[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by nima314

Hey man, how's your car doing? You mentioned that going for a 255 over a 265 tyre won't affect the flush because the rim is still 9.5, are you sure it wouldn't make a difference at all? I was thinking of finding the exact inches/cm's width for the 265's vs 255's for the Dunlop's so I can make sure it's as flush as possible on paper.

I sold my car almost a year ago. I don't even live in Oklahoma anymore, so I couldn't possibly even tell you how the car is doing with the new owner; even though I don't even know who bought it lol.

In regards to tires, yes. The WHEEL is what is the determining factor in how flush it sits to the body, specifically the offset. While the tire can have a role in the clearance, or the overall look of the setup, the wheel and alignment spec are what is going to have the final say.

Take a look at this: http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php...culate#content

I put in 18x9.5 +40 for the wheel size on both. The tire size is 265/35 on one, and 255/35 on the other. Notice that the wheel itself doesn't change, because the WHEEL specs didn't change. Because of the tire size changing, it minimally altered the overall diameter and the clearance, but that's it.

Here's another one, but the tire sizes are 265/35 and 225/40: http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php...culate#content

Again, wheel remains in the same spot, but the tire fitment onto the wheel itself has changed quite a bit. The stretching of the sidewall would allow for less camber, due to the added clearance, compared to a squared tire (265/35), but the wheel itself still hasn't changed in how it "fits".

Originally Posted by nima314

Also, you said yours poke out a bit, but the front looks pretty perfect, did you mean the bottom pokes out because of the camber?

The Todoroki fenders are a bit weird. Look at the picture of my car from the front. It looks like there's a bit of clearance under the front fenders. Then look at it from the rear. The front wheels look like they're dead on flush, maybe poking a couple mm's. The Todoroki's have this curve in them, that can alter the appearance of the wheel fitment, depending on where you look at it from. It was pretty much 100% flush with the fender, MAYBE poking a mm or two, but that's it.

Originally Posted by nima314

Lastly, I reread the laws and it says new rims can only be 1" wider than the biggest stock of that model, which is 7" I'm pretty sure. Pretty ridiculous seeing as there's no harm with wider rims. Also who checks that anyway, and would getting 8" wide ruin the flush as my LCAs will make it potentially +11 offset in the front?

Here's my setup, compared to a 18x8 +11 setup: http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php...culate#content

As you can see, your setup would 14.1mm away from having the same fitment that mine did. I think it was said earlier that spacers aren't really an option, but I don't know. It also depends with what offset the wheels are before you even adjust the LCA.

On another note, if you could squeeze a 9j wheel, a +11 would be 1.3mm away from what mine was. I mean, I've seen a load of people in AUS using 9.5 and 10j wheels on their cars.

Originally Posted by nima314

Thanks again for all the help. It's so hard to wait for this car hahaha.

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No problem.