After Market wheels... what fits? - Please add your experience's

[Jnic0]

Dished wheels are not an easy thing to fit as our cars run a really high offset. Due to suspension being in the way and brake calipers if you have brembos, i have 1mm clearance on my front calipers, but rears I'm currently looking for new dish and barrels as I run a 30 mm spacer so will be able to loose the spacer and have more dish

Some pics of mine here
http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthr...970#post784970

I run 10j rear and 9.5j fronts

That's an awesome car. Those have enough dish for me haha. But that seems cool., I'm just taking a look at potential ones atm. What brand wheels are those?

[Pugme]

They are ssr koenig technico monsters, there quite rare to find, I was lucky and found them on driftworks for sale section. That's the best place to watch for wheels because we run considerably higher offsets than the drift boys it means wheels that fit don't demand a premium on there. Ah your in new Zealand so hopefully you guys have a large drifting community forum over there too where you can search for wheels

But it's a watch and wait game.

[seamybaby]

Will these fit guys.
18x8 with Et30 offset and 235/40/18 Toyo tyres all round?
and go on over Brembo calipers?

[Nick Mann]

Brembo clearance is a tricky thing to predict but you will probably be okay. I'd guess that you will get rubbing between the arch and tyre at the rear as the suspension compresses.

[Gly]

depends on spoke design, this is more important than anything when it comes to brembo clearance
i will say no they wont fit over brembos unless they are specified evo 5-9 fitment

[Nick Mann]

[seamybaby]

Ok thanks guys

[billybobboot]

hello need a quick bit of help mostly wheel and tyre related but it also may affect which calipers I use and whether I use face lift front hubs.

got a pre face lift vr4 on bilstine coilovers car is a little lowered but not much maybe 10mm, front may need lowering a little with the 18s on but its ok

ok ive done some looking on here before I bought the wheels I have lenzo 18x 8.5 et 35 wheels and people said they have fitted not to say these wheels but the size and et.

the wheels fit and will clear the brembos both sets I have for the fronts by quite a bit so happy with this, these wheels fit the back with 245/40/18s with a nice inch clearance from arches but just touch the hub arm but a 5mm spacer fixes this (not intending to use 245s but would be nice but I have a set of 235/40/18s and 225/40/18s tyres as well all top brands mix in pairs between pzeros, conti contact 3s and bridgestones and Michelins sports.

anyways I was just seeing if there was any arch probs and if the wheels look ok just happened to have the 245 to hand, these tyres fit flush to the rim dead strait,

as said back is all good with 5mm sits flush to the side of the car no rubbing very happy worst case may need face lift rear arch kit for a very picky mot tester e.g. vosa but I would be happy to mot it and pass as its dead flush,

now my prob the fronts don't rub on lock with 245 but the actual wheel sits about 1/2 inch out side the arch, thinner tyres would fit in the arch but wheels would still stick out and give a semi stretched look on front but flush on back would look a bit crap if im honest but I really like the wheels and they clear the brembos and there all nice a strait and un kerbed.

now a face lift arch kit may make it sit almost flush and with the back on a 10mm spacer would look about the same but then the arch kit wouldn't fit my front bumper and I like the stock front over the face lift,

the question I know the caliper holes are different do the hubs sit slightly further in or out on the facelift ones? I have 2 set of brembo 4 pots evo 8 ones and 355 ferarri ones the 355 can be made to fit evo 8 discs on the pre facelift hubs and again if I go facelift I have evo ones,

anyways my options are

245 on back and 245 front (need to do something about the fronts)
245 on back and 235 front (tyres almost fit in arch but wheels still sit out)
235 on back and 235 front (fits rear no spacer front ok but wheel sits out)
235 on back and 225 front (same as above)
225 on back and 225 front (rears start to fit right in arch front flush but wheel still out)
225 on back and 215 front (rears start to fit right in arch front starts to look very much like a stretched wheel and tyre.

if anyone can help as to front arch kit would help the front or facelift hubs with arches would any help is good as I said I don't wanna change the wheels I like them too much but can make the back look sim by using spacers and narrower tyres but my ideal is 245 rear and 235 front or 235 rear 225 front but wanna get the front wheels looking right, as I never noticed till today the front actually in stock wheels and hubs sit slightly further out than the back.

[SEAN-NZ]

Use the same all round, the tyres need the same rolling distance, otherwise it won't be good for center diff

[Gly]

what he said, and spacers are sh!t, less thread for you nuts to hold onto

[billybobboot]

Tyre size isnt a prob i have plenty of then my main concern is the front wheels sticking out. When others have said 18x8.5 fit with et35 but there is clearly a problem.

[Pugme]

If you want to run staggered tyres you need to adjust the tyre wall to accommodate for rolling radius.

I run 225/40 and 215/40 on mine, but I also run staggered wheels

My fronts are 9.5j et 17 and I'd say the wheels sticks out about an inch from the wing, so your 8.5 et 35 will have 30mm less poke meaning the face of your wheel should be 5mm under the arch.

[ersanalamin]

Really love this rim 17x8.5 38 offset. will this fit and clear brembo? what thickest tyre we may use with no rub and arch rolled?

http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f151530539

[billybobboot]

Im running 235/40/18 on 18x8.5 et 35 clears brembos and sits out of the arch a little with no arch rub but im on fairly hard track coilovers but with stock 16s was set to stock hight not lowered. But with 18s there is about 1/2 inch clearance with no arch work.
If i got wheels again would run 8inch wide.

You can fit 245/40/18 et 35 8.5 wide at back with no arch work.
Best thing tyre size is put into google tyre calculator there is a site in top 3 that compares 2 tyre sizes you put in and you can type in a tyre size and will tell you if any other sizes give the same rolling radius

[giblet]

Thoughts on 225/45/17 on 17" 8J Evo wheels? Wheels were supplied with 235/45/17 tyres that are way past their best.

Running Tein coilovers on the highest setting but may drop them all round by 5mm depending on how it goes over the local speed bumps and potholes.

[Nick Mann]

No problem, but why not stick with 235 45 17? I run evo 7 wheels with summer tyres and evo 9 wheels with winters. All are 235 wide.

[giblet]

The place I normally use for tyres has a set of decent part worns in 225. I'll have a look on eBay to see if I can find a set of 235. Cheers

[skillet]

hi
i have a galant vr4 8G prefacelift sedan. https://scontent.fomr1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...94889822_o.jpg
i would like a new rim set:
JR11 17x8.25" ET35. 225/45 tyre set. (or 18x8.5" ET30 or ET40?)
the car is lowered (bilstein adjustable).
I have to do something? camber fix/mod? rear guards mod?
What are the factory suspension settings (camber, toe)?
thank you very much!

[Piers1989]

Time to bump another thread!

I'm considering buying these wheels: http://www.rimstyle.com/alloywheels/...846&s=wWvNC24b
With 225/45/17 tyres - probably Falkens

Does anyone have any experience with this setup?

[Pugme]

Doesn't give the offset that I can see. But if they don't clear the brakes you can always space them out as there only 7.5j