wheel questions

[GETGONE]

Not a fan of Nexen tires or other Korean cheapo tires. 4.5" backspacing is the right backspacing for 8" wheels

[tenpin842]

yeah I paid $1550.00 out the door for mine. Rims, Tires, Lug nuts, locks, and chrome valve stems with caps.

[jakes_GSXR]

thanks for the info guys

[jakes_GSXR]

One more question, which tire would you guys use?

225/40/18, 235/40/18, 245/40/18,

225/45/18, 245/45/18 and 255/45/18

The bottom three choices add $60.00 dollars total, but I wouldn't mind. Like I said I want the best.

[kammi10]

245/40/18 is the correct size

[jakes_GSXR]

What is yours sitting on Sean? I was thinking the widest they could come because I'd like a little more traction.

[jakes_GSXR]

Anyone else? What tire combo looks good or what would the benefits be?
I was thinking getting the 245/40's up front and 245/45's in the rear, does that make sense?

[kammi10]

i have 245/40's all around but i may be widening my rears to 9.5's to run 285's

[GETGONE]

Why do you want a taller tire on the back? They need to offer a 255/40/18 which would fit and be only slightly taller than the stock 245/50/16's and be a bit wider.

[jakes_GSXR]

Oh my bad, I keep forgetting its width x height !
Probably just go the 245/40's all around.
What about the 255/45's for the rear? or would it stagger the stance to much and look stupid?

[GETGONE]

The 255/45's are going to be taller as well as wider. I'd have to look up specs to see just how much difference in height there is between a 245/40 and a 255/45. It'll give you some rake but there won't be any rotating tires if they are directional and if they aren't you can only swap side to side.

[jakes_GSXR]

Huh, thanks for that info. Didn't think of that. Aren't the numbers in millimeters? So the rears would be 5mm's taller?

[kammi10]

just get the same size all around so u can rotate..

[GETGONE]

The width is in millimeters. The sidewall is the percentage of the width. So a 40 series sidewall is 40% of the width of the tire, which in this case is 245mm.

[00firebird]

I found these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-IR...spagenameZWDVW
720.00$ delivered no rubber.
4.50" backspacing, does that work?

I can't believe they are sooo cheap right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-18...spagenameZWDVW
1280.00$ delivered with rubber. 245/45/18 and 255/45/18 rears

560.00$ for rubber is a decent price isn't it?

it depends on the quality of the tire. thoes arent a very expensive tire.. and they aren't very wide either. i'd look into a 17x9.5 so you can put a 275 width on it.