Can somebody please tell me the widest tire that I can put on stock 17in rims? Front and Back. Thanks.

 

I guy on here runs 275's out back on the stock rim with no problems.

 

The widest tire for the stock rims are 245/45/17 front and 255/45/17 rear. This is staying within the tire manufactures minimum rim width.

The minimum rim width for a 275/40/17 is 9" , not going to work right at all and the tire is a little too short.

 

johnlotusboys suggestion should work. I would put no wider on the stock wheels.

Lou

 

you sure they were 275 on stock 17" rims? or maybe track rims?

the 17" rims are 8" in back right? Id say 255 reasonably, 265 to push the limit. you will see noticable angle in the sidewall at 265, 275 Id expect the car to ride very oddly.

 

whats up w/ out stock tires? When I look up measurements, they seem to be as wides as other 245/255 tires. So does that equate to getting a 265 or maybe 275 series tire??

 

dont follow. stock is 225/235 on 17" and 225/245 on 18". those are mm in width of the tread. more or less a standard measurment across all brands.

 

if you go to tirerack.com and check up the numbers on the stock tire width, it is the same as most other tires that are two sizes wider. So the stock tires on the back for example are 235's, but the measurements taken for tread width say it's just a hair less wide than say a 255 series tire on most any other brand.

Basically I'm asking if the stock tires seem to run wider than other tires do...Make sense?

 

I'm running 275/40/17 rears and 235/45/17 on the fronts. Have done this since I got the Z and have had not one problem. Discount Tire will suggest that you might even be able to run 285's on the rear with 17's. There is no bulge to make the wheels look weird. It just works.

 

i called discount tire and they told me that i needed 9" width wheels to run 275's...i would like to see a picture of yours if you have one

 

I wouldu like to see some pix on track rim. Whats the widest. Are the track and 17" the same width rim?

 

If you want to see pics of my set-up goto member search and look under my name, ( c's, pg. 27, clyde, pg. 3, 12/28/02) there are several pics. showing the 275's mounted from different angles.

 

I did your search and found no pics.

 

I don't know why you can't find it, I just did it from your post. Go to the to and under "members" search. Click on "c" then goto page 27 and look for "clyde" click the postings button and do to page 3. About 3/4 way down you'll see about 5 posts with pics of my car. Good Luck