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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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Default 26" tire for 18x10.5 wheels?

What are some 26" tires that will fit onto 18x10.5 wheels. I currently have the tall *** 305 nitto dr's but their about to show the cords so I need some new rear tires.

The car has 3.15 gears and with the 28.9 or whatever they are nittos it really drags the car down off the bottle. It doesnt shift into 3rd untill 100mph and 4th @165. This should be a good start untill i get a new differential w/ 3.73's, maybe 3.90's
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Nitto and BFGs come in 305/35R18 which is 26.4" in diameter. They should fit a 18x10.5 wheel nicely.

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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1290
Nitto and BFGs come in 305/35R18 which is 26.4" in diameter. They should fit a 18x10.5 wheel nicely.

Keith

I'm not sure what kind of power you're putting out but I would wait to change the gears. I would use the recommendation above for tires and see how your traction is before stepping up the gear ratio.

Also you could have reprogrammed your shift points with the other tires if you wanted too.
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