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Old 02-05-2013, 08:08 AM
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Can't wait to see 17x10's on a meaty ass tire. It would also make me a happy man if we had more pages than the hella flush thread lol
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Originally Posted by chrisaltima
Can't wait to see 17x10's on a meaty ass tire. It would also make me a happy man if we had more pages than the hella flush thread lol
Yea i posted my last picture in there hopefully
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Originally Posted by ohGene
265 Ventus v12s on the car, 255s RS3s on the wing


YES
Old 02-05-2013, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kop-O-nen
Thank´s for the replies!
I was wondering if I should go for 245 rear + 225 front, but I think I´m going to go for the 255 + 235 route.

Going to be quite a difference compared to what I´m running now...
http://tombbis.kuvat...12/DSC_0096.JPG
You'd want to run 225/45 and 255/40 to maintain the same ratio all around. The tires will sit like a square setup. A 235/40 is much smaller (sidewall-wise) than a 225/45. This means your overall diameter of your front wheels will be off by about a third of an inch.

Although... a word of advice if I may (somewhat personal opinion, look around to figure it out for yourself); meaty tires on a 'bling' wheel just doesn't seem right. A slight stretch just looks right on a flashy wheel vs. a 'business' wheel.
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17 x 10 +38 with a 5mm spacer 255/40/17 NTO1's:
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Old 02-07-2013, 05:50 AM
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I get the feeling the 17x10+18 sizing w/ a 255/40/17 will work back there with the ASM over fenders..
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^Why would you want to though?
Old 02-07-2013, 06:19 AM
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It's more of a looks dept. thing for me. Not to say Sweetdill's set up doesn't look nice but he's already running a 5mm spacer. I rather take that off and there is def. 15mm in there at least from the pic I see.
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The other side has a 10mm wheel spacer and it's too pokey for me, my camber was just set at 3 deg.

Of course ride height has a lot to do with the fitment, and I do have 15mm roll center adjusters back there. If the car were another inch lower without the RCA's maybe the 10mm spacers would look better.
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It would poke wayyy too much with another 15mm further out. I think it looks perfect as is.



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