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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 10:01 AM
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hi,

i have a set of wheels that are 225/45/18 on the fronts and 245/45/18 on the rears. what would happen if say i used 225 or 245 all around? or even 235 all around. these would be for winter tires.

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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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...what is the actual width of the wheels? You gave us your current tire specs which won't help us offer any insight as to if your suggested setup will work.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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i'm not sure what the wheel specs are. they are the stock 18" "Nissan" rims that came with my 2003 350Z. i believe its 18x8 f and 18x8.5 R?

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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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i found the specs page of the tires that it gives the rim size that a 225/45/18, 245/45/18 would fit and they all seem to fit around 7.5"-9" rims. so based on the stock 18"s that came with my 350z, the question i have is what is the how would the peformance be affected by this? besides the odometer may read differently ie too fast/slow (read somewhere it should be withing 3" of the orginal)

keep in mind that it's for winter tires so there won't be heavy/fast driving involved.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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Same size tires all around with VDC? Not recommended.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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car only has TCS no VDC



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Same size tires all around with VDC? Not recommended.
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