Will the wheels fit?
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Will the wheels fit?
First of all I hope this post is in the right section...Anyway, I want new wheels but need to be sure they will fit before I buy. I'm running 17x7.5 with a 38 offset now with 205/45 size tires. Now the size I want to buy are 17x8 offset 35mm in the front and 17x8.5 offset 28mm in the rear. Tire sizes will be 205/40/17 for both front and rear. My car is lowered as far as it can go on H&R coils but I can set that where I need it to be. I think they will fit based on a wheel offset calculator but I want NAM's opinion. From what I can tell with my set-up now I have maybe 16mm from tire to wheel well or suspension. So please give me your input, Thanks in advance, Christian
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Thanks Rally. Do you by chance have any pics with a 17x9 in the rear? If that works well I would rather go the extra half inch. Whats a good size tire then... I would like some stretch! I can cut/trim the plastic flares if need be, but I just don't want anything rubbing the inside wheel well or front suspension. Plus I want to pick up a set of front camber plates for a few degrees of neg. camber so I can tuck the tire in the wheel well.
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You gotta come hang out on motoringunderground.com if you're looking to get into aggressive wheel fitments and stretch There's a bunch of us over there pushing the boundaries on stance and we're always open to discuss fitment.
205/40 works well. 215/40 if you step up to 9's
this car is running 17x9 et25 215/40's in the rear: http://www.motoringunderground.com/f...t=3980&page=21
Also check the wheel/tire forum over there.
205/40 works well. 215/40 if you step up to 9's
this car is running 17x9 et25 215/40's in the rear: http://www.motoringunderground.com/f...t=3980&page=21
Also check the wheel/tire forum over there.
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OK, so I'm set on some 17x8's for the front with 205/40's. Now in the back I could go 17x9 like Rally said, but that example was with a et25. The wheels I'm looking at getting would come in a 17x9 with a off-set of 27 or 22. Which should I go with? I would use the 215/40 tire size in the rear. A tire size calculator says that a et27 will give me 8mm less inner/ 30mm extra poke. A 22 will give me 3mm less inner/ 35mm extra poke. Which should I go with??? Or should I just stick with the 17x8.5's in the rear? I belive I have about 16mm of room from the rear rim backside to fender liner with my 17x7.5 et38 set-up now. I'm thinking the et22 because I could still get some tuck? It has to be slammed! haha.
Thanks again guys, Christian
Thanks again guys, Christian
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Sorry got the numbers switched, your right. But any clue on what off set to go with? I guess you can say I'm looking for someone that has ran something close to this or know of a set-up that has been used and works. I would like to order the wheels soon, but don't want to make a few thousand dollar mistake Thanks!!
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