widest tire on a 17X9?
Originally Posted by trackbird
Xsta Z 28 is not crazy and he really is trying to help you guys. But, if you want to ask questions and then ignore the answers that are based on manufacturers recommendations (they only build the tires, I'd not expect them to know anything about them), then why do you ask?
Be safe!
Be safe!
Really???
Originally Posted by ThackerSS
Please stop being an **** *****. Thank you. We do not care. Stay out of our thread.
Originally Posted by ThackerSS
This man is interested, and my tires are being mounted today.
Originally Posted by ThackerSS
Go spend your time trying to save the whales because you have a better chance of that then having me or him listen to you.
Originally Posted by ThackerSS
I realize you are trying to help us..
Originally Posted by ThackerSS
but just as many people have done this... and will continue to do this. The nitto 315 is BARELY 1 3/4th" bigger then their 275. And the 275 doesn't stick out at all!
Good luck.
Here are a couple of pic's of my 285's on a 9 inch rim.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...23_21_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...23_22_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...23_21_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...23_22_full.jpg
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Good lord is there allways a 315 on a 9" rim thread going on this forum??
315's do not fit a 9" rim
11" is the minimum size
a 315 will physically hold air on a 9" rim, just as you can physcially fit a 5" exhaust tip to a Honda Civic. but this is nothing short of ricing out your car.
Why are you putting 315s on your car?
Traction? A 275 on a 9" rim lays flat and has better traction on a 9" rim than a 315 of the same tire type on a 9" rim.
Handling? A 275 is more stabilized on a 9" rim than a 315, and thusly provides better handling.
Looks? Putting a 315 on the wrong rim makes you look about as cool as a 4cylinder Honda Civic with 200 pounds of body work and a stupid spoiler.
Good Gawd won't you people learn......
315's do not fit a 9" rim
11" is the minimum size
a 315 will physically hold air on a 9" rim, just as you can physcially fit a 5" exhaust tip to a Honda Civic. but this is nothing short of ricing out your car.
Why are you putting 315s on your car?
Traction? A 275 on a 9" rim lays flat and has better traction on a 9" rim than a 315 of the same tire type on a 9" rim.
Handling? A 275 is more stabilized on a 9" rim than a 315, and thusly provides better handling.
Looks? Putting a 315 on the wrong rim makes you look about as cool as a 4cylinder Honda Civic with 200 pounds of body work and a stupid spoiler.
Good Gawd won't you people learn......
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Stay out of your thread???
The problem with the internet is folks giving out bad, or sorely mis-informed information. Just because something fits doesn't mean its right, correct, or even remotely safe. We have cover this on this and other boards there is a reason why tires too big or too small for a rim are not recommended. Its not that folks are trying to be mean, or that they don't want you to have big fat tire on your car. Its just that its isn't the correct way to do things.
There are lots of things you can do in a whole lot of fields to "bend" the rules. You may never have an issue from doing so. It doesn't give you the right to discount the correct way of doing things because folks are too cheap to buy the right wheel for the tire they want to run.
It doesn't make somone an **** ***** for pointing out a safety issue, and the correct way to do something.
The problem with the internet is folks giving out bad, or sorely mis-informed information. Just because something fits doesn't mean its right, correct, or even remotely safe. We have cover this on this and other boards there is a reason why tires too big or too small for a rim are not recommended. Its not that folks are trying to be mean, or that they don't want you to have big fat tire on your car. Its just that its isn't the correct way to do things.
There are lots of things you can do in a whole lot of fields to "bend" the rules. You may never have an issue from doing so. It doesn't give you the right to discount the correct way of doing things because folks are too cheap to buy the right wheel for the tire they want to run.
It doesn't make somone an **** ***** for pointing out a safety issue, and the correct way to do something.
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Thanks again for the info everyone, but lets end this thread i have heard every thing i think i need to hear, once, twice, half a dozen times now. Im not going to go with 315s but i would like to see them on thacker SS' car. I am going to be "safe" and go with a smaller tire as this is a daily driver. If i only pulled it out on the weekends i would go bigger.
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Originally Posted by 69_YENKO
Thanks again for the info everyone, but lets end this thread i have heard every thing i think i need to hear, once, twice, half a dozen times now. Im not going to go with 315s but i would like to see them on thacker SS' car. I am going to be "safe" and go with a smaller tire as this is a daily driver. If i only pulled it out on the weekends i would go bigger.
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Originally Posted by ThackerSS
I made a thread with the pictures of the 315's. If you didn't see it here goes.
Those look pretty sweet tucked under the back of that beast.
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