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ayuaddict · 05-12-2008, 01:10 AM

235/40 or 245/35 sounds about right.

maybe even 235/35.

jdFKNmVRT · 05-12-2008, 01:20 AM

whats the normal size tire for a 18x10.5

***FaLKoN240*** · 05-12-2008, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdFKNmVRT

whats the normal size tire for a 18x10.5

NORMAL?

Or fitment whore size?

There's a difference.

If you're doing it for grip you're in the wrong thread.

jdFKNmVRT · 05-12-2008, 01:28 AM

which ever???

cause right now both the front and rears are hitting the fenders.

***FaLKoN240*** · 05-12-2008, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdFKNmVRT

which ever???

cause right now both the front and rears are hitting the fenders.

OK, well lower your car first.

Check where it's rubbing, if you're rubbing the INNER fenders, hit wherever it's rubbing with a hammer...

If it's hitting the body panels (outside) dial in a little camber.

You can get everything to fit, you just gotta work it.

You're showing you can fit shit on your car, now you gotta do the work to make it look sick.

jdFKNmVRT · 05-12-2008, 01:58 AM

i banged it everywhere but one guy was saying that i might have to toe it in or whatevers...
idk will see what happens when i try to mess with it.

***FaLKoN240*** · 05-12-2008, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdFKNmVRT

i banged it everywhere but one guy was saying that i might have to toe it in or whatevers...
idk will see what happens when i try to mess with it.

I don't think toe would help your situation.

Determine where it is rubbing and let everyone know later...

jdFKNmVRT · 05-12-2008, 02:11 AM

its running that lip thing in the fender well...
i pounded it down but it still hits it when i make turns

ALEXTHESUS*PECT · 05-12-2008, 02:34 AM

i'm running the 17x9 +12 and 18x9.5 +12 but i need wider wheels in the back

the rears

ant_s13 · 05-12-2008, 02:56 AM

jdFKNmVRT - i have 10.5s on the rear of my car and use 235/40 tyres. it isnt mega stretched its fine. this will give you more clearance up front then. when you say lip thing do you mean the seam at the top? hammer that totally flat, and also try hitting the wheel well itself to make it a bit curvier/rounder, especially passenger side as it seems a bit squarer that side cause the side mount cooler was in that well from factory.

"Normal size tyre for 10.5" = 10.5" is 262.5mm. therefore a 265 or so would be the closest match to the width i would say. Edit: you have 275 so you have big tyres for the rim, but they go on cause sidewall is small @ 35.

jdFKNmVRT · 05-12-2008, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ant_s13

jdFKNmVRT - i have 10.5s on the rear of my car and use 235/40 tyres. it isnt mega stretched its fine. this will give you more clearance up front then. when you say lip thing do you mean the seam at the top? hammer that totally flat, and also try hitting the wheel well itself to make it a bit curvier/rounder, especially passenger side as it seems a bit squarer that side cause the side mount cooler was in that well from factory.

"Normal size tyre for 10.5" = 10.5" is 262.5mm. therefore a 265 or so would be the closest match to the width i would say. Edit: you have 275 so you have big tyres for the rim, but they go on cause sidewall is small @ 35.

thanks for the info.

gotta240 · 05-12-2008, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ant_s13

jdFKNmVRT - i have 10.5s on the rear of my car and use 235/40 tyres. it isnt mega stretched its fine. this will give you more clearance up front then. when you say lip thing do you mean the seam at the top? hammer that totally flat, and also try hitting the wheel well itself to make it a bit curvier/rounder, especially passenger side as it seems a bit squarer that side cause the side mount cooler was in that well from factory.

"Normal size tyre for 10.5" = 10.5" is 262.5mm. therefore a 265 or so would be the closest match to the width i would say. Edit: you have 275 so you have big tyres for the rim, but they go on cause sidewall is small @ 35.

The tire size calculation that you are doing doesn't really work out in reality. For instance, i'm running a falkon 275/35/18 on a 9.5 inch rim. Although according to the way you do it, this should be buldging, it doesn't. Tire companies don't always make their sizes what they say it is. Thats why some 255s are as wide as some 275's. Most 265s on a 10.5 may even have a SLIGHT stretch. Nothing much, but most likely not totally "square". I guess what i'm getting at is, you have to take it as case by case thing.

DOOK · 05-12-2008, 07:41 AM

stretch, negative camber, slam.... work of art...

Flybert · 05-12-2008, 11:24 AM

jdmfknvrtas;lfkj, get federal rs-r in 245/35/18 for the 10.5's. 235/40/18 is a stupid tire choice for up front because it's so tall.

idahotuner · 05-12-2008, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotta240

Tire companies don't always make their sizes what they say it is.

I noticed this while looking around comparing tire sizes. when i was tring to decide what sizes to run.

DOOK · 05-12-2008, 12:32 PM

yes, for instance the azenis line measure very different than the ziex line when it comes to falken in particular...

rightcoastimports · 05-12-2008, 02:17 PM

i could prob go a tad lower but i live in new england.. and that could be fatal

FIlthy 24O · 05-12-2008, 07:17 PM

forrest keeping it hawaiin where ever he goes with gangsta fitment

rubed just enough where it wouldnt pop the sidewall

ant_s13 · 05-12-2008, 07:54 PM

gotta240 - very true, i really should have taken the time to type that out also. it does at least give a Basic idea though, some people just dont seem to make the connection between rim width and tyre size though so just saying 10.5 = 262 just makes people think a bit more laterally and things might make a bit more sense :P

timlush · 05-12-2008, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotta240

The tire size calculation that you are doing doesn't really work out in reality. For instance, i'm running a falkon 275/35/18 on a 9.5 inch rim. Although according to the way you do it, this should be buldging, it doesn't. Tire companies don't always make their sizes what they say it is. Thats why some 255s are as wide as some 275's. Most 265s on a 10.5 may even have a SLIGHT stretch. Nothing much, but most likely not totally "square". I guess what i'm getting at is, you have to take it as case by case thing.

No, it is because the wheel width is measured from inner bead to inner bead, not the edge of the wheels.

MrFairlady · 05-12-2008, 09:22 PM

Ok I sold out (no 5lug) so I got these - Not super aggressive...more like FISHER PRICE "my 1st Gangster Fitment": ELITE 17x9+15 all around.

Going on this (fresh outta re-paint,.AGAIN)

Currently Weaksauced: 16x8 +25 F & R

TIres are gonna be 215/40 fronts and 235/40 Rears.Stock Fenders...rolling this weekend.

Will I be cool front and rear?What am I looking at.I already trimmed the tops off the front fender Liners and I'm not Going SUPER LOW..but may drop a tad more.
Thanks

strongbads240 · 05-12-2008, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALEXTHESUS*PECT

i'm running the 17x9 +12 and 18x9.5 +12 but i need wider wheels in the back

the rears

love ur car bro mad respect +1

JRas · 05-14-2008, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotta240

The tire size calculation that you are doing doesn't really work out in reality. For instance, i'm running a falkon 275/35/18 on a 9.5 inch rim. Although according to the way you do it, this should be buldging, it doesn't. Tire companies don't always make their sizes what they say it is. Thats why some 255s are as wide as some 275's. Most 265s on a 10.5 may even have a SLIGHT stretch. Nothing much, but most likely not totally "square". I guess what i'm getting at is, you have to take it as case by case thing.

tire calculation

275 / 25.4 = 10.82

your wheel if it's a 9.5 is aprox idk 9.8-.9.9 from lip to lip

A RT-615 275/35/18 is 10.8

even if your wheel was a flat 10, which it's not you would be .8 of an inch over

so Ima guess you have a slight buldge ( post pictures to prove me wrong )

I put 275/40/17 on my 17x10's yesterday and it's square so I have a hard time believing you with a 9.5 wheel is square. again please do post pictures I'd like to see what it looks like

pink godzila · 05-14-2008, 11:40 AM

Question~

Can put 215/45/17 Front and 235/40/17 Rear on S13?

Notice that the front is higher than the rear but for a RWD car that should be ok rite?

***FaLKoN240*** · 05-14-2008, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pink godzila

Question~

Can put 215/45/17 Front and 235/40/17 Rear on S13?

Notice that the front is higher than the rear but for a RWD car that should be ok rite?

Just get 40 series all around, you won't regret it.

240trainee · 05-14-2008, 12:49 PM

215/45 and 235/40 would be pretty much the same overall diameter.

But S chassis look better with a stagger.

215/40 and 215/45 or 235/40, or if you run 235/40 front, than an 18" rear.

pink godzila · 05-14-2008, 01:37 PM

^^ Thanks for all the comments

I have the tire with me already = = I just forgot what I had in my rear and ordered the wrong size for front. ops.. but i was thinking it is ok to run little bigger in front. So~ it is ok to run that set-up

240 OR DIE · 05-14-2008, 02:46 PM

275s are pretty flush on a 9in wheel, a little buldge but pretty close to a perfect fir. Full race s14 has 17x9s on 275 whatevers...02

cxlo8331 · 05-14-2008, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pink godzila

Question~

Can put 215/45/17 Front and 235/40/17 Rear on S13?

Notice that the front is higher than the rear but for a RWD car that should be ok rite?

what size wheel?

pink godzila · 05-14-2008, 05:35 PM

^^ 17x9 +17 all around

05-12-2008, 01:20 AM	#1442
jdFKNmVRT Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 808 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	whats the normal size tire for a 18x10.5 __________________

05-12-2008, 01:28 AM	#1444
jdFKNmVRT Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 808 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	which ever??? cause right now both the front and rears are hitting the fenders. __________________

05-12-2008, 01:58 AM	#1446
jdFKNmVRT Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 808 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i banged it everywhere but one guy was saying that i might have to toe it in or whatevers... idk will see what happens when i try to mess with it. __________________

05-12-2008, 02:11 AM	#1448
jdFKNmVRT Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 808 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	its running that lip thing in the fender well... i pounded it down but it still hits it when i make turns __________________

05-12-2008, 02:34 AM	#1449
ALEXTHESUSPECT Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Soul cal!! Age: 46 Posts: 4,387 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: ALEXTHESUSPECT Feedback Score: 5 reviews	i'm running the 17x9 +12 and 18x9.5 +12 but i need wider wheels in the back the rears __________________ *TEAM SUSPECT**

05-12-2008, 01:10 AM	#1441
ayuaddict Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Socal Age: 35 Posts: 4,017 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	235/40 or 245/35 sounds about right. maybe even 235/35.

05-12-2008, 02:56 AM	#1450
ant_s13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Age: 39 Posts: 66 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	jdFKNmVRT - i have 10.5s on the rear of my car and use 235/40 tyres. it isnt mega stretched its fine. this will give you more clearance up front then. when you say lip thing do you mean the seam at the top? hammer that totally flat, and also try hitting the wheel well itself to make it a bit curvier/rounder, especially passenger side as it seems a bit squarer that side cause the side mount cooler was in that well from factory. "Normal size tyre for 10.5" = 10.5" is 262.5mm. therefore a 265 or so would be the closest match to the width i would say. Edit: you have 275 so you have big tyres for the rim, but they go on cause sidewall is small @ 35.

05-12-2008, 07:41 AM	#1453
DOOK Post Whore! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Land of Milk and Cookies Age: 41 Posts: 7,552 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	stretch, negative camber, slam.... work of art... __________________ <------ Grumpy Old Asshole MY REVIEW THREAD: Ltdnismoracer4=DOOK http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...ltdnismoracer4

05-12-2008, 11:24 AM	#1454
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	jdmfknvrtas;lfkj, get federal rs-r in 245/35/18 for the 10.5's. 235/40/18 is a stupid tire choice for up front because it's so tall.

05-12-2008, 12:32 PM	#1456
DOOK Post Whore! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Land of Milk and Cookies Age: 41 Posts: 7,552 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	yes, for instance the azenis line measure very different than the ziex line when it comes to falken in particular... __________________ <------ Grumpy Old Asshole MY REVIEW THREAD: Ltdnismoracer4=DOOK http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...ltdnismoracer4

05-12-2008, 02:17 PM	#1457
rightcoastimports Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Boston Area Age: 39 Posts: 663 Trader Rating: (15) Feedback Score: 15 reviews	i could prob go a tad lower but i live in new england.. and that could be fatal __________________ 95 SR Zenki \| @ e_form daily - A34 Maxima \| A36 Maxima

05-12-2008, 07:17 PM	#1458
FIlthy 24O Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2007 Location: hawaii nei-Gardena Age: 35 Posts: 511 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	forrest keeping it hawaiin where ever he goes with gangsta fitment rubed just enough where it wouldnt pop the sidewall __________________ GARAGE BOSO...........ROOTS AND CULTURE

05-12-2008, 07:54 PM	#1459
ant_s13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Age: 39 Posts: 66 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	gotta240 - very true, i really should have taken the time to type that out also. it does at least give a Basic idea though, some people just dont seem to make the connection between rim width and tyre size though so just saying 10.5 = 262 just makes people think a bit more laterally and things might make a bit more sense :P

05-12-2008, 09:22 PM	#1461
MrFairlady Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fascination Street,N.C Age: 45 Posts: 1,701 Trader Rating: (31) Rides Gallery: MrFairlady Feedback Score: 31 reviews	Ok I sold out (no 5lug) so I got these - Not super aggressive...more like FISHER PRICE "my 1st Gangster Fitment": ELITE 17x9+15 all around. Going on this (fresh outta re-paint,.AGAIN) Currently Weaksauced: 16x8 +25 F & R TIres are gonna be 215/40 fronts and 235/40 Rears.Stock Fenders...rolling this weekend. Will I be cool front and rear?What am I looking at.I already trimmed the tops off the front fender Liners and I'm not Going SUPER LOW..but may drop a tad more. Thanks __________________ z-tERty-2

05-14-2008, 11:40 AM	#1464
pink godzila Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal / Japan Tokyo Posts: 4,179 Trader Rating: (226) Feedback Score: 226 reviews	Question~ Can put 215/45/17 Front and 235/40/17 Rear on S13? Notice that the front is higher than the rear but for a RWD car that should be ok rite?

05-14-2008, 12:49 PM	#1466
240trainee Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 37 Posts: 3,861 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	215/45 and 235/40 would be pretty much the same overall diameter. But S chassis look better with a stagger. 215/40 and 215/45 or 235/40, or if you run 235/40 front, than an 18" rear. __________________ Team Pterodactyl SHARK ATTACK!!! LookoutDrift

05-14-2008, 01:37 PM	#1467
pink godzila Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal / Japan Tokyo Posts: 4,179 Trader Rating: (226) Feedback Score: 226 reviews	^^ Thanks for all the comments I have the tire with me already = = I just forgot what I had in my rear and ordered the wrong size for front. ops.. but i was thinking it is ok to run little bigger in front. So~ it is ok to run that set-up

05-14-2008, 02:46 PM	#1468
240 OR DIE Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 261 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	275s are pretty flush on a 9in wheel, a little buldge but pretty close to a perfect fir. Full race s14 has 17x9s on 275 whatevers...02 __________________ Signature Exceeds 400x200 Maximum Limits set by the User Agreement!!

05-14-2008, 05:35 PM	#1470
pink godzila Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal / Japan Tokyo Posts: 4,179 Trader Rating: (226) Feedback Score: 226 reviews	^^ 17x9 +17 all around