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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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looking to buy a set of wheels and came across a good deal, just wanna clear up if the fitment will work on my S
front 18x8.5 +44 with a 235 35 18
rear 18x9.5 +44 with a 245 35 18

any help would be appreciated.
what would need to be done to pull this off?
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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roll fenders and some negitive camber
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:25 PM
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front:roll
rear: roll
- camber
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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You would still want to stay on the narrow side with the tires as well. If I can help with the tires let me know.
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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Personally, I would not even consider those wheels. What's the point of spending good $$$ to have wheels that you can only mount stock-width tires on?

The rears don't look like a problem, other than I personally think it's absurd to run a 9.5" wide wheel with a 245 tire. 255's would likely fit with a fender roll and camber.

But the fronts don't even look to be in the ballpark for 235's even with max camber and fender rolling.

I would go with 215/40-18 fronts and either 245/35-18 (safer) or 255/35-18 (riskier) rears.

But again, I would never spend money on big aftermarket wheels that I wasn't even able to run wider tires on.

From the stickie:
For the front:
[B]205 tires: +43 offset minimum (6.5
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