LAKERFAN1975

Hello Jim et al.

My current set up:

Blitz Type 01's
-17x8 +45 (front)
-17x9 +45 (rear)

Yokohama AVS ES100 Tires
-215/45/17
-245/40/17


What i am thinking of buying: RE050'a

F: 225/45 R17
R: 255/40 R17

Will this set up work on the offset and size rims i have now? I am not lowered.

Please let me know asap.

i_heart_my_DB8

Hey Josh, I'm no expert, but if you're not rubbing with your current set up, you need to look at two things before changing your tire:

-Tread width (how wide the tire actually measures at the tread)
-Overall diameter

Obviously, if both of those are much larger than your current set up, you may have rubbing problems. The tirerack has really in-depth specs on each tire, so you're able to see that your current set up is the following:

Tread width/Overall diameter

Yokohama AVS ES100

F: 8.3"/24.6"
R: 9.4"/24.7"

With the RE050A's, you'd be looking at:

F: 8.3"/25"
R: 9.1"/25"

SO... that being said, it looks like the width will not be an issue, but they will have a slightly larger diameter. However, it's so minimal of a diameter change that I doubt you would have issues.

Just my uneducated opinion. Jim, please correct me if I'm wrong. Do we need to take section width into account as well?

LAKERFAN1975

bump.


Thanks a lot Nate-dawg.

Jim@tirerack

I would say that with the offsets you are running with the width of the wheels the wider tires are going to be a problem. I can see rubbing in the future. They are a good price on the RE050A but be prepared to roll the fender lip and or running more negative camber.
If I can help let me know.