Originally Posted by Footloose301 (Post 1772838)

Right now I'm in the process of figuring out a track setup for Auto-X. Not sure if I should buy some Vossen CV3/TE37's for daily and use stock 19's with some ToyoR888/Hoosiers or cheap Varrstoen's for track and stock 19's for daily. In the mean time I'm running 265 fronts and 285 rear RE-11's. 15mm spacer in the front and 20mm in the rear. These work okay for track but would like a more serious tire setup in the near future.
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Originally Posted by Rockcrawler (Post 1785510)

anybody notice effects on mileage? just curious on the measured impact more than "yes, wider= worse mileage"

just ordered some Conti DWS (what's right for me and my use) in 275/295 and they will go on next week after my Rays are PC Black stardust.

went wider for a variety of reasons, but most of it for "percieved" added wheel protection margin....

Originally Posted by cjr1881 (Post 1787077)

Why would you get worse gas mileage from wider tires? I don't see any logic behind that reasoning. My mileage avg i think has gone slightly down, but that is only because I am actually running tires that are about an inch taller in diamater than stock so my speedometer says I am going slower than I am and therefore showing less miles traveled than actual. I know tires have different roll resistance but the mileage would be negligible.

Originally Posted by zackstratford (Post 1787434)

I just put Ventus V12's F255/40 R285/35 with F20mm R25mm Spacers on Eibach Pros... My baby looks beeeautiful!:happydance:
PS. wheels are plastidipped when they changed the tires they peeled slightly (not curbrash) lol
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...d/newtires.jpg
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Originally Posted by rebe945 (Post 1788426)

Man I tell ya. I would find it very difficult to go back to stock offsets. Im sure you feel the same with the spacers. I have Avant Garde M310s with 18/20 offsets so no need for spacers. Its just a great look.Attachment 49474

Originally Posted by FortuneLSX-TT (Post 1643661)

Considering that the overall diameter of the 275/40/19 was 26.5 inches and the overall diameter of the 295/35/19 is 26 inches... not as noticeable as you're claiming

The front 245/40's was 26.7 and the 255/35's are 26.1, a bit more than the rears, but still not as noticeable as you claim.

Don't forget that while he did decrease the aspect ratio he also increased the width, which makes the change to overall diameter not as dramatic.

Also, just out of curiosity what size tire do you think he should have changed to? There aren't exactly a ton of options for changing tire size to a wider tire while maintaining the exact same overall diameter. It's only going to be "close".




And to keep the thread on track... here are some shots of my "meaty" tires
285/35/19's ... up FRONT and 305/30/19's in the rear
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...0/IMAG0021.jpg

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Originally Posted by TypeOne (Post 1823027)

I pulled my 305s off and went back with 275s. Lighter, less noise and easier to get. I don't track my car as much as I'd like so there really isn't a reason to have them. I've had all sizes from 275-305 and my most favorite setup so far was the 285/35.

Great look with great wear/noise/traction.

Originally Posted by TypeOne (Post 1823027)

I pulled my 305s off and went back with 275s. Lighter, less noise and easier to get. I don't track my car as much as I'd like so there really isn't a reason to have them. I've had all sizes from 275-305 and my most favorite setup so far was the 285/35.

Great look with great wear/noise/traction.