im looking to get rims for my car does anyone know the largest size that will fit on a 04 mazda 3 hatchback?

 

OMG whatever you do be carefull when you buy rims. I own a Jetta III and i put 17s on it which fit my car now but my tires where a little to big. Im not sure about the Mazda 3's wheel well size but i think 17 maybe 18 stretching it. If your rim + tire are to big your gonna have a real problem with rubbing in your wheel wells and thats bad for everything tire + rim + suspension.

 

Well I have seen at most 19" and low profiles. I am personally getting 18's.

 

yea im looking to get like a tuner type rim, like a black color thats easy to clean, cuz cleaning rims is a pain

 

i have 215's on my car right now and Mazda wouldn't even look at it for inspection...i had to get it done at the place that sold me the tires...does anyone know if i can fit 225's on the car or should i not even consider it?

 

There are 5 door's out there with 20's! check cardomain for what al they have done. When i got mine i asked the guy if i could put the rx-8 rims on it and he said that there would be no problems and i would still have my wheel warranty since it was a factory rim. plus they are 18's over the stock 17's so thats pretty sweet as well.

I hope that helps and good luck

 

RX-8 rims?...Post a picture i'd like to see those. Are they stock rims? Keep me posted (haha).

 

would there be any trouble in fitting wheels on a 3s that are 17" by 7" with 215-40's or 215-45's on them? whats the widest the width may be before it becomes a problem?

 

what is the stock size?

 

Sorry Iv'e been out so long. In case you were wondering... The 5 door model comes standard with 17's on it. while I was looking at mine i asked the manager at the dealer what i could do in the department of rims? He told me i could go an inch bigger than what the car came with. So coming with 17's i could go to 18's (obvious) So i started looking around and noticed that the rx8 rims are 18's. So i asked him about them and he was saying tha since it is only an inch bigger i could do it. AND!! since its an oem rim, when i bought the warranty on the rims he said that would be good for those as well...

here is a link to a cardomin site of a guy with tint a drop and the rims...

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