3800 18" rims and tires

[imported_silverbullet]

anyone have pictures of their car with 18" rims and tires on without any lowering spring install? if you do? how how does it looks? does it leave alot gap? what's the biggest size of 18" i can install without any rubbing?

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[rjaz gtp]

Here is a picture of my car with the stock suspension and using 245-45-18's and no rubbing...

 

[imported_silverbullet]

that's not bad at all yeah i think i will get the wheel and tires first and install lowering suspension later if the gap really bother me, thanks!

 

[imported_silverbullet]

by the way is the 245-45-18 the biggest that fits our car? i would rather get something with more rubber in 18" that is.

 

[rjaz gtp]

245 is about the widest I would suggest, that is a nice looking width on our cars and anymore I would assume would run into rubbing issues...

 

[imported_silverbullet]

what about the middle number "45" is that the height of the tire?

 

[rjaz gtp]

That is the height of the sidewall..

The lower the number you go like 40 or 35 is the smaller the profile the tire you have. I would not go anything less than a 45 cause I think a few guys on here have 40's and they say that there is not enough sidewall in case you hit a pot-hole or something...

The 245 is the how wide the tire is...

 

[imported_silverbullet]

i see, thanks for the tips

 

[syP]

RIch.. awesome hood!!1 where can i get one like that?

 

[Toasty]

Originally posted by syP@Nov 16 2005, 05:52 PM
RIch.. awesome hood!!1 where can i get one like that?

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hmmm i bet i know where

 

[evastos]

Mine is on my user image

 

[milleniumgt]

I have 18's on my car. I am running 235/50/18 on 18x7.5 with a 35mm offset. This tire size will give you a little bit taller side wall height than with 245/45/18 that everyone uses. The ride height is stock, for now. I have had a minor rubbing issue with the right front tire, but it was resolved quickly.

All of the pics that I tried to post came out really small. If you want to see some pics, click on the link in my sig. Also on the cardomain site is a pic of where the right tire was rubbing. HTH

 

[imported_silverbullet]

that's even better! since your tire rub a little i don't think i want to trim any part off my car. my is an 02 coupe i don't know if it will cause any other problem cause of the year model. i like the thick side wall you have on yours. do they make other size that is between 245-45-18 and 235-50-18? maybe something like 240-50-18 or 245-50-18?

 

[Toasty]

no 240 sizes

and even if there were 245-50-18 they would be larger than what would fit easily... since they would be larger than the 245-45's

 

[milleniumgt]

Originally posted by rion02gtp@Nov 17 2005, 05:16 AM
that's even better! since your tire rub a little i don't think i want to trim any part off my car. my is an 02 coupe i don't know if it will cause any other problem cause of the year model. i like the thick side wall you have on yours. do they make other size that is between 245-45-18 and 235-50-18? maybe something like 240-50-18 or 245-50-18?

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If you like the size of the wheel and tire combo I have, don't let the trimming scare you. The piece that I had to trim off my car was very small and insignificant, just a piece of plastic, nothing detrimental to the car. It was about the size of the half of my thumb. It took about 2 min to get rid of. Since I did that there has been no problems with rubbing. There is no fender rubbing issues either since I am still at stock ride height. If you do this and want to drop the car later, then rubbing on the fender might become an issue...but outside of that, no problem.

I'm sure they make other sizes but the two above sizes are the best fit.

 

[BlownGTP99]

Not lowered......for now.
245/45/18