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Wheels - What is legal?
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AFAIK, the standard wheel fitment on 86's seems to be 17x7.5 +48 for the GTS model. Quote:
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07-12-2012, 12:58 PM | #2 |
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18x8.5 should be alright with the right tyres.
I guess if you have an acco *touch wood* you just swap out the wheels for the stockies. |
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How do you swap the wheels at the scene of an accident. Especially if you have smashed a wheel? I like the 9.5s but I know the risk if I was to run them.
I see the risk with this car is that it's a sports car and in a serious accident who are the police looking at? The Camry driver or the 86 driver ? |
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NT we got to follow National Code of Practice.
Basically goes off the tyre size, we can't go more than 1.3x wider, or have more than a 20 drop in profile. We can go up to a 275/25R19 tyre on a 19" x 11" rim lol! |
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Lol, still way overboard!!!! That's if you can get it to fit it the first place....
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Coincidentally, I started to begin a thread last night about the lack of wider wheels that are actually legal.
I'm sick of seeing yanks doing silly things like stretching narrow 215 tyres onto 9" rims with +30 offsets, running lots of negative camber, having their wheels still stick out then saying "Oh, needs moar .. That's okay, I like aggressive". Since when did non-functional mean the same thing as aggressive? Don't get me wrong, that's fine if hellawhatever is your thing, but if you simply want to use a wide tyre on a wide rim and have it fit inside the guard (you know, functional legal stuff), none of these "special fitment" offers will do. Something like this: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10257 Now that's how you set up a car! The exception is the Volk stuff. There are a few offerings in 9" and 9.5" with a +45 offset (which is just enough for a 245 or 255 tyre), which I guess you'd expect from such a quality brand. Everyone else is catering for the ghetto market. Problem is, I want a quality result at ghetto prices! |
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I say several people that participated in a group buy will be fitting 18 x 9.5 wheels. I am actually looking at an 8 inch rim and using the stock tyre size.
I like the way the car progressively lets go on the factory tyres. |
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I got 9" rear rim on the IS-F, and that comes with a 255 tyre stock. Guys are putting a 275 tyre on them, which is more than enough for the IS-F. Running a 9 - 9.5" rim on the 86 might look cool, but talk about a HUGE performance loss!!! You'd be looking at massive weight gain per corner! May as well run 22" chromies lol! IMO Nice offset in an 8" rim with a decent set of tyres will be more than enough! still might be over tyred... Function > Form for me, but yes, you can have both! |
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A Weds 17x9 only weighs about 400g more, but Weds USA did their special BRZ fitment as a +40. That'll poke out slightly on the rear and a mile at the front, so fail ... and that's one of the better ones! I don't blame the retailers, they are just catering for what the market is asking for. I just can't believe there isn't a market for some nice, light, affordable 17x9 +45ish (that is, LEGAL) wheels. |
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I was originally wanting 9’s, but I am also thinking 8.5’s might be a good option.. 8.5 +25 or +30 with 215/45/17’s J
17x9’s can be lighter than standard wheel, so just straight up saying massive gain per corner is a bit ignorant, but the thing you need to consider is the unsprung weight. You can increase unsprung weight without increasing actual weight... the lower the offset, the higher the unsprung weight will be, generally speaking.. Obviously the lighter your aftermarket wheel is, the lower offset you can go without increasing unsprung weight. |
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