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Andy San
29th October 2010, 05:00 PM
Trying to work out what size tyres to run on 18x9.5 wheels. want to have them sitting pretty square on the rims, or slightly stretched, but not full KE bandit spec.

Pics and or suggestions would be great.
AJPS
29th October 2010, 05:11 PM
what car are they going on?
Robo86
29th October 2010, 05:33 PM
235/40?
225/40 is nice but thats gunna be pulled.
see pics below, 225/40 on 18x9.5, also depends obviously on what brand tyres, feds are always naturally fatter!
http://rimtuck.com/photos/1285473464.jpg
http://rimtuck.com/photos/1239590177.jpg
heres 235/40 on 18x9.5s (top one is a fed too)
http://rimtuck.com/photos/1229889836.jpg
http://rimtuck.com/photos/1247903387.jpg
so id say 235/40 if you want it flat/slight pull, but once again depends on the brand

:)
Andy San
29th October 2010, 05:51 PM
yeah 235's look like the way to go, or possibly a 245 even to actually fill the guards up some more as they're pretty big.

Car is a ST185 GT4
AJPS
29th October 2010, 06:31 PM
what offset do they take? like a +48 or something?
Andy San
29th October 2010, 08:34 PM
Not the gt4's. It's got 17x7 +42 on it now and there is 80mm more in the back guards. New wheels will be 9.5 +8 on the rear
Konakid
29th October 2010, 09:19 PM
What wheels?

Go 235/40 or 265/35 for straight sidewall
mitchy
29th October 2010, 11:41 PM
te37?
Andy San
30th October 2010, 08:55 AM
not sure yet, thinking rota grids :oh: because they are cheap and i dont want to spend much money on this thing.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/0/3/8/56075.jpg

should look like that
AJPS
30th October 2010, 04:15 PM
no to rotas
Konakid
30th October 2010, 05:02 PM
Get some 18x9.5 +15 Origin wheels, same price, look better
Andy San
31st October 2010, 06:49 PM
In 5x100? What do they look like?
ae71
31st October 2010, 10:02 PM
Get some 18x9.5 +15 Origin wheels, same price, look better

are you serious? they look like vomit and are china wheels
Konakid
1st November 2010, 12:14 AM
Oh not in 5x100.

There are different styles of origin wheels most are ugly and yes, i know they are china.
Andy San
1st November 2010, 08:45 AM
yeah find me some decent offset (+20 or so) 5x100 wheels (pretty much impossible even in Jappy ones) and I'll have a look
xero
1st November 2010, 10:24 AM
arent WRX wheels 5x100?
Andy San
1st November 2010, 10:36 AM
yeah but they all run offsets in the +40's or high 30's on some wheels. The celicas really need around a +15 for the rear guards cos they are so big.
xero
2nd November 2010, 09:11 AM
i would be looking to the USA man, they seem to run fairly agressive offsets on their WRX/STi's.
otherwise jap wheels that come in varying offsets will be your only choice...