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Old 05-14-14, 05:26 PM
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So I finally got ready to order my wheels (XXR 526) but at the last minute I was told by the vendor that the sizes I want don't exist!!! The closest thing to what I want is 18 x 9 +25 offset and 18 x 10.5 +20 offset. That is a little more aggressive than what I had planned!! My question is will these wheels fit without poking out? The car is not lowered yet but I plan to lower it will coilovers in the future. I don't mind if I have to slightly pull and/or roll the fenders. I also want to be able to clear Supra calipers as well. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated. This is my daily driver so I would like to avoid as many problems as possible.
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Search the XXR wheel fitment thread on supraforums is my advice..

I am running the 18x10 +25 rears and feel like with a 265 or 275 tire and cutting the fenders you would be fine. Even a little roll/pull would easily clear it. I run 285's but i would need a roll as well to clear better.

Those fronts I am unsure about.. my fronts dont rub at my height but I do know the 18x8.5 +25 fit TT brakes, and I assume the 9" wide would too.. but you would DEF. need to roll your front fenders to accommodate
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i won to buy some avid 1 av06 in 18x9.5 +24 front and 18x10.5 +22 rear i'm already roll my fender and i have coil tein s tech aprox 2 inch lower!

do you think they can fit with no camber and their have somebody run this setup ?

tks for reply and pics of your car if its possible ???
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Originally Posted by TRACKMKIII
So I finally got ready to order my wheels (XXR 526) but at the last minute I was told by the vendor that the sizes I want don't exist!!! The closest thing to what I want is 18 x 9 +25 offset and 18 x 10.5 +20 offset. That is a little more aggressive than what I had planned!! My question is will these wheels fit without poking out? The car is not lowered yet but I plan to lower it will coilovers in the future. I don't mind if I have to slightly pull and/or roll the fenders. I also want to be able to clear Supra calipers as well. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated. This is my daily driver so I would like to avoid as many problems as possible.
From my experience, 8.5" with a 35 offset is flush on the fronts at stock height.
When a car is lowered 3-4" on coilovers with natural camber, 8.5" with a 0 offset will sit flush for the fronts (9.5" with a +5 offset for the rears)

Playing around with an offset calculator - this is what I have found.
Assuming car is not lowered at the moment, the front will poke by ~16mm on stock height
The rears will poke out by A LOT on stock height.

You might need to get coilovers to dial in the natural negative camber for these to fit, or get camber adjustable upper control arms
(shameless plug, I am selling adjustable camber upper control arms for the fronts and rears!)

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Originally Posted by IMPREZA2K6
i won to buy some avid 1 av06 in 18x9.5 +24 front and 18x10.5 +22 rear i'm already roll my fender and i have coil tein s tech aprox 2 inch lower!

do you think they can fit with no camber and their have somebody run this setup ?

tks for reply and pics of your car if its possible ???
If you don't run camber, the setup will poke out in both the front and the rears. You can try getting away with pulling fenders and a minor stretch on the tires.

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Originally Posted by DomRebel
If you don't run camber, the setup will poke out in both the front and the rears. You can try getting away with pulling fenders and a minor stretch on the tires.
225-40-18 front on 9,5+24
245-40-18 rear on 10.5+22
Is it a good strech ?
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Originally Posted by DomRebel

From my experience, 8.5" with a 35 offset is flush on the fronts at stock height.
When a car is lowered 3-4" on coilovers with natural camber, 8.5" with a 0 offset will sit flush for the fronts (9.5" with a +5 offset for the rears)

Playing around with an offset calculator - this is what I have found.
Assuming car is not lowered at the moment, the front will poke by ~16mm on stock height
The rears will poke out by A LOT on stock height.

You might need to get coilovers to dial in the natural negative camber for these to fit, or get camber adjustable upper control arms
(shameless plug, I am selling adjustable camber upper control arms for the fronts and rears!)
Do you think and roll and pull would cover the 16 mm in the front at stock height? What if I run the same 18 x 9 in the rear? Shouldn't that keep it from poking out at all in the rear?
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Originally Posted by IMPREZA2K6
225-40-18 front on 9,5+24
245-40-18 rear on 10.5+22
Is it a good strech ?
Yes, that's a subtle stretch you should be okay
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Originally Posted by TRACKMKIII
Do you think and roll and pull would cover the 16 mm in the front at stock height? What if I run the same 18 x 9 in the rear? Shouldn't that keep it from poking out at all in the rear?
Yes, a roll and pull should be okay for the fronts

18x9 would fit good in my opinion for the rears
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