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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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if i were to get new tires on my 20s how wide do you guys think i should or could go? im wanting to lower it soon also.
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How wide are your wheels? I'd say 255mm wide, but you might rub. 245mm would be the safer bet. Anything but the 225's you have now!
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How wide are your wheels? I'd say 255mm wide, but you might rub. 245mm would be the safer bet. Anything but the 225's you have now!
yea i know. the 20s are sitting in my garage and i have the stock wheels on now and damn what a difference. the offset on the wheels is +37 so they stick out a little more but not much. i was thinkin 245s also. i wish i could go like 255s on the fronts at least
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20's=
If I had a Monte, I'd do some 15's with raised white letters 245/60/15 on all four corners!
This is just me though..
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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^^^ These cars won't look right with anything smaller than a 17" wheel. Maybe a 16" wheel, but definitely not a 15"!

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yea i know. the 20s are sitting in my garage and i have the stock wheels on now and damn what a difference. the offset on the wheels is +37 so they stick out a little more but not much. i was thinkin 245s also. i wish i could go like 255s on the fronts at least
255's should be ok in the front, it's the rears that rub first. I'd do 245's all the way around, that way you can rotate.
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by CenTexSS
^^^ These cars won't look right with anything smaller than a 17" wheel. Maybe a 16" wheel, but definitely not a 15"!



255's should be ok in the front, it's the rears that rub first. I'd do 245's all the way around, that way you can rotate.
It would look like a Muscle car!
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by monte_with_a_LS4
yea i know. the 20s are sitting in my garage and i have the stock wheels on now and damn what a difference. the offset on the wheels is +37 so they stick out a little more but not much. i was thinkin 245s also. i wish i could go like 255s on the fronts at least
I've got 255/35/20's at all four corners on American Racing wheels 20x8.5 with a +35 offset. No spacers or anything. Never rubbed in the front, not even once. The rear I will rub just a bit if I have people in the back and I hit a bump that really compresses the suspension... But even that is fairly few and far between...

Anywho, just posting to show 20's with 255's will work. Can post photos if you think you want to see if it's what you are looking for....
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I've got 255/35/20's at all four corners on American Racing wheels 20x8.5 with a +35 offset. No spacers or anything. Never rubbed in the front, not even once. The rear I will rub just a bit if I have people in the back and I hit a bump that really compresses the suspension... But even that is fairly few and far between...

Anywho, just posting to show 20's with 255's will work. Can post photos if you think you want to see if it's what you are looking for....
yea if you could that would be awsome.

and thanks guys for all the responses, i have the 20s and i probably wont get what i have in them if i tried to sell them so im just going to keep them.
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Originally Posted by DavidGXP
20's=
If I had a Monte, I'd do some 15's with raised white letters 245/60/15 on all four corners!
This is just me though..
Originally Posted by DavidGXP
It would look like a Muscle car!
exactly look, but its not. i think the stocks look good, but i wouldnt do anything lower than 17" would just look silly, and just like you said, thats just my opinion lol
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Originally Posted by monte_with_a_LS4
yea if you could that would be awsome.

and thanks guys for all the responses, i have the 20s and i probably wont get what i have in them if i tried to sell them so im just going to keep them.

Here you go.... Tried to get a couple of different angles so you could get a look..... Hope this helps.....







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nice car and pics. the thing im worried about is i plan on lowering it in the future and i was going to see if it looks like the inner fender on the rear looked like it would come into contact with the tire if the car came down
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I'm running 245/35 all around on my 2000 SS. 255 is really not worth the headache. Some NEXEN or Sumitomo HTRZ III would be a good choice.
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