Tyres and wheels size

[Denis the Menace]

What’s the max wheel and tyre size in 17 and 18 inch that can be installed on an R33 GTST series 1 without rubbing

[GTSBoy]

nom nom nom

 

[Yeedogga]

18x10 +18 front and 18x10 +23 rear 285/35 semis all round. No rubbing. Stock gtst guards

[Leroy Peterson]

18x10 +18 front and 18x10 +23 rear 285/35 semis all round. No rubbing. Stock gtst guards

Pics?

[niZmO_Man]

His signature? That's not a road car

[Kinkstaah]

They also seem to be pretty crazy numbers, cause if real then it's time to re-shell into a R33 GTST instead of a R34, especially the front.

[Yeedogga]

Its real. Lol

I did make a mistake though, the rears are +28 offset.
18x10 +38 with 20mm spacer front and 10mm rear

No guard lining but apart from a roll, guards are standard.

[GTSBoy]

And stiff as f**k springs, no?

[Kinkstaah]

Still doesn't really seem possible, I had a full roll, and pull, and semi-flare to get 18x9.5 +27 at the front.

Those wheels are a full 15mm further out than what I have up the front of a 34.

And mine sits like this:

Guess I'm off to get a R33 then, the geometry isn't as close as people tend to say it is here!

 

[Yeedogga]

Sorry to disappoint you mate but i assure you its possible. Unless I’ve somehow ended up in a parallel universe where my reality is different!!

BC coilovers- which were ordered with 6/4kg springs (but who actually knows)

No other magic. Its been done before- i don’t know what the hype is about!

Doesnt scrub on full lock, and as you can see its quite low. I think there is room for more tyre tbh.

[Kinkstaah]

Well there we go.

This is what a 9.5 +27 looks at the front of a 34 with a pulled guard. This is wih a 265 tyre and is about 0.1mm from rubbing on everything on lock.

 

I've lowered it a touch since then, but it's pretty easy to see that there's no way +15mm is going to fit in that guard.

I always flirt with re-shelling the car (as opposed to painting). Looks like the R33 GTST got a few more points in that regard

Sorry to hijack thread - There's a lot of info on SAU that suggest fitment for R33 GTST and R34 GTT is so identical it's almost "the same", clearly it isn't!

[niZmO_Man]

Cambers?

[GTSBoy]

i think the inner fit on R33s and 4s is same-same but the outer guards are not quite the same.

[Yeedogga]

With more camber and a bit more of a flare on that lip it will definitely clear those guards.

Not sure how much camber i have- i know id like some more. Ill post back when i get it aligned.

[niZmO_Man]

Your front is like -2.5° at the very least.

Rear I'd say about -1.5°