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What size tires are you running on your 18x8.5s?

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Old 07-18-2006, 01:49 PM
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Question What size tires are you running on your 18x8.5s?

Anyone, please post some pictures of the most angles to tires+rims, stating the size tires and rims if they are different. What tires+rims you went with. Opinions and comments are welcome and feel free to state if you would recommend the size tire to a friend.

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Old 07-18-2006, 01:53 PM
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A 245/40ZR18 is the perfect tire size.
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275/40/17 Which is 17x9.5 I believe. Wider tires look & drive mean
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245 is the max for a 8.5" wheel.
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245/40s are what I've got for my new 18x8.5 front wheels and DTD said thats the max I'd want to go with as it's a perfect fit. I'm stretching it a little on the rear with 295s on a 9.5" wheel (shhh, don't tell Xsta ) but for up front I'd definitely stick to the 245/40s on an 8.5" wheel.
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. . . . I'm stretching it a little on the rear with 295s on a 9.5" wheel (shhh, don't tell Xsta ) but . . . . .

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I like the Wider.. low profile look
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I got the same rims as Josh99TA in chrome. I'm also running 295's on the 9.5 in the rear.

Okay, now for the on topic answer. I'm running 275/35 on my 8.5. They are perfect!!!!! Now those are Nitto 555's, which Nitto sizes tend to run a little smaller than some other brands of the same size. I put these on myself without any problems at all.

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