The Official Wide Tire Thread
Do you have the perrin psrs? My 245/40/18 snow tires hit the front rear as well. This fixed it for me.
front:
fender lines are out but they did run on the back with the taller tire. also spaced the front fender out a bit (.375" maybe) but there is a lot of room up there.
Back:
rolled flat and pulled. we used a porta power and some serious bars with uhmw for protection to get it as far as we did. one side no rubbing anywhere, but the othet has a slight rubbing on the tire. im on ohlins flag COs and they are pretty low ride height so that doesnt help.
even three wheeling im not rubbing other than slightly on the outside of one rear tire:
fender lines are out but they did run on the back with the taller tire. also spaced the front fender out a bit (.375" maybe) but there is a lot of room up there.
Back:
rolled flat and pulled. we used a porta power and some serious bars with uhmw for protection to get it as far as we did. one side no rubbing anywhere, but the othet has a slight rubbing on the tire. im on ohlins flag COs and they are pretty low ride height so that doesnt help.
even three wheeling im not rubbing other than slightly on the outside of one rear tire:
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From: WA Seattle toolanddyedesigns.com
Just ordered Federal 285/30 18" to go on my Nt03 40et offset. Right now I'm running 265/35 18 Hankook Evo 12's with a 22.5mm front spacer and no rear spacer. No rubbing.
Should I order some 5mm spacers for the rear?
Should I order some 5mm spacers for the rear?
I'm thinking they'll fit somewhat close to the 18x10.5s pictured above. Has anyone fit 275s on an 18x9.5 +27 or something close?
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From: WA Seattle toolanddyedesigns.com
I'm going to roll the rears and slap on an Evo Dave front kit, but thinking I might need some small spacers in the rear. Now I have about 1/2" clearance between the tires and trailing arm.
Sucks!
front:
fender lines are out but they did run on the back with the taller tire. also spaced the front fender out a bit (.375" maybe) but there is a lot of room up there.
Back:
rolled flat and pulled. we used a porta power and some serious bars with uhmw for protection to get it as far as we did. one side no rubbing anywhere, but the othet has a slight rubbing on the tire. im on ohlins flag COs and they are pretty low ride height so that doesnt help.
even three wheeling im not rubbing other than slightly on the outside of one rear tire:
fender lines are out but they did run on the back with the taller tire. also spaced the front fender out a bit (.375" maybe) but there is a lot of room up there.
Back:
rolled flat and pulled. we used a porta power and some serious bars with uhmw for protection to get it as far as we did. one side no rubbing anywhere, but the othet has a slight rubbing on the tire. im on ohlins flag COs and they are pretty low ride height so that doesnt help.
even three wheeling im not rubbing other than slightly on the outside of one rear tire:
Impressive work getting that combo of wheel/tire to fit and function during some autox laps. I need to make an appointment to get my rears pulled a bit more out for my current setup.
Meathooker what spring rates are you running? Do you have a picture of your car sitting?
Just getting around clearing everything for wheels to fit, I think it has something to do with the spoke design of the Work XD9's...seems to need an additional 3 to 4mm (Eye measurement) to clear the calipers....
With the RSPS, the tires do clear the skirt but hit the rear of the bumper, time for some caster plates! Still having issues with the caliper clearance......
Shaving the brembo's....not an option for some additional clearance? If having to go with a wider spacer, the tires will be sticking out too much for my taste....I will get some pics up shortly....
Shaving the brembo's....not an option for some additional clearance? If having to go with a wider spacer, the tires will be sticking out too much for my taste....I will get some pics up shortly....
These are the pics...the wheels are installed with the 18mm spacers and the calipers of the car. It does have the fender mod kit on at the moment...Car is lowered but not aligned!
Last edited by Kaizer; Jun 11, 2013 at 06:24 AM.