ag4670

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has anyone ran 255/50 in the rear of stock 17x8? Needing to get some new rear tires and was seeing what i could run with out having problem like coming of the bead and etc itll also be driven daily.

davidv

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255 mm tire on a 8.0 inch wheel! Are you crazy!

andrewrfl

I'm running 255 but don't remember if its /30 or something else.

ag4670

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well 245/50 would work fine but not many compaines make them plus its almost 200 a tire with a discount tire dealer licence thats why im looking into 255

davidv

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What size front tires are you running?

ag4670

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whats the tire size your running in the front? i got the stock 225/50 and read that its not good to have a higher profile in the front then the rear

davidv

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Front: 225/50
Rear: 255/50

90 percent certain this will not cause a VDC or TCS problem.

ag4670

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90% is better then my 50% thanks for the help

sk26dett

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I ran a 255/50 on my stock 17x8" rims and they fit perfect.

davidv

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I always include the 90 percent disclaimer incase it doesn't work. TCS allows considerable leeway. VDC can be finicky.

Smoothy34

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I've got 255/45 17's on the rear of my car and no problems at all, practically the same diameter as the stock 235/50's that were on there...225/50's on the front but when i get new fronts going with a 245/45 probably. My tire shop told me if you go up 2 section width sizes go down a profile size and they're within a % or 2 of stock. No problems at all with the TCS in mine. I used this to check out his info: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

nismo212

i got 225/50 front and 275/40 rear ventus on my 2003 with 17s