Time for new tires...

Any trouble with running 265 35 18 on the stock 18s? If I run this on the rear, what would be a good match to the front?

 

I have 275s on the back of my stock 03' 18s without any issues. Not sure about the max for the front.

 

265s are ok, but I'd go 265/40/18 and 255/40 front.

275 is too large for an 8.5" wheel.

 

What's the disadvantage to 35's that you'd rather run 40's?

 

from experience, 35's make the car lower and reduce the diameter with the 18's wheels. unless i had 19's i wouldnt go lower than 40 on my stock 18's

 

1/4" lower works for me, and that would also make the car accelerate slightly faster due to the change in the final drive ratio, right? I'm sure it'd be a bit more harsh on the ride as well.

thankfully, i drive my car less than 50miles a week and i am the only person that ever rides in it. wifey's mazda is the people mover lol.

I'm going to lower the car shortly with tien s tech springs and i'm getting some spacers to complete the look i'm going for.

 

Its more than 1/4 inch, that tire is about 1 1/4 inch shorter than the proper rear tire for your car but depending on the wheels you buy a 265/35-18 works great for the front.

 

for the front?^^^

 

Yes , if you were to buy the proper wheels a 275/35 or 265/35 is a great front tire. Hell you can fit a 295/30 up front without problems on a 9.5 +30 wheel.

 

Yes, I love our 265/35/19 front (moreso than I did the 275/30/19 front).

True statements (I run a 10" front with a 295 tire on the track!)

 

wow 295 on front, thank god for power steeering.

 

Soooo the 255/35 18 was touuuuugh to get on. 3 shops couldn't get them to fit lol. My brother ended up getting them on with some AJAX and elbow grease at his diesel shop. the rear 265/35 18 were cake.

The tires look mean. They flush right up to the edge of the rims. The handling is sooooo much better than the stock bald '05s i was running after 2 blows outs on the 18s lol.

At the same time i went with the tanabi springs because I knew I'd have some fender gap issues. Came out VERY nice. I have a tooooon of camber problems in the rear though. I have a camber kit on the way and then I'll get it aligned.

Veryyyyyyyyyy happy overall . Just need to get some spacers to clean up the look a bit and I'll be a really happy camper.

Before when I first got her (had fugly ebay tails and grille):


After:

 

looks good. get spacers now

oh, and thank goodness you removed the grill and tails!

 

Looks a little low riderish to me, way to small of a tire and doesn't match the wheel well arch very well.

 

Hmm, I just recently bought Falken fk452s 275/35/18 rear and 265/35/18 front.. would they fit on the stock 08 rims??

 

Looks like you changed out the wheels from a newer model Z also, new wheels look better.