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Red__Zed 08-21-2010 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ (Post 687413)
DannyGT is running a 19x9.5 +22 265/35 front and 19x10.5 +22 305/30 rear. He's lowered on BC Racing coilovers.

http://www.kryptonik.org/therex/The%20Z/13.JPG

There's a 7mm difference in his offset and the one you're thinking about, but the 255 tire should make it around the same as far as clearance goes.

It looks to me like that setup would rub though.

EDIT: Damn, that looks really good though...

SE 08-21-2010 05:38 PM

Keep in mind that Danny is running a +22 offset in the front with his 255. A 245 front on +12 is about the same. Also tire sidewalls can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so a 245 from one tire manufacturer could be slightly thicker than another.

Rubbing is also the result of being to low- if it's rubbing on the top of the fender liner a thinner tire width isn't going to save you.

OP I would suggest that if you don't want to run more aggressive camber settings than stock to just run a small spacer, but the fact is most people on here running wider wheel/tire specs or more aggressive sizing are probably rubbing one way or another.

There's a difference between it being too severe to daily drive comfortably to just rubbing on your fender plastics under full compression/hard turning.

OMGWTFBBQ 08-22-2010 03:20 AM

If you're worried, go rent a heat gun and a fender roller and roll the front fenders. That'll easily give you at least 10mm of space.

XLR8SN 08-22-2010 04:07 AM

Isn't the front fenders sort of rolled already? Hmm I need to look again. Maybe I can flare them out a bit. Do you have to relocate the fender lining tabs too?

OMGWTFBBQ 08-22-2010 12:23 PM

The rears are already rolled. My friend used a fender finisher tool on my front fenders because we didn't have the tools to take off the bolt on the hub in the front to attach a fender roller tool to. Same result anyways. The fender was flattened out and fender liner trimmed. We relocated the bumper tab. I have pictures somewhere on here that shows what was done, but I can't seem to find them at the moment.

I think I might try an 18x10.5 +12 265/35 in the front. :icon14:


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