Wheel Sizes & Offsets For Skylines

[B-rice]

Im looking at some LMGT4 18 x 8.5 +20 and 18 x 9.5 +30 rears

looking at fitting the widest tyre possible without too much rubbing. Will the front have any poke or need camber at all to fit a 245 atleast.

Edited June 18, 2013 by B-rice

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

I had 245/40 on my old 17x9, my definition of stretch is different to yours of course.

265/35/18 on 18x10

Same size on 18x9

Each to their own

profiles are different... I said 235/45 as it's the most common size, you are talking about 235/40, which is more expensive and is always going to be more stretched as the sidewall is 5% shorter

also i'm not sure the relevance of a pic of a 265/35 on an 18x10

fwiw 235 on a 9 is well within the legal range too

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Im looking at some LMGT4 18 x 8.5 +20 and 18 x 9.5 +30 rears

looking at fitting the widest tyre possible without too much rubbing. Will the front have any poke or need camber at all to fit a 245 atleast.

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[niZmO_Man]

profiles are different... I said 235/45 as it's the most common size, you are talking about 235/40, which is more expensive and is always going to be more stretched as the sidewall is 5% shorter

also i'm not sure the relevance of a pic of a 265/35 on an 18x10

fwiw 235 on a 9 is well within the legal range too

I've had 245/40 and 245/45 on my 17x9 wheels and were stretched. 265/35 on my 18x10 are stretched, but my definition of stretch would be different to say, yours, I'm guessing. I didn't say anything about 235/40 . The person asking didn't say anything about prices, plus 245/40/17 aren't as expensive these days. Yes 235/45/17 is cheaper as it's way more popular. That being said, would you want to run wider tyres that fit into the guards? I'm going to run 255/40/17 on the back of my R31 (17x9 wheels).

Picture was relevant to my "stretch" point (sidewall angle). 245 is slight stretch, 235 would be even more (that was my point).

Plus, 245/40 on a 17x9 +22 was made to fit on my mate's S14 with rolled guards, so that is a real world example (unless S14 guards have more clearance than R32).

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

apologies... I misread 245/40 as 234/40.

and yeah, s14 will be slightly different to r32

[GTRAAH]

.oops delete

Edited June 20, 2013 by GTRAAH

[Landyy]

hi everyone been reading for a while but not much on rotas

i have decided i would buy Rota-G force.

I want something that sits flush.dont mind if guard rolling is needed

dont want camber or anything like that n the car is still on stock springs

these are the set's that around what i wud like

18 x 9, +35

18 x 9, +27

18x9.5

what offset would look good ?

cheers

[niZmO_Man]

Out of those two, +27

[Landyy]

Would 18x9.5 + 22 offset look flush?

thats what some guy said to me on my post

im after that look

[B-rice]

22+ sticks out about 5mm on a R34 so maybe be a bit more on a 33

[Landyy]

22+ sticks out about 5mm on a R34 so maybe be a bit more on a 33

[Landyy]

I might just go +27 then

cops are very picky here

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

9.5 +22 has been posted 11ty billion times in this thread

[Landyy]

Sorry:/

Well some guy is selling rims he had on his 350z & they look really nice

I'm thinking of buying them.

18x10+ 12 rears

18x9.5+ 20 fronts

Rota is the brand

What sorts of problems will I come across to get them to fit?

Any help would be great:)

Cheers

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

will need to roll guards and camber

OR

roll and pull guards a little (flareing not reqired if you run like 245's on the 10's and 225/235's on the 9.5's)

OR

flare both guards to ensure the rims can fit and run the apropriate ammount of rubber

OR

run at landcruiser height

guard liners will have to be reomved to flare the fronts also if you want to go low

[boiracer]

Simple awesome answer there

But i wouldn't, it's just s little too much.

[copycutter]

Can guard liners be retained if you just roll the fronts and not flare? Is there any benefit to doing so, or does it just lessen clearance?

[boiracer]

guard liners are awesome, for keeping mud and grit out of corners that build rust. Mine were out for about 3 days while I sorted my Intercooler out. If you can keep them, do so.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Can guard liners be retained if you just roll the fronts and not flare? Is there any benefit to doing so, or does it just lessen clearance?

they can however it's better to remove them as the bolts that hold them in are pretty good as catching tyres if the car is low

also clearace is an issue... my tyres would hit the metal above on occasion so liners would have been destroyed anyway...

also it's a good idea to jimmy up something to hold the cables out of the way in the right front arch

[copycutter]

Thanks for the info boys, I'll have to decide if I can live without them when I go lower and roll the fronts.