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TA TED Apr 8, 2004 09:33 AM

Will 315's fit?
 
May be a stupid question but can I fit 315's on my stock WS6 rims and lower the car with the Eibach Pro Kit? If so will I have any fitment or rubbing issues?

Damian Apr 8, 2004 09:44 AM

You'll be fine. I am running 17x11's out back w/ Eibach's and no issues.

And yes, a 315 tire will fit on a 17x9.5 rim, but it will buldge out of the side a little..


josh

Shinkaze Apr 8, 2004 10:27 AM


Originally Posted by Damian
You'll be fine. I am running 17x11's out back w/ Eibach's and no issues.

And yes, a 315 tire will fit on a 17x9.5 rim, but it will buldge out of the side a little..


josh

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NO!Stop doing this!
The WS6 rim is 9" not 9.5". It will physically hold air but thi is not a good swap. Even the 315 Nitto one of the narrowest 315s is designed to fit on a rim no smaller than a 10.5".


From:http://www.nittotire.com/popup_555r_sizes.asp

http://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_tiresize.gifhttp://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_treaddepth.gifhttp://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_diameter.gifhttp://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_width.gifhttp://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_rim.gifhttp://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_load.gifhttp://www.nittotire.com/img/sizetbl_revs.gif
P275/40 R17 93V -- 6.3 - 25.63 -- 10.91 - 9.0-(9.5)-11.0 -- 1433@44 -- 811
315/35 R17 102V -- 6.3-- 25.79 -- 12.13 -- (10.5)-12.0 -- 1874@44 -- 806

Here is my post on this subject from a week ago.

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Originally Posted by WAHUSKER
I have 315's on my 9.5" WS6 rims. That is the minimum rim width allowed for them. You will lose about 1/2" of tread contact on the outer edges over using an 11" rim. But you still end up with ~1" more tire on the ground than with 275s. The only issue I would worry about is the low pressure you'll run the Nittos at on the track. At 30-32 psi my GSCs are flat all the way across. But when you drop that to say 20 psi on the Nittos for racing, then the middle of the tread might lift. Which should not happen with 275s....

WS6 rims are 9" not 9.5", as are Camaro SS rims(same holds true for the 10 spoke SS rims). ZR1 front 17"s and some standard C4 rims are 9.5" though(there also was a brief run of 17x8"s on the vette and 16x8"s on the convertible SS). The recomended width for a 315 tire is 10.5"-12" This gives you an idea of recomended rim to tire widths.

http://kennybrown.com/mspwheelstires.htm

FWIW though there is a 315 Goodyear tire that is recomended for a 9" rim... of course it's a truck tire with an 80 series sidewall.

Now a 315 will hold air on 9" rim, I've seen it done, and I personally find it rather comical that a person would do that since it's the domestic equivalant of ricing a car out. Since the tire is deformed and can no longer lay the tread patch down flat it is not stabalizing the belts and thus has less traction than a smaller 275. This bowed sidewall condition greatly shortens tread life, causes belt speration and blistering and degrades performance. Why would you do a mod to try and look fast that intriniscly degrades the performance of your ride?

At any rate, if you are going to do it, do it right. Buy a cheap set of ZR1 rims with 11"s in the back. That's what I've run for 5 years now and you actually get the performance to back up the look.

http://www.shinkaze.com/images/vader-front.jpg
http://www.shinkaze.com/images/vader...rear_no_bb.jpg
http://www.shinkaze.com/images/vader...front_side.jpg
http://www.shinkaze.com/images/vader...side_small.jpg

Now if you just want to keep the look of the WS6 rim you can also jsut have the 17x9" WS6 rim widened.

-Adam

joeformula Apr 8, 2004 06:54 PM

Your best bet is to have you rims widened to 11's, there's a place in Dallas, TX. who can do them for about $100 bucks a piece.

Xsta Z 28 Apr 9, 2004 08:21 AM

NO it doesn't fit.


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