i am planning to run 18x9.5 with stock tire.
my car lowered by swift sport. do you guy think the wheel gap will increase becuase the tire strenched?

 

I highly doubt that the human eye could detect the difference.

 

yea, thats what i was thinking. but even lowered with 1 inch in the front the car still look high... with the strethced tires i am sure the gap will be bigger.

 

So, you don't believe my answer. That's fine.

But if this is all about how the car looks, let's have this discussion where it belongs....

 

i do belived you are right. i am just still wondering myself if i should buy tire or put the money for other parts since the tire still so new.

 

I can't make that decision for you, but can say that having a long-term plan will help prevent buying something twice.

 

thats right. however i am kinda regreted with the spring i bought. i might end up to buy another spring or save money for coilover. but now, exhaust will be my priority.

 

I'm on GTWorx springs. When I changed wheels to 18 x 9.75 I ran stock tires for a month until I could get the Yokahama ad07's or 08's i forget now, 265/35 and I didn't really notice a difference.

 

thats good to know. 9.75 is a odd size for wheels... whats wheel are they?

 

They were cheapy XXR. I needed new tires and wanted to go wider but didnt want to spend the money on the high dollar wheels yet. And they have a better offset than stock. Wanted to finish some bolt ons and get a tune. They have been great so far. I actually curbed one the other day and even though it pissed me off because I'm always so careful around curbs I'm not as pissed as if I had the expensive wheels. I can almost just throw it away and get a new one.
Lol. They look good to me. At the car show I over heard a few guys that were looking at them say "those are expensive wheels" my friend and I started cracking up.

 

You can't notice it, I did stock tires (very briefly as I have no desire to run stretched tires) on my 18x9.5 Advans. It's technically probably 2-3mm difference, not visible to the naked eye.

 

great to hear the inputs from you guys. as i dont want to spend money on tire now because i want to add some bolt ons. stock tire will be a very good options to me.

 

The 245's will be fine on the 9.5. Slight stretch nothing crazy at all. I have 245's on my 9.5" wide will and its only slightly stretched. Ideally you would want to run a 265 I believe, but for now the 245's should be just fine until time for new tires.

Thanks,
Dallin