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Old 08-18-06, 12:46 PM
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So I've called around to a few tire places and I swear some of these places have complete idiots working there. I told them I'm running staggered wheels on my GS and each place told me to run the same tire size all around 235/35/19's I told them they were staggerd and still continued with the same tire sizes, wow!

So my questions is WHAT IS THE PROPER TIRE SIZE TO RUN ON MY 19's??

19x8 1/2 fronts ???
19x9 1/2 rears ??


Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Old 08-18-06, 01:20 PM
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... depends what the offsets are . If its low, run a 235/35/19, and a 265/30/19. If youre running a a higher offset (35-45) run a 245/35/19 and a 275/30/19

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235/35 and 275/30.....they are the same diameter.
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Originally Posted by SoCal_VIP
So my questions is WHAT IS THE PROPER TIRE SIZE TO RUN ON MY 19's??

19x8 1/2 fronts ???
19x9 1/2 rears ??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
somewhere in the neighborhood of 225 or 235 front, 255 or 265 rear. I have 245 and 275 on mine 8 and 9 and it looks too fat IMHO.
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It depends what tire brand are you going to use. I'm running same wheel set up as your's (size and offsets)
Tires: 245x35x19 front 275x30x19 rear, Dunlop Direzza and they are not fat at all, tradewear is 300 FYI.....

You'll be just fine with 245/275 or 235/265 combination
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seeing your handle, do you want to run vip setup? if so, first of all you need some crazy offset, and then you need to stretch tires on these wheels like 225 front and then 255 rear to look nice.

otherwise if you are just looking for normal setup, read my guide at the top of this forum
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