Wheel Fitment Question Thread

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Originally Posted by Breakbeat93

It's amazing how much you can learn if you start at page one and read through...view pics/posts, and google an offset calculator

I asked before but is anyone running max knuckles with 10j or there about in the front? Any lca/tie clearance issues?

PM Knoop (95KA-Turbo), think he runs knuckles and 10js up front on his S14. He should be able to tell you if he had any clearance issue.

Originally Posted by JonathanPrem

Got Camber question-

Just installed brembo and had to use 20mm spacers on my wheels to clear. I'm running around -6 to -7 camber in the front. Tire size is 215/40. Will 215/35 give me enough clearance to run about -5 or -4?

Not 100% sure but to me, running undersized wheels is like raising the car up. All you're doing is giving yourself more gap/space between the tires and fenders. I think you'd have a better clearance if you can trim down your spacers to the min you need to clear the brakes. You probably just need about 12-13mm from my personal experience with most rims I've ran. And for ever 3mm you get back, is about 1* you can get back roughly.

Originally Posted by Sil#2

Ok I finally pulled the trigger on some wheels and need advice on tire size please.

S14
Coilovers
Varrstoen 2.2.1
Fronts 18x9.5 +12 thinking 245/40/18
Rears 18x10.5 +15 thinking 255/40/18

What do you guys think of that setup? Any fender work needed? And how will the handling be? Thanks in advance

I would bet smaller tires, those are enormous!!! Look up tire calculators and use 205/55-16s for an overall diameter for reference you wanna shoot for the same diameter or maybe smaller. The larger 40 series 18" tires I'd run is 235/40-18s. Even those are larger than usual.

Also, why do you want to run such wide tires? Wider tires mean, more fender work you'd need to clear them.

My current setup is 18x10 +7 225/40-18 and 18x10.5 +10 235/40-18



If you insist on running 245-265 width tires, you'd need to kick it down to 35 series tires and massage the fenders some more or run more camber.