Tires sizes for AWD?
10-13-07, 01:25 PM
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Tires sizes for AWD?
I have a 95 eagle talon tsi AWD, I have rims that are 20x9.5 and 20x10.5 with a -7 offset. What tire sizes do I use so the overall diameter is the same since its awd?
10-13-07, 03:47 PM
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10-14-07, 01:17 PM
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you don't... even an 1/8th of an inch in difference will tear out the viscous coupling, or tear up driveshafts if you are running a spool... you need to have the same size tire all around...
I have seen this phenomenon in real life, and bought a car off a guy that had destroyed the diff due to it...
I have seen this phenomenon in real life, and bought a car off a guy that had destroyed the diff due to it...
10-14-07, 10:45 PM
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I have one question... what widebody kit do you have? DSM's aren't exactly known for fitting wide wheels front or rear... hell, I had 255's on 8" wide wheels +35 offset, and they rubbed the fenders on the rear... you are wanting to stick a wheel almost 3" farther outside than that...
10-14-07, 10:48 PM
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The rims are actually off a widebody 350z, I test fitted the rims and they fit perfect. Itd the GT3 widebody and its extremely wide. Here is the pic of the rear wheel on the car.
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I was also doing research and found that even though I put the same size tire on all four rims the OD will change because itd different size rims. Any truth to that?
10-14-07, 10:58 PM
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Thats what I'll probably end up doing and want to do but I'll have to widen the front fender just a few mm. The front rim was maybe 4mm wider then the fender. Thanks for all your help!
10-16-07, 04:59 PM
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Well I have been doing some research and the best tire size combo I found so far is 265/25/R20. The OD difference is only 0.34 inch difference. What do you think? Can you think of a better combo.
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