I just had some 2003 Maxima 17's put on my 1996 last night, and I am just wondering what, if anything, will I need to watch for/change on my car. Will I have to change anything with the suspension to accomodate for the difference in size? Also, noticed that my CAI doesn't growl nearly as loud ( I am supposing that this has to do with the added weight from the rims). Any help would be appreciated!

 

What is the tire size on those 17's? the overall size of the wheel/tire combination could cause your speedometer and odometer to be off a bit, but you can drive by one of those signs that is like "The speed limit is x, you are going" and then shows you your speed. That will show you how accurate your speedo is. Could it be that whatever tires are on there have a louder tread pattern so you hear the road more and the CAI less?

 

The tires say:
Bridgestone Ponteza RE92...P225/50R17 93V

 

What was on there before? Sawblades with 215/60/15? or 205/60/15?

 

Yep...don't know if they were 215 or 205...hated them with a passion!

 

I thought 95-99 maximas had 205/65/15 stock tire size... in which case 225/50/17 tires would be a tiny bit bigger, only 1.4% too slow

Ideal tire size for 17s I would say is 215/50/17 which are 0.1% off which is nothing..

 

here's a link to the tire size calc

http://hopper.dynip.com/j-body/HowTo/tirecalc.asp

 

Cool...thanks man...I'm just a ...need all the help I can get right now

 

Wanna sell me your sawblades for $50?

 

Don't worry about the speedo and such. I've been riding around with 2K 17's, also with the 225/50 tires. As mentioned earlier it will be off by 1 or 2%, but even at 100mph that's only 1 or 2mph off, so it's no biggie.

They will slow you down some due to the bigger overall diameter and the extra weight (27lbs/wheel, I believe.. pretty heavy for 17s)

But damn do they look good...

 

hehe i'm a maxima newbie too, I don't even have my maxima yet lol

 

I was on here before I got mine as well...I just got mine in Nov.2002...now that I have it, I can't imagine having another car

 

Do you want them with the tires on? The tires are practically new (about 6K on them)

I am located in Gardendale Alabama

 

any of you guys have pics of what they look like, im thinking about trying to get get some.

 

go here, and you can click on the picture to enlarge to see the rims better

'03 17's