Always loved this thread - got the idea for my rims and tyres here!

Rims - Volk CE28N Genesis
Fronts - 19x9.5 +22
Rears - 19x10.5 +22

Tyres - Michelin Pilot Super Sport
Fronts - 265/35/19
Rears - 305/30/19

No VDC Issues, little bit of scraping over bumps at speed on the rear where the rear quarter meets the back of the rear bar tho, even after flaring guards about 13mm and having them rolled...
My weirdest issue is that when i turn left at carpark speeds, the right tyre rubs the inner plastic guard well, but only on the right side??? Hasnt been a major issue for me, so havent looked into it very much yet lol
Not sure how low i am tho, but i'd say its probably pretty close to oem... running BC BR coils (made em an inch shorter than stock shocks before installation) and camber is all oem, or close to it...

 

I cannot figure this calculator out...

 

Put your oem or current wheel size in the left box, and the new size in the right. The calculator will compare the two wheel/tire sizes to give you an idea of how itll fit.

Theres a similar calculator at the top of this page. Look for the big blue link.

 

they only make these in 18x8.5 or 18x10, they come in +25 offset i think, cant i go with 40s on the profile tho? i want the wheels a lil beefyer since its gona be 18''s

my car looks like this


want it looking like this

 

oops!!! 10.5 rears lol

 

Those don't look like 40s. But ya your best bet is to use the calculator. Cause also honestly my factory wheels on my 08 Nismo in the rear... 19x10 with 265/35 potenzas look a lot thinner then my new 18x11 with 295/35 bfgoodrich that look a lot taller then I expected. So it has a lot to do with the tire brand you select... some have that fat look some don't.

 

 

you guys park wayyyyy toooo close... eeek.

 

Please ignore me if you already knew this, just something I learned the other day on a flight reading motortrend or some car magazine of the like. The 35 actually denotes that the sidewall height is 35% of the tires width. While I agree different brand tires run different sizes for the same advertised size (one brands 285/35 vs. another's) a 265/35 should have a sidewall height of 92.75 mm while a 295/35's should be 103.25...

If you knew this, then please call me a dummy or whatever else! I just figured I'd post up the info in case anyone like me had been misinformed. I thought a 35 sidewall was the same height regardless of width!

Keep posting up the fat tires guys, loving the pics!

 

^ interesting autox course. Full road course with cones?

 

Yea empire- its called the aspect ratio of the first number.
295/30/20
295x.30=88.5 tall
You're not a dummy. A lot of pple don't know that.
Cool shots!!!

 

Even some tire shops didn't know that here is St. Louis.... I had to explain that it was a percentage. They thought i was high when i told them that.

 

lol ^ I'd literally laugh at them.

 

Run into that many times too. I believe it has also been mentioned in this thread a few times.

I remember when I was 17 and believed the aspect ratio was 50 and meant 50mm

 

i didnt knoww this!

 

so boring everbody knows what 1 " more offset gives you lets see some 24" or 29" tires something diff ...........God bless Roy

 

Looks like you have the general idea, however, maybe this will clarify a bit, and people won't need "online tire calculators" to figure out the height of tires:

295/30/20: The first number is the (approximate) tire width given by the manufacturer in mm. The second number is - as you've said - the aspect ratio, and the third number is the height of the opening (for the wheel) in inches.

295*.3 = 88.5mm, but there is sidewall on both the top and the bottom of the tire, so the total sidewall is 177mm.

177cm * 1" / 25.4cm = 6.97" of total sidewall.

7" of sidewall + 20" wheel opening = 26.97" tall tire. (Stock 245/45/18 rear is 26.68" tall, so this is a touch taller by about 1%.

 

You make no God damn sense.

 

It's a banked oval with an infield! Kind of a neat place, it's really neat to drive on the banking.



http://youtu.be/rid9mioqjxg http://youtu.be/EKK5_VrzH2M Thanks!
perfect, except I believe you mean mm rather than cm I don't mean to come off as a smart ***, just was gonna correct your units and conversion. an 88.5 cm sidewall would be huge

 

Absolutely (the conversion with 25.4mm/inch was correct at least!)