S13 16" vs 17" wheel pros/cons

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Originally Posted by i cant drift worth shit

, but the 16's use cheaper tires and are lighter.

Did you even search for 16's tire prices before writing that, or are you just assuming "the smaller the cheaper" ?

17" tires are cheaper, from experience.

Now If you are concerned about stance, flush and all that BS, wheel weight is the least of your worries.

If you want to go low, keep a good suspension geometry and have good quality dampers / springs, you are looking at a 5000-6000$ price tag on suspension parts. Without labor, wheels, tires, brakes. Just good/custom adjustable suspension arms, good coilovers and corrected knuckles.

But as you are already concerned about tire price and stance, i fear you are not going to do this.
While i'd really like you do to things correctly, i fear you will be doing like most folks here: crappy isis/ebay adjustable arms, oem knuckes (maybe with ichiba crappy 5 studs conversion), and some cheap hard as a rock ebay coilovers that have form way over function so you can get that low stance without grinding tires on every bump of the road.

This is the cheap way. The car wont handle, and will eat through tires ultra fast.

The last way is just not to get the car low. It wont cost an arm and a leg, wont require custom knucles or redesigned suspension kit. And this will handle, while being confortable too.

TL;DR:

cheap, low, handling.
pick 2.