Tire Help!!!
09-10-17, 02:30 PM
#16
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I have only join this forum for a year and the number of posts I see people go out and drop big dollars on wheels and tires, than realize the fitment causes rubbing. It really isn't hard to do a bit of research on the topic. Stock values are readily available all over the internet, the farther you deviate from those stock values, the higher chances you will experience fitment issues.
09-10-17, 03:51 PM
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The 225/35 and 255/30 are probably the second most common after 235/35 and 265/30...but for you, a bigger tire is going to cause even more issues.
The 225/35 and 255/30 are the same circumference as the factory F sport wheels, so going smaller is not recommended.
In the link you sent, I think the guy was selling them because they were rubbing...if you look at the last pic of the wheel close up you can see on the sidewall where it was rubbing on the fender.
The side of the car pic shows the wheel sticking out quite a bit. It looked like it might have been stock height, or lowered just a little.
The 225/35 and 255/30 are the same circumference as the factory F sport wheels, so going smaller is not recommended.
In the link you sent, I think the guy was selling them because they were rubbing...if you look at the last pic of the wheel close up you can see on the sidewall where it was rubbing on the fender.
The side of the car pic shows the wheel sticking out quite a bit. It looked like it might have been stock height, or lowered just a little.
09-10-17, 03:53 PM
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I have only join this forum for a year and the number of posts I see people go out and drop big dollars on wheels and tires, than realize the fitment causes rubbing. It really isn't hard to do a bit of research on the topic. Stock values are readily available all over the internet, the farther you deviate from those stock values, the higher chances you will experience fitment issues.
09-10-17, 05:57 PM
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bought the wheels because it was a sweet deal, and I researched the offset and fitment, I has been done. All I was looking for was a tire and mod recommendation. But seems like a lot of people want to throw their 2 cents on what they have read, and not actually encountered. Balling on a budget means adjusting on the fly.
And I think 'can be done' is relative...with enough money, anything can be done...some folks just have a line in the sand where cost eclipses the end result and they go in another direction.
Here's one that 'made it fit': https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...-build-11.html (see post 160 and 165 on that page)
Personally I'm not ready to go that far to make wheels fit...
09-10-17, 06:26 PM
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bought the wheels because it was a sweet deal, and I researched the offset and fitment, I has been done. All I was looking for was a tire and mod recommendation. But seems like a lot of people want to throw their 2 cents on what they have read, and not actually encountered. Balling on a budget means adjusting on the fly.
09-10-17, 07:07 PM
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That's a lot to machine off...the backplate better be super thick to support loosing that much material.
09-10-17, 07:16 PM
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Oh yeah no doubt. It's likely that going that far would put you at or through the cone seat on the far side. But I'd have to hold the rim in my hands before I went firm yay or nay.
09-11-17, 02:40 PM
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