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02-06-2013, 04:42 PM | #1 |
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235 mm tires, great fit but not too wide
The May 2012 issue of Grassroots Motorsports made a convincing argument that an 18" wheel and tire does indeed go faster and is more consistent than a nearly identically sized 17" wheel and tire.
But... Road and Track showed that for our torque challenged cars, having a wider, larger diameter 18" wheel and tire package was slower than a narrower 17" wheel and tire package. See this post: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...tire+size+test So... I played around with some calculations using the 1010tires.com website (see the attachment). It seems that the 235mm tire width is a great tire size for a wider tire fitment. Overall diameter is JUST UNDER the stock size for both 17" and 18" wheels. These fall in between the near-stock 215 or 225 tires and the I-want-them-as-wide-as-I-can-fit 245 and 255 tires. Here are the two sizes that are closest to the stock diameter: 235/40R17 Lots of tires (but certainly not all) are available in this size. A good option. 235/35R18 I have found only a few tires in this size. This is a shame, because given more options these would be my tires of choice. If you could find a really good tire in this size, the FR-S/BRZ/GT-86 should be faster with it.
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02-06-2013, 05:29 PM | #2 |
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ugh, tire choice and wheel choice is limited when we want 18" wheels with 5x100 and a lower offset.
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http://www.forgeline.com/products/on...lock/ga1r.html http://www.forgeline.com/products/on...-open-lug.html I think it's really cool that you could spend 1/4 the price of the car on a top-of-the-line set of wheels and tires!
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