for fitment on the calipers, yes. For weight no. Style is ok tho.
I would say that a 225 tire will make you look like a tire stretching VW retard tho... Stretch is ghey mkay?
Also to go with a 225, you will have to up the sidewall ratio. So 235/45, you will have to go to 225/50 or you will make the tire smaller in diameter, effectively shortening your gearing, and throwing out your speedo. And if you stay with 225/50 you will have taller soft sidewalls killing your cornering.
But if we are talking performance, we need to talk about weight as well.
Not only does your engine have to move that extra mass, it has to stop it as well. Then we get into unsprung weight. Your suspension moves in accordance with the wheels reaction to the ground. If the wheel is light, less of the grounds energy is transferred into the car. If the wheel is a fatty, you feel everything AND loose handling. At least with a stiff car the benefit is in handling, this is just loose-loose.
But then we get to the big one. Rotational mass. The engine has to turn that big galoot. The whole time the engine is accelerating, it is also accelerating that wheel. Not much weight you say? People have reported 25+hp from removing balance shafts. They are not as heavy as you might think. I was surprized when I held them in my hands. Plus they have small diameters, for a small lever arm to act on the weight. Maybe 2" max? Whereas a 17" wheel with a roughly 50mm sidewall on it has close to a 10" lever arm on it. All this x4 because your car is all wheel drive.
not bashing, but I would hate to see you go to all that trouble, fixing the one wheel, getting new tires, mounting and balancing and then find that your car is slower, rides rougher, gets shitty mileage and makes you generally unhappy.
