Maximum TIRE(Rubber) fitment thread

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Originally Posted by godzillarb

Found some more with the old tires

What kinda tires were the old ones?

[godzillarb]

Sumitomo HTR Z, cheap as hell. IIRC they were like $92 a piece for 315/35

I bought them with the intention of just burning them down with messing around on the street, but they hooked like dog shit. Leaving tread on the street at like 50-60mph with a stock RB26 is pretty pathetic. On the upside, it looked pretty cool smoking them like that. Even at the 1/8 track on 8psi I'd light them up in 3rd gear. Scary stuff.

This one guy in a riced civic tried to race me and I ended up passing him at 70ish burning rubber, epic ownage.

[RedSVTFlareside]

haha. nice ownage. I bought the sumitomo HTR Z's as well. I haven't got them yet but they were sooo cheap I had to try them out. $99 a tire on tirerack and $92 a tire for the 275/40-17 fronts. I really wanted the BFG KD's but they're just too expensive right now. The sumitomos and wheel parts will be here later this week, but I'll be out of town on an interview.

[godzillarb]

I'm still running the HTR Zs in the front, 255/40/17. They do a reasonable job with water and whatnot.

I think I'll end up getting some stickier tires for the front later to aid in my stopping distance, but for the money, they're pretty damn good.

[RedSVTFlareside]

My camera took really shitty pics. So I'm just putting up one or two. I'll get more later. This is the test fitment. As expected, the front tires disaggree with several things.

[gotta240]

what size are your tires? ^^^^^ Edit... just saw they are 275s. You be MUCH better off getting a STICKY 255/35 than running a cheap 275. JMO.

[RedSVTFlareside]

Originally Posted by gotta240

what size are your tires? ^^^^^ Edit... just saw they are 275s. You be MUCH better off getting a STICKY 255/35 than running a cheap 275. JMO.

You might be correct. I bought a round of cheap sumitomo tires first because I wanted to be sure on the clearance. I would definately like to run a higher quality tire and I will after I burn through these. As far as sizing down, I will consider that in the future.

[RedSVTFlareside]

another

[a_ahmed]

nice

soon ill post my car im going to be getting some mb motoring competition 17x9+17 with some falken rt615 255/40/17 cant wait

[Subzeroqc]

Front: 265 on 18x9 Rear: 285 on 18x10

[Skeeg]

i figured id ask here..... but i have a 95 240 and im wanting go for the 15inch drags in the back and matching 15's in the front.

what i cant decide is what width to run, thinking either 10 or 12 in the back and 8 or 9 in the front as it will also be seeing normal street conditions on top of track days, its for both drag and grip.... not sure on what type of backspacing to run on the front and back, what offset and what tires to run.

also i have 300zx front brakes.... thanks for any help!

[Nismo240R]

Originally Posted by Subzeroqc

Front: 265 on 18x9 Rear: 285 on 18x10

My Gawd that fits nice, whats the offset? How much camber you running?

[driftyour40]

Here is mine:

YOUR CHASSIS: s14

WHEELS: 5Zigen gn+ pro racers 17x9.5 +12 f&r


TIRES: 265/40R17

MISC DETAILS: stock engine.

PURPOSE OF CAR: My driving is primarily in the mountains, road racing later

PICTURES:






I took them back off, car is going to the body shop in the next few weeks. then it's going to need a slight pull. I might be able to do it with a bar or a bat.

If someone has a puller they would let me use please PM me.

[Ian]

those are not RPF1...

[gotta240]

Originally Posted by Subzeroqc

Front: 265 on 18x9 Rear: 285 on 18x10

What brand tires and what offset rims? Did you pull the front at all? The most i can fit up front is a 255 and i'm VERY close to rubbing both the coilover and the rolled part of the fender. I'm wondering if you're running a narrow brand or WTF you did?

[driftyour40]

Originally Posted by Ian

those are not RPF1...

Edited.
lol no no they are not, thank you.

[300hp owen]

this page has some wicked shit.
I love this thread!

[a_ahmed]

me too.. I love this thread

My wheels and tires are being delayed because the guy i want to get them from got injured

I was hoping to have my coilovers this week also but Richard has his week off/vacation LOL...aaah and it's my vacation this week! I wanted to have everything on this week lol.. guess not.

At least the weather is amaaaazing whoooole week ALL sunny not even clouds oh man.. Im so glad winter is over

I took some pix of the car with the new camera but i wont post my skinny bicycle wheeled car in here heh :P

[RedSVTFlareside]

Does anyone else have problems with the front tires hitting the seam on the firewall when turning? I'm pretty sure I know what I'm going to do to fix this problem but I haven't seen anyone else with this fitment issue.

[driftyour40]

Originally Posted by RedSVTFlareside

Does anyone else have problems with the front tires hitting the seam on the firewall when turning? I'm pretty sure I know what I'm going to do to fix this problem but I haven't seen anyone else with this fitment issue.

most people just hit shit with hammers to get past things that rub. Make sure your alignment is good then start hitting shit.

[KA-T_240]

I have 275s on the back of my hatch. But, Damn they look big on the back of the white coupe above. I like!

[JRas]

Originally Posted by KA-T_240

I have 275s on the back of my hatch. But, Damn they look big on the back of the white coupe above. I like!

That's because they are 315's

[RedSVTFlareside]

Originally Posted by KA-T_240

I have 275s on the back of my hatch. But, Damn they look big on the back of the white coupe above. I like!

These are 275/35-17 tires with stupid offset wheels



And this is a 315/35-17 on 17x12 wheel vs. a 245/45-16 on a 16x8.5 wheel

Note that all of the rear tire and wheel gain was to the inside. I retained the same outter rim half.

I think I will just bang that seam over on the firewill with a BFH, and lop the part of my bumper off that the tire touches.

[a_ahmed]

your pictures are too dark on my screen to see the tires under the car

[RedSVTFlareside]

Yea, they all turned out really dark.

[steve shadows]

I'm going 17x10' in back and 17x9s next

throw some NT01's all the way around

[Meng1988]

Originally Posted by driftyour40

Here is mine:

YOUR CHASSIS: s14

WHEELS: 5Zigen gn+ pro racers 17x9.5 +12 f&r


TIRES: 265/40R17

MISC DETAILS: stock engine.

PURPOSE OF CAR: My driving is primarily in the mountains, road racing later

PICTURES:






I took them back off, car is going to the body shop in the next few weeks. then it's going to need a slight pull. I might be able to do it with a bar or a bat.

If someone has a puller they would let me use please PM me.

Are these all stock fenders? And where in Socal do you live?

[Flybert]

You guys realize that dunlop direzzas run suuuuuuuuuuuuuper narrow right? My 235/40/17 ss595 run wider than those.

[driftyour40]

Originally Posted by Meng1988

Are these all stock fenders? And where in Socal do you live?

yes. rolled now they need a slight pull.

Originally Posted by Flybert

You guys realize that dunlop direzzas run suuuuuuuuuuuuuper narrow right? My 235/40/17 ss595 run wider than those.

they are just a little thiner then the 275 my co worker runs on his vett I would not call that supper narrow. You are right they do seem kind of narrow though. but it's fine it saves me from having to pull the shit out of the fender.

for now at least. I think next time I need tires I'm going w/275s

[Meng1988]

Sorry but do you happen to have any pictures of directly behind the wheel/fender, I can't really see how far it sticks out? I have 18-9.5 +12 and am trying to find the tires I want.