Question on 20's and sidewall

shurik355

I think you should have gone with 305/25/20 in the rear instead of 30 side wall. Might be a little too tall with 305s?

Did you calculate it???

Radride

You are correct. Picking tires isn't rocket science. Obviously no one paid attention to my post about OD of the tires. Then people wonder why they rub...

If in doubt, go onto tire rack and pick a tire by size and go under the specs. It will tell you the OD of the tire you chose....

R.K.

iCraigerz

What do you think R.K.?

Will they rub? I can still change the order as they're not shipping for another month or so.

The tires are 27.2" OD opposed to the stock 26.5". That's seven tenths of an inch difference. Whereas the 305/25/20 are 26" OD which is half an inch short of stock.

Also, I'm throwing the Swift R-Spec's on it as well so that'll lower me 1".

Thnx.

Radride

When I search 305/25/30's they are exactly the same size as OEM at 26.5":

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

Anytime you go taller than stock, you risk rubbing. Will it rub...I don't know.

Also, you better be running at least a 10" wide front to run 275's on it. Other wise they will bulge over and again have a chance to rub. I would also need to know the sizes and offsets of the wheels that you are getting.

R.K.

iCraigerz

Nah it's a 20x9.5 (255/35/20) in the front.


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Radride

Okay. Get the 265/30/20's that way the way the tire sits on the front wheel will be consistent with the rear wheel. Otherwise your front's will be slightly stretched but the rears will be square. Its up to you in the end.

R.K.

shurik355

You're saying to get 265s for his 11" rims? That's gonna be too stretched and look funny. I'd get the 285/30 or 295/30 in the back and be done. I got 285/30 right now on my Z and they are a bit too stretched for what I wanted.

iCraigerz

I had the guys at getyourwheels.com do that for me. I'm not saying they're right, but I hope so.