245/40? why didn't you go wider?

 

^ times a million

 

I went with the skinnier tires so I can drop the car quite a bit. The 265s that I test fitted would have required alot of fenders mods to get the drop I want and fit correctly.

I'm at a +43 offset and with these tires I can get to a +38 offset and still be comfy and not have to modify the fenders. With these tires I would assume you could get a 3"+ drop on the car.

When I go to the Stance's, I may get a set of 265s and go to town on the fenders to get them to fit with the big drop.

Everyone that has seen the car so far thinks it looks good and fits right. I know I could have gone wider, but for the deal I got on the 245/40s I wasn't going to worry about it

 

post some pics

 

Also, for being a 18x10 they are just about the same weight as stock or maybe 1lb heavier.


I will also have some crappy cell phone pics here in a bit.


O and the TPMS fits and was working earlier, but on my way home the light for the TPMS came on, but the tires are all at their spec'd air pressure

 

You sir are wrong...the KONI 8's can only run 17x8's with 245/40's. The GT class 8's run 11's and 13's, but those aren't even RX8's to begin with.

 

Ok my mistake, I thought the KONI cars ran the same as the GT Cars. I don't know a whole lot about the rx8 race cars

 

Lets see some pics man!

 

Here are the crappy cell phone pics:

 

Edit** Doesnt look to stretched as I thought it would.

 

The tire is stretched a very very very little bit. Not as bad as the 225/45s would have been, but they are just a tiny bit.

 

Now get some springs/coilovers there Grave Digger.

 

Not sure I like the chrome bolts on the rims but A+ for being different. How about some front and rear shots.

 

I'll definitely be getting better pics, but I'm waiting for better weather.

 

Are you running only 10's in the rear or all the way around? Also, why aren't you running a tire better suited for a 10" wheel, like 275/35's or something? Just a thought I was having...kinda bugs me when I see skinny tires on wide wheels. Just my opinion...

Now that I have run 275/35's for a while now, I don't think I could ever go any smaller. My next set are gonna be 285/30's on Enkei RPF1 18x10's but I'll be rolling the fenders and losing all the fender lining. Nice wheels BTW.

 

I have 18x10s all around. I ran the 245/40s for the time being to see how they do with the drop I have planned. When the drop is done and if I see that I have room, then I will be getting bigger tires. I was told that with the 18x10s I would be limited to a 265/35 as the biggest so I figured I'd start in the middle before jumping straight to 265/35s and finding out they wouldn't work with the drop I have planned.

 

615s ARE cheap tires? I'd say get those as STARTERS and move up from there..

 

No RT615s aren't cheap tires, and I didn't really want to spend that much on tires to end up getting the wrong size tire that wouldn't of worked with the drop I want

 

If 615s aren't cheap, I'd hate to think what you'd think about decent tract tires...
615s are about as budget as you can get..

 

Whoever is giving you tire sizing advice should be fired. 275/35-18s are a tried and tested setup run by a lot of people here and they don't rub even at full compression. Some have run 285/35-18s without issue on the 18x9.5 +45 Enkeis.

 

Who makes Fierce tires? And this 3inch plus drop you are looking to make, you know your car will handle like crap and look stupid tucking tire, right?

 

Fierce tires is a BFGoodrich subsidiary company.

I'm still debating on keeping this size or not.

I don't think a 275/35 would fit at all with this setup. Nuke runs a 265/35 with mostly stock alignment settings and I think the 275/35 would maybe fit with major roll/pull and some camber.

I can't even imagine a 285/35 fitting on this setup, but i don't know.

 

I'm running 275/35's all the way around with TEIN S-techs and have no rubbing issues what so ever. No fender pulling or rolling and I'm running a conservative track alignment.

 

^+1 Same setup using +45 offset and stock alignment and I have touched fender cause I banged a big bump/pothole while jamming on a onramp with a passenger. Other than that I push hard in corners and yet to rub.

If your going to keep running a 245 you should have just bought some 8inch wheels instead. This is like jacking off when you could be *******.

 

The 265 that dannobre and teamrx8 ran was on 10.5 + 43 so it is a little more than .25" farther out than yours, not to mention that 265 was advan neova. The 265 neova is wider than a normal 275 fyi. You can run wider without a doubt