Ignorant statement. No competitive s2000 with competitive driver would say this.

Many of the Best S2000 racers/TTers Run Non Staggered 17x9 +45 to 17x9 +35 with Many Track records to prove it.
Track= Track day event, have fun playing with your daily. Or
Track= Competitive event

Do what suits you best for your "Track" goals, take the majority of these replies as friendly jabber. If you want specific advice, try to be very specific for what your going to do with the car exactly, to help weed out the misconceptions of each person of what they think fast is.

 

He's talking about a very specific application. Running offset wheels and then compromising the tire choice to fit the offset wheels.

I'm not talking about people who run wider +45 wheels to run a wider tire setup and have a wider track.

He won't pull or flare fenders. Read in context.

So to your ignorant statement.

Please tell me what great +45 drivers run without a fender roll or pull. And what great +45 drivers run a 235 street tire square when given unlimited wheel and tire choice.

(EDIT: Rereading your statement and not seeing you post here very much, maybe you totally missed what I was saying. Did you think that I meant that OEM is better than ANY aftermarket wheel? I'm neither that simplistic nor that much of a fanboi. Me = owns 3 sets of 18x11 CCWs, 18x9 Ultraleggeras, 2 sets of 17" Aleggerittas, etc. I mentioned OEM for the sake of offset in the context of someone who bought wheels that don't fit his goals and having to compromise rubber worse than if he hadn't modded at all).

 

Here's the translation for Brian Yorks:

I'm guessing he thought I was saying something like this?

By the way, our SCCA Club Racing car is a "showroom stock B" Civic SI. Only OEM wheels allowed in class. How's that for irony?

 

9" wheels still put more rubber on the ground and generate more traction. To the OP, you have the wrong wheels IMO. Sell them to a NC Miata owner, as it's one of the best wheels for them. I'm spoiled w/ 255/255 rubber, and would have a hard time going back to something else. Just don't forget to make other suspension changes - my car was very tailhappy when I only had the square setup before making other changes (primarily stiffer front swaybar settings).

 

^^^ Agreed. I think a square 255 setup is just about perfect on track for a normally aspirated S2000. Get whatever wheels or pull whatever bodywork you need to get there (if going fast is your goal).

 

Yes, that's probably true for most tires. Heck, I ran 255s on 9.5" wheels and the fit was perfect when the car was in ITE.

But for 2012 I'm competing in STU and the class rules dictate a 17x8 wheel so I'm limited in tire selection.

 

Thanks for everyone's input.

I'm not a tt'er or club racer (yet), just doing driving schools and having fun.

I'm going to go for the fender roll to try to fit 245's square (hopefully they the slightly thinner width vs. 255's will be ok without a fender pull).