Tire store mounted tires wrong
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Originally Posted by hondakevin21,Aug 27 2007, 07:59 PM
I know this is kind of thread jacking but anyone know the widest wheel you can fit in the back of an S?
Oh and speaking of people's screw up's I had a buddy who decided to buy some "high performance" kumho's for his stock '92 camry and managed to mounted all four of these directional tires backwards lol.
Oh and speaking of people's screw up's I had a buddy who decided to buy some "high performance" kumho's for his stock '92 camry and managed to mounted all four of these directional tires backwards lol.
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^ You kidding...TONS of the choices for the S are 9" width with ~ +63 offset. Such as volks, etc. And I think some people have gone as wide as 10" in the back. Though any bigger then 9" really isn't needed at all.
9" with a 275 works well
9" with a 275 works well
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Originally Posted by RACER,Aug 27 2007, 01:38 PM
The tire setup on the S2000 is staggered for a reason, it's called engineering.
No, the front and rear wheels on an S2000 are not the same.
No, the front and rear wheels on an S2000 are not the same.
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Originally Posted by As2kW5,Aug 28 2007, 02:34 PM
it's called OVERSTEER! lol. the back wheels are wider to keep the rear end stiffer with more grip. if you run an unstaggerd setup u would have the car that has the worse snap-oversteer of all time becasue s2k's turn around pretty quickly even w/ 6.5 in the front and 7.5 in the back. actually, mine does it pretty easy w/ 7.5 and 8.5 right now. lol. but that's on all season tires
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Originally Posted by Silver9k,Aug 27 2007, 09:25 PM
^ You kidding...TONS of the choices for the S are 9" width with ~ +63 offset. Such as volks, etc. And I think some people have gone as wide as 10" in the back. Though any bigger then 9" really isn't needed at all.
9" with a 275 works well
9" with a 275 works well
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Originally Posted by SoCalIsMyLife,Aug 26 2007, 07:13 PM
If you replace the rear tire it needs to have the same tread width as the S02, no the sidewall width, 225. The S02 has a really wide with when mounted to a 7.5" rim so therefore the rule of thumb is to always use a 245. however you should always call tire rack and check the tread widths.
Give us an actual tire size to go for, that the shop idiot will understand.
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Originally Posted by room4-2,Aug 29 2007, 07:57 AM
How about you spell it out for us here, because if I go to the tire shop and tell them i want a 225/50R16, they can handle that, but if I ask for an SO2, I already know I'm gonna get that really stupid look on his face. You know, the one that looks like he is thinkin too hard, and is gonna hurt somethin in his brain.
Give us an actual tire size to go for, that the shop idiot will understand.
Give us an actual tire size to go for, that the shop idiot will understand.
The stock 205/55/16 is fine for the front. You can go with 225/50/16 but you'll have a little more oversteer.Sticky in the wheel/tire forum: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48572