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Spacers are illegal here and I've heard some bad things about them so I've decided to deal with crappy rotations and/or pulling off the tyre from the wheel for rotations. Thank you very much for your reply though! |
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I'm going to order them from Zoeb probably on Monday, but I will wait if youre throwing up some pics since we will be really similar in our setups. Plus i cant wait to see your new setup. I'll just be patient and keep an eye out for your post. Im also hung up on what tires to buy for the Portland area. It rains here constantly, so i need something all-purpose, but still something I can rip the wheel and get solid response. Thanks for the reply! -ilpad
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TireRack has the Continental Extreme Contact DW on sale right now. $170 for the 245/35R18. Reviews are great on this tire and they excel in the rain. I'll be needing them for street and track, so I was pretty picky on my tire choice and that is what I ended up selecting. |
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This is their quote: "Our new shoes arrived for Project 86 today. 8 weeks was a long time to wait! Got 2 sets of Enkei Raijins (one set will be street with Nitto Invo's, the other are for track with Nitto NT01's). We went with a staggered fitment of 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 with 225/40 and 245/40. Staggered fitment on the 86 is a controversial choice so I will explain our decision. After several track sessions we find the natural handling balance a little too loose (tail happy). It's fun, but slows the car, particularly out of low speed corners. We are hoping the staggered fitment will neutralise the handling balance. I guess we will have to wait and see if we were right" Hope this helps. .
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Apparently they decided in the end to go 8.5" with 225/45 R18 all round for the track and 9.5" 235/45 R18 all round for the road but their initial thoughts at least give you an idea of what they were going to run on your setup.
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Im considering going with 19x8.5 45 offset all around with 245/30/19
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That said I hope the sizes above are a typo. You'd have the rear wheel almost an inch taller than the front and the sidewall would be noticably thicker as well. Like my oversized winter tires on the rear with stockers on the front. Unless you like the raked drag racer look I guess. 245/35/18 F and 265/30/18 R as mentioned above would be the same diameter, but that's a pretty wide front. Also depends on the brand of tire - some are way wider than others in the same width. |
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The best way is to browse the other wheel threads and note the tire choices on the ones you like. AutoX guys use fat tires for extra grip so they will have some meaty choices as well - so check their subforum as well. The Yok Advan AD08 in 235 is wider than some 255s.
225/40-18 is 3.5 inches of sidewall. 215/45-17 is 3.8 inches of sidewall (stock). 215/50-17 is 4.23 inches of sidewall and looks 4x4ish A 911 on 20s is 3.38 inches of sidewall and looks like a rubber band - it doesn't take much to make a big difference IMO. Also if you don't like low-profile tires consider sticking with 17. |
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Here I am nervous about putting 235/40's on 7.5's. I have a set of 04 STi BBS that I want to use on the BRZ, everywhere I look says 235/40's need 8 inches at least. |
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