Official Aggressive Wheels & Fat Tires Thread
05-13-2012, 07:14 AM
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I never look at sidewall height , just overall diameter.
05-13-2012, 08:42 PM
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Wheel/Tire Fitment?
Curious, I have a 06 350 and am looking at getting some aftermarket wheels and tires. I don't plan on dropping it, so going vs xx wouldn't look so hot. I'm trying to go for an 80's Porsche 911 look with a fatter tire on the rear, than front. Any ideas or wheels setup you have would help. Just looking for ideas and I am open to rolling fenders although not sure I'd need to if it isn't lowered.
05-13-2012, 09:31 PM
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If you want wide, you need a roll. Plain and simple.
05-13-2012, 09:46 PM
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Curious, I have a 06 350 and am looking at getting some aftermarket wheels and tires. I don't plan on dropping it, so going vs xx wouldn't look so hot. I'm trying to go for an 80's Porsche 911 look with a fatter tire on the rear, than front. Any ideas or wheels setup you have would help. Just looking for ideas and I am open to rolling fenders although not sure I'd need to if it isn't lowered.
You might want to do some searching in this thread rather than randomly asking for ideas.
05-14-2012, 04:13 AM
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It's really simple- 295 is the width of the tire and 35 is the percentage of the width that the sidewall will be. So 295 x .35= 103.25mm sidewall height. You need to look at the overal diameter of the tire too and not just the sidewall height. A stock 245/45-18 is 26.7" with a 110.25mm sidewall and the 295/35-19 is 27" with a 103.25mm sidewall.
05-14-2012, 04:20 AM
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05-14-2012, 06:51 AM
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305/35-19 is 27.4 inches tall
I'll let you do some work now, OEM tire is 2x.x inches tall, what is closer.
05-15-2012, 12:31 PM
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05-15-2012, 02:13 PM
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I'm also going 19x11 +25 in the rear with a 305/30. I know I need to roll the rear and from what everyone on here says is that the fender gets a slight pull during the rolling process. I'm going to take before and after measurements to see what kind of "slight pull" the fender gets during the process since I couldn't find that info anywhere, and to keep both sides even. When I test fit the wheels it looked like the rears protruded about 1/4-3/8" further than the fender. I'm assuming during the roll the fender will probably "pull" about that distance. I'd like to have the fender flush with the wheel so I'll probably pull the front to match the rear. I also plan on putting coilovers on the car soon and lowering it about an inch and want to stay within stock alignment specs. I don't plan on doing anything too crazy and I'm trying to avoid any rubbing at all since it's my DD and even the best Michigan road is on par with construction zones in other states...
Of course that's just the tentative plan and may change when I get the tires mounted and see how it all looks. Thanks for the advice and feel free to give me more I really appreciate it!
Of course that's just the tentative plan and may change when I get the tires mounted and see how it all looks. Thanks for the advice and feel free to give me more I really appreciate it!
05-15-2012, 08:35 PM
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The rears are Kumho Ecsta XS 315/35 on 17x10.5, the front are Bridgestone Potenza RE760 275/40 on 17x9.