wonjoon

On rx33o?

ColoradoRX

A 26" would look sooooo sweet on a 330!!! Especially a 385...you trying to convert it into a poor man's steamroller? You know if you get the right backspacing those tires could potentially stick out 5-6"...YES!!!

bizzy928

MMM That last post was not too nice.

wonjoon: I don't think its been done before. But 26" would definately take away the functionality of the RX. I don't recommend it.

Lexusfreak

I think that size is overkill bigtime!!! Unless of course you joining the monster truck circuit.....then it's perfectly acceptable.

FlintRX

Ok, let me get this straight, you're asking about running 385 65R/26 size tire on a Lexus (or any car)? Is that in metric? Because anyone wanting to run a tire that size needs their head checked.

ColoradoRX

Bizzy,

Harsh...agreed but let's look at the big picture here:

We'll assume that wonjoon has a 330 that came with the 'big' wheels and tires, so he's got 235/55-18's. That tire's going to be 235mm or 9.25" wide. The sidewall on that tire is going to be 55% of 235 mm or 129mm (5.1"). This is going to yield a tire/wheel combo that is 18" + 5.1" X 2, which gives us a total tire/wheel height of 28.2"...give or take.

Now let's look at the new sweet setup...we've got a tire that is 385 mm or 15.2" wide. So, our friend is going to have to figure out a way to tuck 6" more tire inside the wheel well. I don't know about anyone else's 330 but I can't stuff another 6" of tire inside the wheel well without some serious contact with suspension pieces. So our option is to get a wheel with less backspacing and we've got 5-6" of tire sticking out beyond the fender...which would be a smooth look for a brand new Lexus. Throw some hydraulics and 16 switches on the thing and you'd have a bad-azz Compton cruiser.

Now let's look at the tire height, which is a whole different story. You've got a wheel that's 26" in height. The tire has a sidewall of 250mm or just a shade under 10" (and I don't know where you're going to find a tire like this as I cannot imagine a sidewall of 10" on a 385 tire...in fact tire rack doesn't even list a 385 and with their biggest size of 345 there is no 65 sidewall available). This fantasy combo would yield a tire/wheel combo that is 26" + 10" X 2, which yields a total height of 46" or almost 20" taller than the stock combination. Again, I don't know about your 330's but I'd be hard pressed to put an additonal 20" of tire on the thing (10" more tire and wheel stuffed in the fender - which is less than the amount of space between my stock tire and wheel combo and fender currently) without a nice lift kit or cutting the fenders to allow some degree of suspension travel without jamming a tire into a fender over every bump.

With that said, I say do it man!!! And when you do post pictures of the thing!

LexFather

Way to wide, thick and tall. No way that will fit.

TRD-bB

I was wondering if someone will photoshop an RX on 385/65/26 with a lift kit installed.
Quite curious as to see what it'll look like

WhiteTiger

I wonder if this person means a 285, not 385. I have 295's on an '03 Trailblazer and that looks just right and it's a larger vehicle. 385 is just way too wide for most any daily driven vehicles out there. Yeah, there probably are a few, but it's probably a Hummer or an F-350 or larger. Not a midsized SUV.

And possibly the 65 is in error too, might have been thinking he/she needed something bigger to go with the wider tire rather than realizing a smaller side wall number is warranted.

Now the 26's... I have no explanation for that.

I could see 285/45/22 working better, if it's available, although might have to go with a 35 or 40 sidewall for clearance purposes.

ColoradoRX

Touche...square peg round hole, square peg round hole!!!

LexFather

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=141363

Your fooling around. Both are closed.