baaaadddd!!!!

 

Freakin' amazing!! Just beautiful!

 

Whoah, 205/45R17 on an 8"-wide wheel? You're going to have MAJOR stretchiness. (See some of the pictures in this thread.) Is that what you're going for? If you just want to match a tire to the wheel, I'd at least go with a 215, if not a 235. I'd say 225, but there's not much available in 225/40R17.

The wheels will be close to the strut in front, but they should clear by a few mm.

--Dan
Mach V

 

You have no idea

Thank you.

205/45 won't stretch too much on an 8.

 

 

Rota MC
18x8 45et
5mm spacers in front
215/35/18
no rubbing!!!...for now

 

More low!

 

Is the wheel rubbing on the rear arch - causing the rear arch to pull away from the bodywork?

 

Where is everyone buying their adapters to make the BBS RS fit? I want to get some 17" BBS RS but most of them come in 5x114.3. Do they make adapters for these? Is it better to redrill them? Or do I need to look for some 5x130 pattern and buy adapters to make them fit?

 

did i make a mistake? i am waiting on my TD PR1.2's in 17x8 to come in, but i have a set of bridgestone podenza's (sp?) sitting in the garage that are 225/45/17, should they have been 225/40/17?!?!? i bassed my decision on the fact that stock tires are 205/45/17, was this wrong, or will i be ok? btw, im running stock ride height.

 

Those sizes should still be okay. Still under 3% diff in rolling diameter. Your speedo will just be slower. Would have been closer to stock sizes with a 40 sectional.

 

225/45/17 won't be a big issue, but it certainly won't be visually attractive. That's a lot of sidewall for 17's

 

Image BPS split rims. 18x8's on the rear. Only 7.5 on the fronts though fitted with 215 35 18. Just needs a little more drop on the front though yet.

 

You have more room to go down ... Im 18x8 with same tire size as you but +32 Rear and +27 Front and have zero rubbing

 

18x8 et 45 w/ 15mm spacers in front, 215/35/18

 

True story, but on his 1st gen MINI the clearance is not exactly the same in the wheelwells.

 

After about 30 lovely hrs of pulling these apart and re siliconing them etc. I finally put them on the car. I've had them sitting in boxes for about 4 years and recently took the plunge to get the perfect , but not my taste , polished wheels powder coated and mounted with a set of Falken rt 615's that the local rep wanted a review of . The wheels are 17/ 8 and a billet 3 piece by a company in the UK called Super Lite. They have been making race wheels for many years now and have all kinds of styles. I put the first 100 miles on them this weekend to get the shine off them and will go at it harder next weekend but I can already say they will stick a lot better than my other set. This set will be the " faster " option between my " fast " and " fastest " set
Randy
M7 Tuning








These are my " daily drivers " Hamman 17 /8 with BFG KDW/2 rubber.

 

Yo Max what size are those RT 615s with the 17x8s

 

Those are 215/45/17
Randy

 

Ouww!

Thanks, I was hoping you'd say 225/45 or 235. I just got some Toyo R888s in 235/40-17 to fit on 17x8. I will pray to the Car Gods they fit.

 

Hi type-R, I was wondering, I just bought a set of Motegi Racing 18x7.5, with ET45, is it require to have spacers?? im at stock height right now

Or does anybody noe? Thanks =]

 

What tire size are you going to run?

 

Hi e30, Im going to be running on 215/40/18, i heard this was the recommended size for it

 

Forgot to ask too, r56 or older? I think you will be fine on an r56, but not sure on the older cars.

 

oh hahah i have a R53, i been looking around. and this site says it should fit fine with stock height http://www.wheelsmaster.com/rt_specs.jsp