What would I have to do?
07-14-2003, 01:50 AM
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What would I have to do? 17x9.5 with 54mm offset in the front and 18x10.5 with 56mm offset in the back with 305/45/18 Nitto DR's
What would I have to do to get these to fit? Would I need spacers and would I have to mod the fenders?
What would I have to do to get these to fit? Would I need spacers and would I have to mod the fenders?
07-14-2003, 08:21 AM
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Re: What would I have to do? 15" tire on a 18" rim????? 
If you're talking a 305/45ZR18 plain and simple the tire is WAYYYYYY too tall. That tire is nearly 27 inches tall, where as a stock SS tire is just under 26" tall.
A 305 will look goofy on a 10.5" wheel. Just run a 295/35ZR18 rear tire.
Plus with 56mm offset and that big of a tire you'd have to beat the living $%^& out of the inner wheel well.
If you're talking a 305/45ZR18 plain and simple the tire is WAYYYYYY too tall. That tire is nearly 27 inches tall, where as a stock SS tire is just under 26" tall.
A 305 will look goofy on a 10.5" wheel. Just run a 295/35ZR18 rear tire.
Plus with 56mm offset and that big of a tire you'd have to beat the living $%^& out of the inner wheel well.
07-14-2003, 12:59 PM
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Re: What would I have to do? Yes, I meant 18"s. It was nearly 3 in the morning here when I posted.
Is the 56mm offset wrong for my car? Thats all I've seen in the 18x10.5's. I want drag radials on the back. What are my options?
Is the 56mm offset wrong for my car? Thats all I've seen in the 18x10.5's. I want drag radials on the back. What are my options?
07-14-2003, 01:42 PM
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Re: What would I have to do? 56 mm is doable on a F-Body. The OEM wheels on our cars is 50 mm, so the bigger the number the more the wheel moves inward, and the smaller the number it moves out.
With a 56 mm offset wheel you may have to do inner wheel well modifications, sure as beating the areas where the tire rubs in with a hammer and reundercoating. An adjustable panhard is required.
I use to run the Z06 wheels 18 x 10.5 with a 295/35ZR18 tire and other than the wheel well mod all was fine. This was installed on a convertible too, so a t-top or hardtop may be different.
With a 56 mm offset wheel you may have to do inner wheel well modifications, sure as beating the areas where the tire rubs in with a hammer and reundercoating. An adjustable panhard is required.
I use to run the Z06 wheels 18 x 10.5 with a 295/35ZR18 tire and other than the wheel well mod all was fine. This was installed on a convertible too, so a t-top or hardtop may be different.
07-18-2003, 01:54 AM
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Re: What would I have to do? Are there any other 18" drag radials besides the Nitto? I'm going to have my supercharger installed after I get the rims, so I at least want some DR's. I want wider tires in the back than in the front. If I got 17x9.5"s all around what kind of DR's would I want on the back? 275/40/17 or 315/35/17
All of the 17" sets I have seen had a 56mm offset. I want wider back tires than front and I want the back tires to stick out slighly more than stock. Would they stick out more or less than stock with the 56mm stagger and being .5 inchs wider?
I know nothing about tires or rims...Surely someone here knows the look I'm going for and can tell me what I need.
All of the 17" sets I have seen had a 56mm offset. I want wider back tires than front and I want the back tires to stick out slighly more than stock. Would they stick out more or less than stock with the 56mm stagger and being .5 inchs wider?
I know nothing about tires or rims...Surely someone here knows the look I'm going for and can tell me what I need.
07-20-2003, 08:34 PM
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Re: What would I have to do? Just off the top of my head I believe they're going to stick out a little bit further than stock. I'd be careful going to 315s because that's going to have quite a bit of modifying required.
