SSR Professors 18x10.5: Don't Fit
10-05-2009, 05:43 AM
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SSR Professors 18x10.5: Don't Fit
I have a buddy that is selling a set of SSR SP1 Professors that he had on his 350Z that he traded in for a Nismo 370Z. Well, I am looking for another set of wheels since I am going to put race tires on this stock set for auto-x next year, and I thought I would give it a try to see if they would fit on my RX-8. The rears are 18x10.5 with 295 tires on them (forgot the offset), and it looked fine on his 350Z, but it looks ridiculous on the RX-8. Plus, it would of rubbed like noones buisness.
From the side, it looked good.
Then the ridiculousness started.
With someone sitting in the trunk. Yeah, the fender was resting on the tire.
Oh well, guess I will be looking for some 18x8.5 or 18x9 RPF1's.
From the side, it looked good.
Then the ridiculousness started.
With someone sitting in the trunk. Yeah, the fender was resting on the tire.
Oh well, guess I will be looking for some 18x8.5 or 18x9 RPF1's.
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10-05-2009, 08:01 AM
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Yeah, definitely not for me. I am a firm believer on getting wheels that appropriately fit the car without having to stretch the tires (highly retarded), roll the fenders, and putting on crazy negative camber just to fit some wide wheels. I can go on and on about all the reasons why NOT to do any of that stuff.
10-05-2009, 10:27 AM
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10-05-2009, 11:16 AM
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rev: without rolling the fenders that was going to be Missoin Impossible.
10-05-2009, 11:46 AM
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nuke has 275 on a 10" wheel WITHOUT rolling his fenders? is it an 18"
wow, just realized these were 295 tires.
wow, just realized these were 295 tires.
10-05-2009, 12:01 PM
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10-05-2009, 12:10 PM
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265's would be pretty stretched, so I'm not going to do that. I already wrote these wheels off when I heard about them before I ever fitted them, when I was at my friends house this weekend, we decided to just try it out. I will probably end up doing a 18x9 with a 255 tire in the rear when I do end up buying some wheels. The RX-8 is definitely a lot different than what I am used to in the Z world. I had 17x9.5 +32 with 275 tires on the rear of my '93 300ZX and wasn't even close to having any problems.
10-05-2009, 03:42 PM
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10-05-2009, 04:03 PM
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not really here's a pic of mine. keep in mind, mine are the same size all around too.
your car? and when i said professors i meant the other guys not u..... i knew u had FAILz ... i mean SSR's