What is the best tires Size for 19"
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What is the best tires Size for 19"
I just bought new wheel for my car.
19x8.5 front and 19x10 rear offset is 35mm.
My car is about 1.5-2.0 drop.
I need help to find the best fit on tires.
any idea this is my first get wheel this big hahah
19x8.5 front and 19x10 rear offset is 35mm.
My car is about 1.5-2.0 drop.
I need help to find the best fit on tires.
any idea this is my first get wheel this big hahah
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Originally Posted by xknowonex
Im plannin to go with a similar wheel setup. 8.5x19 and 10x19. why 35 up front and 30 in the back?
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Originally Posted by DetMich1
Because you want both tire/wheel combinations to end up approximately the same diameter as stock.and to match each other. Since the setup is staggered, you need to use a lower aspect ratio for the wider tire. 245/35-19 and 285/30-19 are within a half millimeter difference in diameter but Henry probably suggested the narrower (and smaller in diameter) 275/30-19 because of fitment problems caused by offset. If the propper offset for the rear wheel had been chosen the wider tire could have been selected without causing interference problems with the fender. He needed a rim that didn't stick out so far from the hub thus allowing more of the tire to fit more inboard on the axle. He would end up with a slightly narrower lip in the back but would not have to roll or shave his fenders and he would have ended up with wheels that more closely matched each other in overall diameter front and back.
I think shaving or rolling the fenders is a MUST when goin with rims this big. I've seen guys who didnt want to roll or cut their fenders and resorted to having a thin lookin stretched out tire and that just look nasty in my opinion Same goes with excessive negative camber
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Originally Posted by rominl
just use paint or touch up paint to paint over the bare metal. it's a must step
and i perfer cutting the fender
and i perfer cutting the fender
You must do something to cover the bare metal. Rust is Cancer to a car!
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Here's the inner fender lip shaved about half way. You can see the screw is barely holding the plastic trim.
More shaving was required in order to get my 295/25-20 tires to fit on 11" rims.
And here's how it looks now with the lip 100% shaved and a coat of primer . After this step I sprayed it with factory silver and then undercoated the wheel well.
We've been shaving fenders in NorCal for what, like 4 years ? Neo, Rominl and the other locals all have shaved lips. It's the ONLY way to go.
More shaving was required in order to get my 295/25-20 tires to fit on 11" rims.
And here's how it looks now with the lip 100% shaved and a coat of primer . After this step I sprayed it with factory silver and then undercoated the wheel well.
We've been shaving fenders in NorCal for what, like 4 years ? Neo, Rominl and the other locals all have shaved lips. It's the ONLY way to go.
Last edited by RMMGS4; 08-25-05 at 11:34 PM.
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lip shaving?
WOW! That looks intense. Crazy question I'm sure but what if the car isn't lowered and I just want to thrown on some 10" wide rims with 285 tires? Does body work like what you did need to be done???