Hey Everyone, I'm still pretty new the to whole suspensions, wheels and tires thing. I had read the sticky on the top and kind of get hang of thing but not too sure. If I'm runing the front with suspesion on 17 x 7.5 +50 offset with 225/45/17 tires, will this rub my fender at all?


This is what recommended on the sticky the highlighed in the red. Please any inputs will be appreciated.

"4. What fits?

Many people have tried many different wheels and tires on the S2000. Along the way, a lot of people have had problems with rubbing. Some had a little rubbing, and some had none. With all of this experimentation, a few things were figured out. The information below is not the drop dead final word of what will and will not fit. Certain things can be done to make something fit that otherwise wouldn't, such as increasing negative camber, running narrow tires, and rolling fenders, but that adds a lot of variability to this equation and thus is difficult to predict. We'll assume the owner has had a proper alignment, uses tires recommended for the chosen wheel width, and hasn't modified their fenders.

Based on successes and failures from many S2000 owners, we can use an offset calculator to figure out what other offsets and tires will work. These are minimum recommended offsets. You can use a higher offset if you want, and you will get additional fender clearance.

For the front:
Offsets lower than +43 are not recommended on the front because a very narrow tire would need to be used to avoid rubbing.
+43 to +47 offset: 205 tires, 6.5" - 7.5" wide wheel
+48 to +52 offset: 215 tires, 7.0" - 8.0" wide wheel
+53 to +57 offset: 225 tires, 7.0" - 8.0" wide wheel
+58 to +62 offset: 235 tires, 7.5" - 8.5" wide wheel
+63 or higher offset: 245 tires, 7.5" - 8.5" wide wheel"

 

it depends on the tire, i have 225 on my 7.5 volks and it would rub the fender liner, i would roll just to be safe

 

what kind offset and tires are you runing? Thanks

Ps. I'm trying to avoid rolling my fender

 

+50. the star specs are pretty wide

 

Thanks for your input. Anyone else with the similar setup like mine? Please chime in. Thank you

 

Depending on your drop, but it probably will rub. When I ran the Swift Spec R springs and these wheels with Bridgestone RE11 225's, I got rubbing. I switch to a setup with Koni's on lower perch (.5" drop) and OEM springs and that fixed it, until just recently one side is drooping and I'm getting rubbing just on that side, but that's not really relevant to the main question.

 

^ Thanks for your input. I'll probably stick with 215/45/17 then.

 

Anyone else with this set up? I'm gonna go the Yokohoma Neova AD08 tires. Please chime in. Thanks

 

I had this same exact setup a couple months ago and I only rubbed sometimes when I went up my driveway but rarely. I was lowered too on bilstein pss9's, about a finger gap all the way around I think you will be fine without fender rolling.