Aggressive Wheel Fitment Thread
#2126
The Angry Wheelchair
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Is that all around or just the rear? Front and rear are aligned up as well? Is the 265 the most practical tire (and when I say practical I mean nothing too small as to stretch and nothing too large to roll over) to use for a 9-9.5 width? I've seen your car pics Kane, looks good but I may be inclined to push them out a little more to almost be a hair past the fender.
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Is that all around or just the rear? Front and rear are aligned up as well? Is the 265 the most practical tire (and when I say practical I mean nothing too small as to stretch and nothing too large to roll over) to use for a 9-9.5 width? I've seen your car pics Kane, looks good but I may be inclined to push them out a little more to almost be a hair past the fender.
A 275 is perfect for a 9.5 IMO - but a 265 wouldn't be bad at all, and a 245 would be mildly stretched (again see my rears as I am on a 245).
Once I get back I intend to go 275 min in the back and 245 in the front, as I need the traction.... badly.
#2129
The Angry Wheelchair
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Yea I was looking at his and Canary's throughout the threads last week. I like the style but I'm not going to be slamming my car down as low as some of them. I think too low ruins it. I also don't want to overdo the tire size as to slow me down while it helps for corners I'm not tracking the car (yet) so I'm being finicky with all the options out there. And being NA I'm no where to needing what Kane does for traction either. No plans to go FI for another few years.
Last edited by Vlaze; 02-01-2010 at 01:38 PM.
#2133
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LOL just about always been FI - though for a while I was stock Greddy.
A 245 IMO is the perfect size for the 8 - I have pinned myself to the door in tight turns and as long as I didn't throttle over-steer my tires barely squealed.... anything bigger just adds weight without the power to compensate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTn50V6ovr8
At 2:20 seconds you can see my trail brake into a 90 degree turn with no power oversteer at about 55 MPH... LOL, that was fun.
A 245 IMO is the perfect size for the 8 - I have pinned myself to the door in tight turns and as long as I didn't throttle over-steer my tires barely squealed.... anything bigger just adds weight without the power to compensate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTn50V6ovr8
At 2:20 seconds you can see my trail brake into a 90 degree turn with no power oversteer at about 55 MPH... LOL, that was fun.
#2134
The Angry Wheelchair
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I'll be on 18's anyhow to not lose more performance going to 19, nor looking to go to 17's so it'll be a bit of messing with the height for the look I want and seeing if I got enough travel to clear it.
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Hell with the dark shadows it's hard to tell and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems you wouldn't even need a roll for your height. You're not lowered enough to touch the tires and I wouldn't think your suspension would travel far enough for it from what I can see but I could be wrong.
I'll be on 18's anyhow to not lose more performance going to 19, nor looking to go to 17's so it'll be a bit of messing with the height for the look I want and seeing if I got enough travel to clear it.
I'll be on 18's anyhow to not lose more performance going to 19, nor looking to go to 17's so it'll be a bit of messing with the height for the look I want and seeing if I got enough travel to clear it.
#2141
Pew Pew Pew
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Rears are +33 and fronts are +38. Lowered about 1.6 in front and 1 in rear. -2.2 camber front and -2.1 camber rear. Fender rolling not required. I'll be lowering the rear another 1/4" in a couple weeks and moving the 5mm spacer to the front + getting a 10mm spacer on the rear. I was going for the "tiltmode dirty car" look.
#2142
The Angry Wheelchair
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Nice J8. IMO I'd leave the height as it is, the lines flow well over the fender with the tire circumference and is clean. That's what I mean by a fine line of lowering for looks in regards to how far to go. Too low and it just ruins the look IMO and goes for more of a bagged look.
Thanks for posting the pics.
Thanks for posting the pics.
#2144
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vlaze - look at my pic on the left (a couple more in my album i think).
tein s drop
18x9.5 +30 all around
275/35 all around
had to roll fenders in the back; will have to do slight pull too b/c it rubs in heavy cornering
tein s drop
18x9.5 +30 all around
275/35 all around
had to roll fenders in the back; will have to do slight pull too b/c it rubs in heavy cornering
Last edited by 2tone; 02-01-2010 at 04:47 PM. Reason: edit: added pics