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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Booya
^Good morning
Work cr Kai's
I believe they're 18x8.5 +38 f and 18x9.5 +40 r could be 38 all around
I gotta look at the sticker again, not 100% sure about the offsets.
I love the wheels, just hate hearing my tires scrape haha
Tires I have on there aren't name brand tho and I followed the size of the old tires. I had to put out money for motor work so I was left with little money for tires and stuff..
225/40 front and 255/35 rear.
Thanks in advance for any advice and tips!
those are some pretty aggressive offsets. are you rubbing front or rear (or both)? you need a lot of camber in the rear to make that width and offset work with a 255. It sounds like you want a more aggressive suspension to stop the rubbing due to compression, but with such aggressive wheels, i'm afraid rubbing is inevitable unless you run -4 degrees (in the rear at least) or unless you have shocks that have zero compression! lol

I have 17x9.5 +40 w/ 255/40 in the rear. -3.4 camber and it still rubs slightly ....this is on 18K springs in the rear too.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris_Lum
Originally Posted by Booya' timestamp='1352390960' post='22138114
^Good morning
Work cr Kai's
I believe they're 18x8.5 +38 f and 18x9.5 +40 r could be 38 all around
I gotta look at the sticker again, not 100% sure about the offsets.
I love the wheels, just hate hearing my tires scrape haha
Tires I have on there aren't name brand tho and I followed the size of the old tires. I had to put out money for motor work so I was left with little money for tires and stuff..
225/40 front and 255/35 rear.
Thanks in advance for any advice and tips!
those are some pretty aggressive offsets. are you rubbing front or rear (or both)? you need a lot of camber in the rear to make that width and offset work with a 255. It sounds like you want a more aggressive suspension to stop the rubbing due to compression, but with such aggressive wheels, i'm afraid rubbing is inevitable unless you run -4 degrees (in the rear at least) or unless you have shocks that have zero compression! lol

I have 17x9.5 +40 w/ 255/40 in the rear. -3.4 camber and it still rubs slightly ....this is on 18K springs in the rear too.
Damn Chris, 18k springs? Must be awesome to drive in downtown. =P
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 06:32 PM
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haha it's actually not as bad as you would think. i was surprised that they were 18K. i bought the set used and found the 18K markings on the rears...have no idea what the fronts are. But anyway, the Tein SRCs are actually valved really well, so the suspension feels great.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Booya
^Good morning
Work cr Kai's
I believe they're 18x8.5 +38 f and 18x9.5 +40 r could be 38 all around
I gotta look at the sticker again, not 100% sure about the offsets.
I love the wheels, just hate hearing my tires scrape haha
Tires I have on there aren't name brand tho and I followed the size of the old tires. I had to put out money for motor work so I was left with little money for tires and stuff..
225/40 front and 255/35 rear.
Thanks in advance for any advice and tips!
Thanks for the offer but those wheels are too aggressive for my setup. I've had wheels that aggressive before and are a royal pain to fit unless I'm running more camber than I'm comfortable running these days.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris_Lum
haha it's actually not as bad as you would think. i was surprised that they were 18K. i bought the set used and found the 18K markings on the rears...have no idea what the fronts are. But anyway, the Tein SRCs are actually valved really well, so the suspension feels great.
I've heard nothing but good things about SRC's. A buddy of mine owns a set on his ap1.
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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Got some Function and Form type 2 with 18's. Rides pretty good depends on how you adjust it.
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