I'm looking to get 18's and the vendor who contacted me told me that they have 9.5 for the front and 10.5 in the rear. I have a feeling 10.5 might be a bit too wide for my personal taste but I would like to hear your experiences.

So, to those with 10.5 width in the rear, I have a couple of questions:

1. Any fender rolling required?
2. What size tires are you running?
3. Do you feel sluggishness due to wider tires?

Thanks in advance!!
(If this topic was beaten to death already, I apologise.... I'd appreciate it if someone can point me to the right thread.)

 

+35 offset supposedly doesnt need rolling...anything lower need rolling...but it surely has been done

 

I"m running 19x10.5" in the rear which definitely needs fender rolling. I'm running 275/35/19 tires in the rear, which is the same as I was running on my 9.5"s in the rear before, so thers no sluggishness.

 

The width does not operate in a vacuum though, so not all 10.5 inch rears need rolling. We have done this combo before, and with the right wheel, on the right offset, it works 100% perfectly, no rolling needed.

Matix's rear needed rolling due to the offset (see his signature).

 

i have 10.5s in the rear with a +35 offset. no rolling required but im at stock height.

 

5thgenluder:

What size tires are you running? 275's? Any sluggishness?????

I'm asking this b/c when I swapped my stock 245's in the rear with 275's before, my car drove extremely slower than when I had the 245's on. But I mounted wider tires on the stock 8" wide wheels. I'm wondering if this will change if I get wider and lighter wheels.

Also, how do they sit relative to the fender? Flush? or tucked in?
BTW, do you own a Gen 5 Prelude?? I used to have a 97.

 

If you want the wheels to sit flush you need to go with a lower offset , something in hte low 20's, but then you'll need to roll the fender

 

if your on the stock suspension, do you still need rolling for a +22 on a 10.5?

 

Yes.

However, I think people are getting this offset situation confused. Every single offset for every single wheel is different. For instance a +22 on a 19x10.5 TE37 is not the same as a +22 offset on a 19x10.5 GT-C, they are all different because of wheel construction. So when people in this post say they have 10.5 inch wheels that needed fender rolling, I am assuming they do not have TE37's in 19x10.5 with a +35, because this is the only setup I know of that does not need any sort of modification to fit.

Best regards,

Mike
NorthEast Auto Design
www.ForPerformance.com
www.NorthEastAutoDesign.com
1.800.296.6560 ext. 202

 

11 in the rear and needed rolling. No rubbing in the back whatsoever and it's slammed.

 

We have put the wheels the poster is considering on a car before - 10.5 rear, no rubbing whatsoever, no rolling needed. A TE is much more fixed in its sizing, since its a 1 piece wheel - the wheels in question are a 3 piece unit, so other factors are involved. What Mike said above is dead on correct - it varies by wheel. Also guys you have to remember tires as well - not all tires ion the same size are truly the same size - some are narrower, some are wider, even though they are exactly the same size. For the car we did, it wore P Zero Asymetrico's, no issues at all.

 

I got 10.5 rears and 9.5 fts with 295 & 265 fts. Lowered 1" all 4 corners with B&G springs. No rubbing, no rolled fenders. HRE wheels.....

 

what offsets?

 

Got 11's with 295 width. No rolling, no rubbing. Stock height

 

Dang...where's da pics???

11's /295's...that's gotta look sick!!!