**Official non-staggered & meaty tires thread**
06-08-2011, 09:40 AM
#1041
Originally Posted by //steve\\' timestamp='1307540902' post='20661102
Too much for a ideal performance. The wheels are 17x9 +22 on a stock body. You'll never fit that size on a stock body and be able to run a close to idea performance alignment.
If you've got more than -3.5 in the rear you're hurting rear grip and will never need to use all of that camber. I think the sweet spot for these cars is between -3 and -3.5 depending on which tire you run and if you have any rear aero. Seems like if you've got a wing you can actually run a tad less camber.
If you've got more than -3.5 in the rear you're hurting rear grip and will never need to use all of that camber. I think the sweet spot for these cars is between -3 and -3.5 depending on which tire you run and if you have any rear aero. Seems like if you've got a wing you can actually run a tad less camber.
In order to get that offset to clear and be low with a good size tire you're probably going to have to pull to the point of caving in the quarter panel. On my last s2k I ran -3.4 in the rear with a 17x9.5 +38 and 255 Star Spec with no gap between top of tire and fender and it barely fit. You're at a +22. Did you get a crazy deal on the +22 or something.
06-08-2011, 10:49 AM
#1045
Yikes, I would never go below +35, and even that's too low for me. I would love to run something like 17 x 9.5 +38, but I'd only do that if I was going with overfenders, and I am a little hesitant to cut up my quarter panels (plus the cost). I am looking at either 17 x 9 +63, 17 x 9 +60, or 17 x 9 +48 (and fender modification). What do you guys think? Is the +48 worth doing fender work?
06-08-2011, 10:53 AM
#1046
17x9 +48 is definitely very easy to fit even with a wide 255. You'll have to roll all the fenders but it's no big deal. On my first s2k I actually had no trouble fitting even a 17x9 +40 and that was also with 255s all around. Anything more than that though and you're starting to ask for trouble.
I want another set of 17x9.5 +38 rpf1s again but just don't feel like doing all the extra work to make them fit. The jump to 9.5 +38 from 9 +40 took far more work than I was expecting. It doesn't sound like a big difference but it really is.
I want another set of 17x9.5 +38 rpf1s again but just don't feel like doing all the extra work to make them fit. The jump to 9.5 +38 from 9 +40 took far more work than I was expecting. It doesn't sound like a big difference but it really is.
06-08-2011, 11:00 AM
#1047
Like how much rolling of the fenders? Do you think I'd have to pull them? What about the fender liner?
I just know that the 60+ offset fits without modification, which is nice. Does widening the track 12mm help handling enough to make it worth it?
I just know that the 60+ offset fits without modification, which is nice. Does widening the track 12mm help handling enough to make it worth it?
06-08-2011, 11:06 AM
#1049
At the +40 point you'll have to start pulling fenders. If you don't want any pull at all you're going to need to stick with the +60. Even the 17x9 +45s require a slight pull.
SwiftGT, you must just have a simple roll on yours and not much pull b/c I had 17x9.5 +38 with 255 Star Specs and I know for a fact the Star Specs are wider/chunkier than the RE11.
That's no rubbing at all at that height going through the hardest corners and biggest dips you can imagine. -3.4 degrees out back though. That little bit of extra camber might be helping. Up front is the same size with -3.
In comparison here is a 17x9 +45 w/255 at -3.3 degrees. That's a sumitomo htrz2 which definitely isn't quite as wide. Up front is same size with -2.5
SwiftGT, you must just have a simple roll on yours and not much pull b/c I had 17x9.5 +38 with 255 Star Specs and I know for a fact the Star Specs are wider/chunkier than the RE11.
That's no rubbing at all at that height going through the hardest corners and biggest dips you can imagine. -3.4 degrees out back though. That little bit of extra camber might be helping. Up front is the same size with -3.
In comparison here is a 17x9 +45 w/255 at -3.3 degrees. That's a sumitomo htrz2 which definitely isn't quite as wide. Up front is same size with -2.5
06-08-2011, 11:15 AM
#1050
Yeah true. Ok, how do you guys feel about spacers? Like the kind with integrated studs (HR DRM, Project Kics, Ichiba V2). Say if I got +60 and but decided later I wanted to roll fenders and use 10mm spacers.