285/40/17 ???

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Aug 13, 2012 | 07:06 AM

98cobrakiller

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285/40/17 ???

getting new wheels this week. anyone have nitto nt555 285/40/17s all the way around? if so any rub issues up front?

Aug 13, 2012 | 08:03 AM

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Youll be fine, Im currently running 275/40-17 all the way around with no issues, and plan on going either 285 or 295 all the way around next time I get tires. Neither should have clearance issues, and my car sits quite low.

Some autocross guys run 305's all the way around.

Aug 13, 2012 | 08:26 AM

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the tires will have no issues at all, it's the rims that will be hit or miss

if they're y2k's or certain c6 wheels for instance you may need to do some tweaking

Aug 13, 2012 | 08:05 PM

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my uncle brian ran 315's on fiske 17x11 on his 94 z28 when he raced autocross with it.

Aug 13, 2012 | 08:06 PM

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they oewheels 17x9.5 c6 wheels

Aug 14, 2012 | 09:20 AM

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285 is only 10mm or0.4" wider than a 275 tire...

Aug 14, 2012 | 11:16 AM

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On a 9.5" wheel, the highest I would go would be the 285 series and nothing more. That's me though.

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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317

I had 285/40/17 up front once, on a set of 9.5" wide Torque Thrusts. It definitely rubbed pretty badly, catching the lip of the bumper cover where it meets the wheel well liner. I had to drop back down to a 275 tire as the rubbing was too bad to leave it alone.

But that was with the aggressive offset of TT2s (45 or 46mm, can't remember which) and Goodyear D3s - which usually run bigger than other brands of the same size.