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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 02:56 PM
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Your rear tires will definitely be stretched. Unless you're slammed everything should work out fine. The rear will stretch a bit though...
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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 04:18 PM
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What others are saying is... get wider tires or it will look stretched on the wheels.
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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 04:38 PM
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Okay so I check tired are 245/45/18 on back and 235/40/18 on front so like you guys are saying I won't have any issues. It will look good?
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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 04:45 PM
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Mustang rep wheels with stretched tires, not my taste, but it's really up to you.
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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Blacklisted91
Okay so I check tired are 245/45/18 on back and 235/40/18 on front so like you guys are saying I won't have any issues. It will look good?
without being toooooooooooo brutal, it will look like shiite (my personal opionion). i have 275/40 on the back and 255/40 on the front........

**edit, on a 9.5 wide wheel front and back

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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Blacklisted91
Okay so I check tired are 245/45/18 on back and 235/40/18 on front so like you guys are saying I won't have any issues. It will look good?
I'm surprised you aren't getting flamed for these posts. Honestly, do a little research to get a better understanding of tire and wheel fitment as mentioned in a previous post.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by travlee9374
without being toooooooooooo brutal, it will look like shiite (my personal opionion). i have 275/40 on the back and 255/40 on the front........

**edit, on a 9.5 wide wheel front and back
This is the most common sizing on 18" tires.

255/40/18 fronts
275/40/18 rear

I'm in the process of getting some 275/40/18's for my rears as I currently have 265/35/18 all around on 18x9.75. I should have done the normal sizing but I got a good deal on the all around set up. Do some research. I wouldn't advise going bigger than a 40 sidewall tire unless you're running stock rims.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Blacklisted91
Whatcha mean by proper wheels. And the tires will have to be stretched?
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Lol what? Yes I'm new to this entire thing. Just asking for advice. Never actually changed crap to the cars I've owned in the past
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Okay so I check tired are 245/45/18 on back and 235/40/18 on front so like you guys are saying I won't have any issues. It will look good?
Did you sit too close to the TV as a child?
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by travlee9374
without being toooooooooooo brutal, it will look like shiite (my personal opionion). i have 275/40 on the back and 255/40 on the front........

**edit, on a 9.5 wide wheel front and back
I just bought a 9.5 wide square setup and am trying to figure out tire sizing. You have any pics of your set up? Are you lowered? I'm going to just f***ing buy springs and have my fenders rolled so I can stop being a weenie already.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by RedScytheZ
I just bought a 9.5 wide square setup and am trying to figure out tire. I'm going to just f***ing buy springs and have my fenders rolled so I can stop being a weenie already.
Should have gone with 10.5 square.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RedScytheZ
I just bought a 9.5 wide square setup and am trying to figure out tire sizing. You have any pics of your set up? Are you lowered? I'm going to just f***ing buy springs and have my fenders rolled so I can stop being a weenie already.
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Should have gone with 10.5 square.
My 10.5 +15 square RPFs are in the mail.... So messed up that the tires came before the wheels...... Although.... the new Evo2s from Hankook smell delicious in my office.....

Will post pictures when the final project is completed.
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Old Jun 5, 2014 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by RedScytheZ
I just bought a 9.5 wide square setup and am trying to figure out tire sizing. You have any pics of your set up? Are you lowered? I'm going to just f***ing buy springs and have my fenders rolled so I can stop being a weenie already.
yes and yes....
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Old Jun 5, 2014 | 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mr. sparco
Should have gone with 10.5 square.
depends on the look he is wanting to go with, the 10.5 would look good but not with the tire sizes he listed
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Old Jun 5, 2014 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by travlee9374
the 10.5 would look good but not with the tire sizes he listed
Subjective. I'm not into overly bubbly tires in the rear or certain tread patterns. 285/35s look better to me than 275/40s on 10.5 but some will disagree. I'd also rather have the 10.5 all around vs the 9.5 with the same tire sizes he posted. Performance and function is another debate.
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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 03:43 PM
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Ok so I'm not very confident in tire size selection. Also I need to know if the wheels I'm going to list will fit with no roll or pull and will not scrape. Also I do not want to stretch my tires-

Wheels:
Wedssport TC105N
18x9.5 +10 Front
18x10.5 +12 Back
Tires:
Front- 245/40/18 or 245/35/18
Back- 265/40/18 or 245/35/18
Drop:
.6 inch drop with Tein S.tech springs.
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Old Jun 7, 2014 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by kakirk30
Ok so I'm not very confident in tire size selection. Also I need to know if the wheels I'm going to list will fit with no roll or pull and will not scrape. Also I do not want to stretch my tires-

Wheels:
Wedssport TC105N
18x9.5 +10 Front
18x10.5 +12 Back
Tires:
Front- 245/40/18 or 245/35/18
Back- 265/40/18 or 245/35/18
Drop:
.6 inch drop with Tein S.tech springs.
Proper sizing would be 245/40 front and 265/40 rear. Even better if you bumped up to 255/40 front and 275/40 rear. Then , you will need a roll and the tires you selected will be a little stretched
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Old Jun 7, 2014 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Proper sizing would be 245/40 front and 265/40 rear. Even better if you bumped up to 255/40 front and 275/40 rear. Then , you will need a roll and the tires you selected will be a little stretched
Ok I've just decided to go 18x9.5 +22 front and 18x9.5 +18 rear with 245/40/18 which I know will stretch a little which i like the look. So this way I will not have to roll it. Also the wheels I'm getting are the Gram Lights 57XTREME Grey/ Machining.
Thanks.
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Old Jun 7, 2014 | 06:56 PM
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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. sparco
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Old Jun 9, 2014 | 04:06 AM
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All these goodies came in last week... Got them installed on Friday after a MONTH of her being on stands...

18x10.5 +15
275/35/18 Hankook Evo 2s on all four corners.

I just did the spring mount mod last night trying to close the gap on the rear.

I'm kicking the color scheme around as well as some spacers for the rear. I'm thinking 15-20mm. I'm lowered on Tanabe GF210s so I don't have any option to lower it, so I'm thinking spacers will deceive the eye... OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS HERE!!

I'm also working out homemade center caps.... they should be put together next weekend/monday. ---Hopefully

I took pix when they showed up and my hatchie all loaded up..

Enjoy the pix....
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