junior98

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It stands to reason that larger wheels would set the car up a little, I just want to check and see what you guys think.

I'm asking because I want to see if lowering my car can finally be an option after larger wheels (because of my street sweeper exhaust setup). I'm looking to put 17's in the front and 18's in the back and I want to see how much this will lift my car?

Donohue96M6Z28

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It should sit near the same height if you get the correct tires.

junior98

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Well that sucks. lol Im doing 245/40's and 295 35's. I'll do some measurements on everything before i get the new ones

thmass6

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Yeah it's not the diameter of the wheel that makes a difference for ride height, it's the diameter of the tire. If those are the sizes you're running, it won't make much of a difference.

crimson_bird

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Go to the tire manufacturers website and look at the specs of the tires you are looking at, they pretty much all have it listed, though it's harder to find on some. I couldn't find Bridgstones info, so I looked up the specs of the their tires on tirerack.com. It does change the way the car sits if your new set up has different overall dimensions than what you have now, which they most likely will.

I know my current wheels (~26" diameter) are around .5" larger in overall diameter than what I have on the stock wheels (~25.5" diameter). that's a quarter inch per side of the wheel, which means a 1/4" further off the ground, and a 1/4" more space filled between the wheel and the fender, which actually gives the appearance of the car being lower.

checking the measurements also helps with checking to see how your front wheels will sit compared to the rear when doing different sizes. I almost went with tires that would have had the front tires larger than the rear, which would have looked stupid.

crimson_bird

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correct isn't really the right word for it. That's simply matching up the diameter of your new setup to what came on the car from the factory.

A 295/35/18 tire is right around 26", a 295/30/18 is right at 25". That 30 series was a bit too thin for me.

carlos64030

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It kinda depends. For me, my car sits higher now with the current wheel/tire combo than the stock 17 inch combo. I haven't scraped my headers or y-pipe at all since going bigger.

Donohue96M6Z28

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Same thing.

crimson_bird

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different doesn't mean incorrect

Donohue96M6Z28

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To me, correct tires = correct sized tires. What other interpretation would there be?

carlos64030

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Computer tuning makes any size tire correct as long as the speedometer reads correctly.

Donohue96M6Z28

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Computer tuning won't make the car sit at the same height which was the question in this thread. You're taking my post out of context.

Donohue96M6Z28

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Which makes sense since stock sized tires are ~ 25.7inches tall and your rear tires are ~27.1 inches tall.

crimson_bird

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As far as the original question, they won't cancel each other out. The little bit that the tires will raise the car doesn't really compare to the amount that any springs will lower it.

junior98

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Thanks for the replies everyone! Looks like I'm gonna have to find an alternative exhaust setup.

69TA

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If you are interested i have some wheels and tires for sale
That will raise your car and look killer with your color combo

carlos64030

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What kind of exhaust setup do you have? IMO, the primary objective is to reduce unsightly wheel to fender gap. Then choose a wheel and tire combo that will give you the additional ground clearance you may need if you have scraping issues.

I have Hooker longtubes and 3" exhaust piping, no disgusting wheel gap, PLUS I have a decent amount of ground clearance with my wheel and tire combo.

junior98

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what size?

I have pacesetter longtubes with 3" piping that goes underneath EVERYTHING, it seems lower than yours but I'll try to post up a pic

junior98

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Here's a picture at ground level.

Remember non ws6 stock suspension on stock 16's

Storm Trooper

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What exhaust set up is that? X pipe true duals under the axle??