19" Wheel & Tire Discussion Thread
That thing will look stupid at stock ride height. It might work without rolling, i doubt your fenders will ever make any contact with the wheels/tires. But if you want those wheels to look good you need to drop the car and roll your fenders. And you will need to run a more narrow tire than 245/275
There is a blue z on this forum with those exact wheel/tire specs but it's dropped with camber. Those wheel specs wouldn't look good at stock height. Its under the venders for sale section. I forget the name but they're volk te37 reps.
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If you're not planning on lowering your car and you don't have Brembos, go with the +22 offset front and rear. Assuming you're talking about the TE37 replicas.
Such a clean ride. This is the exact same setup I'm going with. Varrs +0 with 245/35 and 275/35, he went 275/30 cause they were cheaper. I might add spacers in the future if I wanna go more aggressive. I think it has a mean *** stance, it might not be stupid low and scraping, but that aggressive look is more important to me than how low the car is.
And yes, that will look like donkey **** on stock ride height, heck stock looks horrible, getting aftermarket 19's will make it look worse and sit higher, do NOT get those wheels if you don't want to lower it, run negative camber, and roll your fenders.
Just ordered a set my self! I am experimenting with tires sizes at the moment but I think Im gonna do 225/35/19 fr 255/35/19 for the rear. I shuld hace Pics by the end of this weekend-early next week.
This was the blue z I was referring to earlier.
Such a clean ride. This is the exact same setup I'm going with. Varrs +0 with 245/35 and 275/35, he went 275/30 cause they were cheaper. I might add spacers in the future if I wanna go more aggressive. I think it has a mean *** stance, it might not be stupid low and scraping, but that aggressive look is more important to me than how low the car is.
And yes, that will look like donkey **** on stock ride height, heck stock looks horrible, getting aftermarket 19's will make it look worse and sit higher, do NOT get those wheels if you don't want to lower it, run negative camber, and roll your fenders.
Such a clean ride. This is the exact same setup I'm going with. Varrs +0 with 245/35 and 275/35, he went 275/30 cause they were cheaper. I might add spacers in the future if I wanna go more aggressive. I think it has a mean *** stance, it might not be stupid low and scraping, but that aggressive look is more important to me than how low the car is.
And yes, that will look like donkey **** on stock ride height, heck stock looks horrible, getting aftermarket 19's will make it look worse and sit higher, do NOT get those wheels if you don't want to lower it, run negative camber, and roll your fenders.
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225 up front? WTF? Why would you want a tire so small? Are you planning on doing the stretch thing?
What I meant isn't that when you get 19's, the wheel gap will get bigger, the actual car will sit higher than what it's sitting at now. The wheel well will be filled out more than with the 18's. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Last edited by JDM555; May 12, 2010 at 05:11 PM.
When you get 19's with the proper size tires, IE 245/35-19 and 275/35-19 the wheel gap stays the same, the ride height stays the same. It just gives you a different look, but the outer diameter of the tire is the same as stock tire height. So no change, just a shorter sidewall, and its compensated with a 2 inch taller wheel.
19x9.5+0 & 19x10.5+0 245F/275R will rub badly in the back when you hit a dip and will also stick out about 0.5 inches from the edge of the fender on stock ride height with factory camber. Rolling or cutting rear fender inside lip is a must , even then you will not clear until you change the camber angles to more aggressive negative. The front will also stick out, and rub, you will need 225 tires to not rub, maybe 235 if lucky. Anyone that says it will not rub; lied. I know because I've tried already on +5 offset rims years back without lowering/ fender cutting/ nor camber angle changes. The rims will fit, with rear camber adjustments AND super stretched tires PLUS fender rolling/ cutting.
Last edited by power2rice; May 13, 2010 at 12:30 AM.
19x9.5+0 & 19x10.5+0 245F/275R will rub badly in the back when you hit a dip and will also stick out about 0.5 inches from the edge of the fender on stock ride height with factory camber. Rolling or cutting rear fender inside lip is a must , even then you will not clear until you change the camber angles to more aggressive negative. The front will also stick out, and rub, you will need 225 tires to not rub, maybe 235 if lucky. Anyone that says it will not rub; lied. I know because I've tried already on +5 offset rims years back without lowering/ fender cutting/ nor camber angle changes. The rims will fit, with rear camber adjustments AND super stretched tires PLUS fender rolling/ cutting.
you're wrong.. rim size has nothing to do with the car sitting higher.. it's all in the tire sizes (diameter)
