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Originally Posted by Kody
So after a lot of research on these forums I've come the realization that I want to to purchase the Enkei PF01 (17x8) with Michelin Pilot Super Sport Tires (235/45ZR17).
I will be ordering these from Tirerack.com. The problem arises when I try to add the tires after choosing the wheel. Their site won't let me pick the super sports in conjunction with the PF01's, I can only choose from a small variety of tires similar to the Dunlop Direzza Z2's. I have to manually add the wheel then go back and pick the tire as a separate order. 
The fact that tirerack says these won't fit well confuses me because I've seen many others with very similar or exact setups. Is there some aspect of this wheel/tire combo that I'm missing?
Also, how would 225/45-17's do on 8" wheels? I'm trying to avoid messing with the speedometer as much as possible.
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I'm just giving you some figures here, but you have to decide for yourself what fits your style.
235/45/17 is way off. Thats about 3% off from factory diameter, and ads about 9mm of additional tire flank to your car. If you go for 235 tires, take 235/40/17, thats just 1% off and -2.5mm tireflank from stock.
225/45/17 is about 1.5% off, and adds 4.5mm to the tireflank. So you could do that aswell.
Another option may be 245/40/17, thats 0.4% off and adds 1.5mm to the tireflank.
Make sure however you get a proper offset on your 8" wheels. something in the +35 range would be ideal (depends a bit on what tire you are planning to use
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Originally Posted by olorin
Which Michelin PSS would fit best on 18x8.5? I'd love to do 235/35 R18 but that is not an option. I could go up to 245/35 or do 235/40 with a bit more diameter. Or what other tire options that would be fairly equivalent to the PSS?
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245/35/18 is the best choice if you want to go as near to stock diameter as possible. Make sure however you get a offset on your wheels of about +35 as long as you are not planing/running on coilovers