VVERY OT but i noticed you had the craftsman workbench.....you like it? i thought about buying one. Thanks


sorry for the

 

I want some pictures on the car.

 

Don’t know exactly why you plan to go for 255’s, is it for performance or looks? Isn’t 255’s on a 8,5” rim a tad wide?

I think you would actually lose road performance due to the tyre being to wide and causing the side walls to bulge out and you lose rigidity? I have 235’s on my 8,5x18 gramlights and the side walls are more or less 100% straight or maybe slightly on the inward lean.

As far as looks goes a wide tyre won’t look that wide on a narrower”ish” rim. Just my 2 cent

 

np.... it isnt actually a craftsman work bench.. just some tool boxes under an industrial kitchen bench.. works great though.

 

I'll defeinitly get some pics but it wont be for another month or so... I'll dig this post back up then and post some pics =)

 

Look at this...

I even called up frisby tire and asked them specifically about this before buying the wheels.... they said no problem with 255's on 8.5" wheel for track use.... I trust their opinion and they dont have any reason to lie to me.. the 235/40/17's cost the same $$$

These are track only wheels and will always have R dot compound on them.

Ha det bra Thomas!

 

I left message and he called me right back.

 

255 on a 8.5 rim are

 

Well, I guess it would be ok but I don't think it's optimal in a performance perspective, I’ve always been told that if you look for cornering performance you should use rims that are on the wider part of the recommendation scale.

If you look closely at that page you will see that 8.5” is the smallest they recommend for the 255’s and that 9.0" is the best suited rim. 8.0” or 8.5" is best suited for 235's depending on the profile, at least that’s the way I interpret this:

235/45ZR17 7.5-8.0-9.0

235/40ZR17 8.0-8.5-9.5

255/40ZR17 8.5-9.0-10.0

Det samma Nils Sorry for the Swedish guys

 

Thomas,
I see what you are saying but it seems alot of guys here have had good succes with the 255's and since they are wider.....

but we'll see =)

 

great wheels. how much did the wheels cost? thanks

 

pict's on the car (some are blurry he was going WAY too fast lol)
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...highlight=nils

 

looks great nils. I just put the same wheels on my car! Bronze 17x8.5 57f's. I am still running the stock tires though. But I plan to go 255's as soon as the advans wear out. I love the way these rims look in bronze, and they are so hot on white....great looking car man!

 

Can you post a link to where you got the wheels? I typed in gramlight.com and nothing is found.

 

www.gramlights.com aka www.forperformance.com