Need 02 Honda civic help today. (205/75 14 ok on the front?)

[PaleMelanesian]

Ah, I didn't make it as clear as I should have. I mean, measure the clearances now and see if there is enough extra to still clear when a bigger tire is installed. If it's 1/2" taller, is there that much extra space with the current tires on?

I still have seller's remorse over the Civic, nine months later. I traded it in for the Fit. I gained a decent bit of utility with the hatchback, better safety, better driving dynamics (it was a base model civic). I lost some on max mpg potential, especially on the highway. I also cut 13 model years and 160,000 miles off my daily driver, with the maintenance that goes with that.

[darcane]

I have an '01 Civic.

Stock tire size is a 185/70R14 for your son's car. So you are increasing the diameter about two inches. In the rear, you should be fine, even with lowering assuming you aren't changing the wheel offset. In the front, I would suspect you will rub, but you will need to confirm by measuring. I don't know anyone that has increased the wheel diameter and lowered that much.

I believe you are stuck on tranny gear ratio without switching to a manual. You could go with an HX CVT tranny, but that would be a bad idea. Better would be to switch to an HX manual tranny which would give you the best ratios. Likely your tranny will fail soon anyways, so have one ready when it happens (7th gen Civic trannies are prone to failure I am replacing mine right now.).

[justme1969]

The trans is inititial cause of timing jump repairs. that and Honda dealer diddnt replace the tensioner parts like they should have known to do.
climbing hill slipped and over reved then cought. done. limped to next exit.
then all this other mess. very expensive Car now coulda had a much better newer ride 4 less. Ill never get another honda.