Need more rubber in the rear, will a 19x11 fit?
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I'm in the process of building a heads cam LS3 to go in my 05 CTS-V and I have a feeling the stock 245/45r18 isn't going to cut it...doesn't really cut it now as it is
I know a 19x10 with a 285/35r19 with fit with zero problems.
If I install a set of Creative Steel trailing arms and roll the fenders will a 19x11 with a 325/30R19 or a 305/30R19 fit?
I don't have any plans of lowering the car
I know a 19x10 with a 285/35r19 with fit with zero problems.
If I install a set of Creative Steel trailing arms and roll the fenders will a 19x11 with a 325/30R19 or a 305/30R19 fit?
I don't have any plans of lowering the car
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"zero problems" = rubbing the trailing arms, rubbing the fenders ?
you're going to have a hard time fitting anything more than the forgestar rear with something like a 295 super max.
you're going to have a hard time fitting anything more than the forgestar rear with something like a 295 super max.
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I'm in the process of building a heads cam LS3 to go in my 05 CTS-V and I have a feeling the stock 245/45r18 isn't going to cut it...doesn't really cut it now as it is
I know a 19x10 with a 285/35r19 with fit with zero problems.
If I install a set of Creative Steel trailing arms and roll the fenders will a 19x11 with a 325/30R19 or a 305/30R19 fit?
I don't have any plans of lowering the car
I know a 19x10 with a 285/35r19 with fit with zero problems.
If I install a set of Creative Steel trailing arms and roll the fenders will a 19x11 with a 325/30R19 or a 305/30R19 fit?
I don't have any plans of lowering the car
Flush to the outer fender? inboard of outer fender? Sticking out of fender?
You'll have to grind away some metal on the inboard side of the suspension if you want to get anything larger than a 10.5" wheel back there while maintaining a tire that sits inside your fender. I've seen guys running 295's and 305's in the rear on 10" wide 18's that are flush to the outer fender. Not sure about 19's though.
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I've already had my current wheels on my car widened to 9" to run 275/35R18's all around and the fitment is really nice, lowered with no rubbing and 5mm spacer up front.
Weldcraft did the wheels for me and they came out great. A great option if you like the stock looking wheels. My wheels were the polished twin 6 spoke GM accessory versions. I wasn't a fan of the offset choices on the 19" Forgestars so there weren't really many other options than to go full custom or widen stock. Plus I really like the look of the GM wheel.
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Well my first choice was to have my stock wheels widened by weldcraft but the 6 to 7 week turn around is kind of a issue since my car is my daily driver. So I'm not sure, I just might buy two spare wheels and just do two wheels at a time.
I'm thinking 18x9.5 in the front and 18x10.5 in the rear.
I'm thinking 18x9.5 in the front and 18x10.5 in the rear.
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Well my first choice was to have my stock wheels widened by weldcraft but the 6 to 7 week turn around is kind of a issue since my car is my daily driver. So I'm not sure, I just might buy two spare wheels and just do two wheels at a time.
I'm thinking 18x9.5 in the front and 18x10.5 in the rear.
I'm thinking 18x9.5 in the front and 18x10.5 in the rear.
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With 9.5" up front there should be room, but it will be very tight. You'll need at least a 12mm spacer to clear the knuckle and you'll have to run aggressive negative camber to clear the fender. It will be borderline flush/ maybe slightly over flush to the fender. You'd have to drop a step in sidewall height.
I don't think you'll see much issue with 18x10.5" with a 5-10mm spacer.
For example here is my car with -2.00° Camber up front- 18x9", 5mm spacer with 275/35R18 and lowered on kw3's. (rear 18x9", no spacer, stock looking fitment, -2.3° camber)
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I spoke with CS about it a while ago. They told me a 305 is about the max you can do when you get the stickers widened. I hope I'm not miss quoting on here but I spoke to Max when the second line of trailing arms was released. He said after 305 you have interference with the stock shocks on stock ride height. I'm currently running nt05rs on the rear at 285/40/18. With eibach rear springs. They do pretty good so far. Anyone tried the new nittos yet?
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I spoke with CS about it a while ago. They told me a 305 is about the max you can do when you get the stickers widened. I hope I'm not miss quoting on here but I spoke to Max when the second line of trailing arms was released. He said after 305 you have interference with the stock shocks on stock ride height. I'm currently running nt05rs on the rear at 285/40/18. With eibach rear springs. They do pretty good so far. Anyone tried the new nittos yet?
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Well when it comes to tire options in a 305/xxR18 you have drag radials and road race tires. So to get a tire that has any life in it what so ever I'm going to have to stick with a 295/35R18.
Now the stock tire 245/45R18 and the 275/40R18 both have a 26.7 in diameter but the 295/35R18 has a 26.1 in so to keep the front and rear tires close in diameter I'll have to go with either a 255/40R18 at 26.0 in or a 265/40R18 at 26.3 in.
Now the stock tire 245/45R18 and the 275/40R18 both have a 26.7 in diameter but the 295/35R18 has a 26.1 in so to keep the front and rear tires close in diameter I'll have to go with either a 255/40R18 at 26.0 in or a 265/40R18 at 26.3 in.
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Well when it comes to tire options in a 305/xxR18 you have drag radials and road race tires. So to get a tire that has any life in it what so ever I'm going to have to stick with a 295/35R18.
Now the stock tire 245/45R18 and the 275/40R18 both have a 26.7 in diameter but the 295/35R18 has a 26.1 in so to keep the front and rear tires close in diameter I'll have to go with either a 255/40R18 at 26.0 in or a 265/40R18 at 26.3 in.
Now the stock tire 245/45R18 and the 275/40R18 both have a 26.7 in diameter but the 295/35R18 has a 26.1 in so to keep the front and rear tires close in diameter I'll have to go with either a 255/40R18 at 26.0 in or a 265/40R18 at 26.3 in.
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Well when it comes to tire options in a 305/xxR18 you have drag radials and road race tires. So to get a tire that has any life in it what so ever I'm going to have to stick with a 295/35R18.
Now the stock tire 245/45R18 and the 275/40R18 both have a 26.7 in diameter but the 295/35R18 has a 26.1 in so to keep the front and rear tires close in diameter I'll have to go with either a 255/40R18 at 26.0 in or a 265/40R18 at 26.3 in.
Now the stock tire 245/45R18 and the 275/40R18 both have a 26.7 in diameter but the 295/35R18 has a 26.1 in so to keep the front and rear tires close in diameter I'll have to go with either a 255/40R18 at 26.0 in or a 265/40R18 at 26.3 in.
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From the measurements on my car (my car being lowered) I can fit a 295 Michelin PSS on a widened stock 18"x10 wheel with stock offset without issue. i'm running CS wide trailing arms for the record. I was also looking at doing a 305 tire on a 10.25"-10.5" widened stock 18" wheel while employing a 5-6mm spacer behind the stock offset wheel and it would still be slightly under flush to the outer fender.
If you like the re-11 check out the new re-71r
For a track only tire I would go with the RE-71R. If I saw a puddle on the street with those tires though I think very bad things would happen.