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07-19-2016, 10:08 PM | #1 |
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Differences in wheel width
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Wheels: Enkei Tuning TS9 Specs: 18" x 8 or 8.5 Tires: Continental ExtremeContact DW Specs: 225 or 235/40/18 What exactly are the pros and cons into having a wider wheel. I know this is only a .5 inch difference but everything counts. The only thing better I feel the 8.5 would bring is better look and slightly more balance but slightly heavier. Any advice? P.s. will be daily driving no auto x, yet
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I threw 10.5's on and I honestly can't tell a difference at all.
Only thing is the grooves and slopes in the road like to grab you more.
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Generally speaking, don't wider fronts tend to induce understeer? I'm partly asking for myself because I don't actually know. I'm .5" wider than stock right now. Squared. I'm pretty sure there's no point going wider as my power output is stock auto.
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Yes they would both be heavier(wheel/tire), but there would be also be more maximum grip. The look could be better if they had a different specs, or they could look exactly the same on the outside widths. Example= 18x8.5 +35 vs 18x8 +29, the outside would face would be in the same distance to the fender, but the inside width is more narrow. Quote:
Don't run staggered. It is a low powered car. And staggered will mess with the traction control systems. If you want equal distance to the fender front/rear, get a small 3-5mm spacer to adjust. |
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No, I think he is talking about a skinny wheel in front and a wider wheel in the rear. "staggered fitment" |
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When you say look, what do you mean? How flush it is, or just having a meaty tire? Flushness is a characteristic of offset, not wheel width. So an 18x8+35 would be just past flush in the front and just under flush in the back.
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The internets has changed the meaning of words and at this point it just means unequal. Staggered usually means different widths or diameter, which equals to different tire sizes. The spacer difference is for aesthetics to the fender. Car is actually wider(staggered ) in the rear. Front track: 59.8 Rear track: 60.6 Best setup is to run same wheel/tire on all 4 corners so you can rotate tires. |
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Right now I am not worried about being flushed. As when I buy coilovers in the future I will buy the necesssary spacers along with them to have it flushed, or even poke more. What I mean by look is basically that meaty look that you can see from the back, noticing how wide the tire is. I've seen pics where 8" wide don't look as good as 8.5" wide. P.S. I'm also staying squared.
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What about the first number, if it's wider, how would that affect how it looks with the rim? I've been looking for pics but I can't find anything.
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From the back, the wider tire (first number) will look bigger, because it is. When people talk about fitting meaty tires on their cars, that's what they're talking about. There are a lot of people running 255's all around, and a few running 265's all around. They're a lot more difficult to fit than 245's are. As far as a 245 on an 8.5, that will work fine. A 245 looks slightly stretched on a 9 and pretty square on an 8.5. |
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"second" number is the PERCENTAGE of the tread width for the sidewall height. i.e. 35 = 35% of 245mm = 85.75mm the sidewall of a 245/35 is not the same as a 225/35. but a 215/40 is almost the same even though it says "40". because it's a percentage.
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