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Originally Posted by TRAKRAVN
What are the wheel and tire specs that you have in the photos? Size, offset and disk please.
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The fronts are 215/45/17 Bridgestone RE003 on 17x8.5 +16 A disk. I went with A disk as O disk didn't have enough clearance for the Essex/AP Sprint BBK.
The rears in the pictures are mostly 225/40/18 on 18x9 +35 O disk. After I got my rear alignment where I wanted it, I played round with slip on spacers (as I did when working out the front fitment) and saw I could've gone another 13mm less offset. So I've bought a pair of the same wheels in +22 offset, which havn't arrived yet. I'll then use the 4x +35 wheels for drift days.
I cross referenced the meaty tire thread quite a bit as well. I like how a couple of setups "sat". 265/35/18 on +38/35 offset wheels etc. But have no interest running tyres that wide on the front or the rear. My fronts sit the same as such a setup, but have far more inner clearance, so I get heaps of steering lock. I don't ever find the 215 lacking grip. In my eyes, I get the wide tyre look, without actually having to run wide tyres, or put up with the lack of lock / rubbing / weight / expense of running wide tyres.
My priorities were basically in this order
Retain stock body (no widebody)
Achieve same stance look as 265/35/18 setups
Retain as much front inner clearance as possible, for most steering lock
Setup height so that...
1. It doesn't bottom out on my test road
2. I can get the trolley jack under the front and back, without planks etc