Wide 18 inch wheels - anybody???

[Luciano]

Any idea if the following wheel sizes will work on the FD?

245/40/18 (front) and 275/35/18 (rear).

Its (believed to be) lowered slightly, standard sized brakes, no arch work has been carried out.

Its a Type R so will never be carrying more than 2 people.

Am I likely to have problems?

[J4P RX]

Thats a tyre size not a wheel size.  Youll need to know the width and offset to get a rough idea.

Cheers
Lee

[Gerry M]

I\'m running that widths on my 17"

9.5 front et45  & 11" rear et50 but I have HUGE arches

[Luciano]

Lee,

I don\'t know the wheel widths.

Offsets are 155mm rear  105mm front

I guess they\'re too wide...?

[Gerry M]

I have 2.5" spacers on mine to use the offsets I have otherwise I\'d probably have a minus offset

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by Luciano
Lee,

I don\'t know the wheel widths.

Offsets are 155mm rear  105mm front

I guess they\'re too wide...?

:confused:  dont understand.  Offsets will be et45 or something like Gerrys above.

Originally posted by Gerry M
I have 2.5" spacers on mine to use the offsets I have otherwise I\'d probably have a minus offset

Running a spacer effectively lowers the offset.  EG et50 with a 2.5" spacer (63mm) will be 50-63 so -13.