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Old Oct 10, 2009, 04:48 PM
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Help me choose wheel size!!!

Welp order new wheels today from WheelDude.com. Ordered Rota DPT 18 x 9.5 +35 Gun Metallic. Gonna sand blast and powdercoat white. Should be nice. =] Especially for $950 shipped.

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Old Oct 12, 2009, 01:26 PM
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So excited =]
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nice choice - might be a bit of a squeeze, but should turn out awesome
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Uh...9.5" wide wheels? Good luck getting those to fit, you're going to need to heavily roll the rear fenders, run a crazy camber setup and you may have clearance issues on the inside with the strut itself.
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I'm doing like billyboy1 up there and his sportback. What all did you do to make yours fit billyboy1?
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a 9 and 1/2 inch wheel with a 35mm off-set will...........

....have the outer edge of the rim about 1 inch outside of the wheel well edge.
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Originally Posted by billyboy1
hehe 18x9.5 +28!





note: the rears needed serious flaring - twas about 15mm, the fronts not much at all, just running some pretty decent -ve camber, set up through racing logic coilovers and a rear camber plate. i'll need to go to a bodyshop and tidy up the rear flares (touch up the paint), for the thin sheetmetal isn't really designed for stretching!!
So he had to flare out the rears not simply roll. It looks like he also needed coilovers and camber plates. I can't quite see what tires he's running either but it looks like a stretched 225 or 235, not good for performance.
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If you look at the top of the tire in the 1st pic, it looks like 235 which is what im getting. 235/40/18
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That's a ridiculously stretched tire size, I ran a 235 on an 8" rim. On a 9.5", you really are sacrificing performance for looks just to get a wheel to fit. If you can't run a wider tire, what's the point in running a wider wheel?
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should have stuck with 18x8 or 18x8.5 atleast.
Old Oct 12, 2009, 02:27 PM
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Could have but I hate flat face wheels. That was the only way I could have a concave look.
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An 8.5" wheel has a concave look if you buy the right wheel. I believe the Rota Grids and the DPTs have a concave face in that size.
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Nope cuz they only come in 48 offset which is dead flat. I HATE flat faced wheels. Thats the reason why i havent bought any thus far. But I'm keeping my stocks til I get all the work done.
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Really? What bolt pattern do you have? I was looking at some 18 x 8.5 Grids and they look concave to me.
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5x114.3 i havent seen any that do to me


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