17" tyre sizes

[HairyScreech]

Right 17" wheels.

I know, I know, would rather go 16" but going 5 stud and big brakes soon so....

looking at a 215 width in either a 40 or 45 profile.

The 40 seems to be the general recommendation but slightly concerned how harsh they will be.

I was thinking the 215/45 would be a better bet for the sake of comfort as the roads are pretty bad around here at the moment but I am a bit concerned that it's going to look like a donk with the larger tyres.

What are people running? Any decent pictures?
The ones I can find on google are normally m3s so not much similarity to a touring.

Have some donks for your trouble:

[steve_k]

i've got compomotive cxn's 17x8.5 running 205/40 17 on the front & 215/40 17 on the rear, dont seem that harsh even with yellow koni shocks, looks just right to me.

[steve_k]

as for those donks?? that'll be the next big vag thing

[ajay]

Here's a pic of my old Tech1 on 215/40/17 front,on 5 stud E30 front legs.
Thats what i ended up using and was quite happy with them not too harsh at all and that was on coilovers too!

[leeparkes]

Any more pics of that Tech-1 Ajay?

[N-Gen]

I run 17x8.5 195/45/17 fronts and 205/45/17 rears. My ride was pretty harsh but I'm giving credit to the bad Maltese roads and the heated front springs (from the previous owner). Runs fine on average surfaced roads though.

[HairyScreech]

Nice to see they don't look too bad on that tech 1, the touring will be getting a whole tech 1 along with the 5 stud.

Sounds like 215/40/17 is the way to go. Speedo will be correct as well.

Mostly going 17" as I have my hands on these: