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Hey guys,

Just after the opinions of anyone who has had experience with fitting rims or tyres of these dimensions.

I've bought some 18x10 +12 GTCs for my R33 GT-R, and before getting tyres I've tried mounting the rims to the rear hubs. They stick out a fair bit - see the pics below - but I've been told with the independent rear suspension they should tuck in under the guards when the car is lowered off the jack.

The car has TEIN coil overs set about 1" below standard ride height. I'm planning to fit 265/35 18 tyres, and really do not want to roll the guards if I can get away with it.

All advice appreciated

Cheers,

Matt

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On the same topic without making a new thread, I bought some advan tri spokes, 17's 255/40 on the rears, will they stick out the guards of a 33 GTS-T 4 door? I think they might, I don't wanna have to roll the guards either, but will if i have to

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On the same topic without making a new thread, I bought some advan tri spokes, 17's 255/40 on the rears, will they stick out the guards of a 33 GTS-T 4 door? I think they might, I don't wanna have to roll the guards either, but will if i have to

Hey mate I think you might need to supply the wheel width and also the offset in order for these guys to have an idea :)

Cheers,

Matt

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Hey mate I think you might need to supply the wheel width and also the offset in order for these guys to have an idea :blink:

Cheers,

Matt

aww ok, isnt 255? the width? i derno what it is in inches, ill find out, n reply back here, thanks, (obviously doesnt know much about wheels yet)

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On the same topic without making a new thread, I bought some advan tri spokes, 17's 255/40 on the rears, will they stick out the guards of a 33 GTS-T 4 door? I think they might, I don't wanna have to roll the guards either, but will if i have to

I assume you've bought them but haven't actually had them delivered yet? I know that based on my own thread I'm not one to be giving advice on what rims will fit your car, but whoever you bought them off should give you the actual wheel dimensions (not the tyre). 255 width tyres can be made to fit a range of different wheel (rim) widths, from 8 inches to 10.5 or more, and it's the rim width itself that will determine the final width of the overall wheel (rim+tyre) as the tyre width will conform to the width of the rim. The rims should have printed / embossed somewhere on them the dimensions e.g. 17x9.0 as well as an offset figure e.g. +12. When looking at a wheel rim front-on (facing the tyre, with spokes of wheel not visible) the offset is the distance between the plane (invisible line) created by the centre of the rim and the plane created by the hub-face of the wheel (the surface of the wheel that sits flush together with your hub (brake disc).

Do a quick seach of the forum for more info on offsets. Once you get the dimensions of your actual wheel rim, determine what the R33 GTS-t standard wheels (from factory) were, e.g. 16x7.5 +30 (I'm just guessing, I don't know) and then use a website like http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html to calculate how much more/less clearance you will have inside your wheel arches, and how much more/less clearance you will have to your guards, compared with the stock wheels.

Matt

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