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Old 04-23-18, 01:32 PM
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Default DD rims are they to agressive?

Hi everybody guy at work is offering me a deal on some rims he say's he has. Would this offset be to aggressive for a DD I dive 85 miles a day. I have no problem with rolling/pulling fenders but not trying to bacon my fenders Lol. Thanks in advance for the help.
RPF1 18x9.5 +15 all around tires are 245-45
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There is no way that will fit in the front without some serious work. 18x9+38 front would be the most that you could fit without rolling from what I've seen. That sounds like they're off an STI or Evo
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Originally Posted by Muffinizer
There is no way that will fit in the front without some serious work. 18x9+38 front would be the most that you could fit without rolling from what I've seen. That sounds like they're off an STI or Evo
Thanks I appreciate the quick reply, might be going this route now
18x8.5
18x9.5 plus 35 for both
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That will work depending on the rear tire size.
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I guess another questions is the car stock height? Is it dropped, what are you running for your alignment? Do you have adjustable arms?
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I run 18x9.5 all around with 255/40 tires. No my car is not stanced, it is actually for track use. No wide body, no fender flares. all stock body panel.
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Originally Posted by Meowmr2
I run 18x9.5 all around with 255/40 tires. No my car is not stanced, it is actually for track use. No wide body, no fender flares. all stock body panel.
What offset are you running? I was thinking of running a staggered wheel setup for daily use but I think I wanna run 9.5 all around instead so I can rotate the tires...

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Originally Posted by Muffinizer
There is no way that will fit in the front without some serious work. 18x9+38 front would be the most that you could fit without rolling from what I've seen. That sounds like they're off an STI or Evo
I have 18x9 +20 with no fender work at all.

I agree that 9.5 +15 with a 245/45 won't fit nicely. That's a chunky tire, especially for the front.
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Originally Posted by Meowmr2
I run 18x9.5 all around with 255/40 tires. No my car is not stanced, it is actually for track use. No wide body, no fender flares. all stock body panel.
Do you have a picture and what are your camber settings? I'm running 18x8+40 with 245/40 front tires and it looks close to rubbing but if I can fit more tire I want to. I know I need another set of wheels though
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I lost my specs on my phone. But this is a rough run down. This is with 245/35/18 but federals runs a little wider than the size printed.
-2.5-3 front camber
-2.0-2.5 rear camber
+22 off-set, warning, if you run what i do, you might run into the tire rubbing on the backside of the wheel well during hard turns.



This is with 255/40/18

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Thanks for the pictures. My car is a daily and I don't want to eat through tires so I definitely can't have any rubbing
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Originally Posted by Meowmr2

*Dope *** pics with specs*
Thanks for the info...that's really gonna help me in my quest for a size/offset I can daily...
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