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General => General Technical => Wheels & Tyres, Suspension & Brakes => Topic started by: Gatesy on May 21, 2008, 12:32:36 PM

Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: Gatesy on May 21, 2008, 12:32:36 PM
Right I need to stick some new tyres on my new alloys on the FD but I\'m not sure what size I should go for.
The alloys are Volk Racing 17"s and are 8inches wide but have a bit of a lip on the outside as you can see from the pics below.
(http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/2755/dscf0072mj4.jpg)

(http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/540/dscf0073th5.jpg)

Any ideas?
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: AshRX on May 21, 2008, 12:49:39 PM
22/45/17 on front and 245/40/17 on back should be fine mate, might be able to go 255 on back if there isnt a lot of overlap
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: Bobbit on May 21, 2008, 12:53:36 PM
Quote from: AshRX;50090922/45/17 on front and 245/40/17 on back should be fine mate, might be able to go 255 on back if there isnt a lot of overlap

22 on the front? bit skinny isn\'t it? :Giggle
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: SmbFD3S on May 21, 2008, 01:05:44 PM
255\'s on an 8ish rim, you sure?
 
I have 18x9.5\'s on the back with 255\'s on them?
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: Gatesy on May 21, 2008, 01:26:50 PM
Before I had these refurbed I had some Falken 205/45/R17\'s on but they weren\'t wide enough when you looked at them.
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: SmbFD3S on May 21, 2008, 02:21:55 PM
Well IIRC the standard wheels are 8" and they have 225/50/R16 so you\'d get 225 and 235\'s on no problem
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: AshRX on May 21, 2008, 02:32:54 PM
Quote from: Bobbit;50091022 on the front? bit skinny isn\'t it? :Giggle

butter fingers today lol

i have a set with 8\'s and im running 245 and they are fine. With 9.5 you could fit 265 piece of cake on them
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: Gatesy on May 21, 2008, 03:38:26 PM
Think I\'ll go for 225\'s on the fronts and 235\'s on the rears.
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: Papercup on June 01, 2008, 07:30:11 PM
i run 8" on the front with 235/45/17
 
9" rear with 255/40/17
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: fil_auto on June 01, 2008, 08:19:22 PM
yep, likewise on super advan sa3r\'s.....


Quote from: Papercup;504253i run 8" on the front with 235/45/17
 
9" rear with 255/40/17
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: SiH on June 01, 2008, 08:26:25 PM
Widest i\'d go on an 8 is a 245 to be honest. What are the offsets? If they are hardcore you may need a slight stretch, but with easy fitments you could just run 235\'s all round, or 225\'s if you want to save an absolute bundle.
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: AtomicRex on June 01, 2008, 08:33:13 PM
245 is still too wide.
 
235 is the most you should run.
 
I have some D01J\'s for sale if you want them....I have 215\'s for the front and 235\'s for the rear. brand new and £60 per tyre
Title: What sized Rubber?
Post by: SiH on June 01, 2008, 08:35:34 PM
Quote from: AtomicRex;504281245 is still too wide.
 
235 is the most you should run.
 
I have some D01J\'s for sale if you want them....I have 215\'s for the front and 235\'s for the rear. brand new and £60 per tyre

I\'m not saying i\'d like it, but you could. ;) :D I\'m pretty sure R32 GTR\'s run 245\'s as standard, and those are 8" wide wheels :)
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