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Old 03-09-2004, 03:54 PM
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Question Anyone tried 285/40 17 all around?
I'm fixing to replace my wheel / tire combo. My car is lowered with hypercoils. I have 1 1/4" fender gap out back and 1" fender gap up front. Can anyone tell me if it will be ok with 285/40 17 all around? I sure need the extra tallness since my car is scraping a lil in high bumps and steep exits. I really dont care to much on the handling quality, I can pretty much compensate by just getting used to the ride. and I do like lots of rubber in my tires.
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Old 03-10-2004, 08:07 AM
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I did it with my old TT2's. No rubbing at all after I dropped the car. Stock ride height it scrapped a little on hard turns.
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Got them on my z28 right now all the way around on my TT2s (17x9.5). No issues im sitting at stock height though.
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I have 285/40ZR17's all the way around on stock SS wheels. No rubbing at all with a pro-kit drop. FWIW, the tires are Kuhmo Exsta MX.

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Thanx Jeffs99SS hey you got any pics? of your ride, I'd really like to see what it looks.
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Whos got the pics to back it up ? I'm getting mine next week hopefully.
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