these fit I will be ordering a set of 16x7's/19x8's with > 205/50R16 and 145/45R19 tires and really push the envelope. Note that the > rear tires will be a full inch bigger in dia. which will raise the car 1/2". > I should have my backordered rims any day and will let the list know the > results. I think these will be the practical limit for the car without > looking silly. > > Donald Ekhoff