Retna, according to the guide, no, that will not fit the rear. But the guide is was developed for plug-n-play application. You could probably get your wheels to fit, but you may have to add some negative camber in addition to rolling the fenders. Depends on if you are more into it for looks or performance. Running a bunch of extra camber on the rear wheels of an S2000 is only going to make the rear tire wear worse, and won't help performance.

Talk to rijowysock... he has a lot of experience on aggressive fitments.

 

well its mostly gonna be for looks for now, but i dont' plan to go to any autocrossing or anything like that. will it still work for daily driving or do i still have to add negative camber. sorry for so many questions. Thanks.

 

sounds like spa-zz knows his stuff, but the S2000 is very difficult for wheels and tires, just make sure u get the right stuff, u could have a lot of problems if not. hope u figure it out

 

Do some searching for posts by rijowysock. He has experience with lowered cars and aggressive fitments. When I wrote the guide, I wrote it based on data from cars that were not lowered, did not have rolled fenders, and did not have additional negative camber. The reason for the guide was to get people started and set them up with a fitment that has very little likelihood of rubbing and does not require additional means to prevent rubbing. There are many variables at play here, and when straying below the offsets mentioned in the guide (especially by something like 10mm!) you ARE going to rub if you don't do something to avoid it. Rolling fenders, adding negative camber, using tires that run narrow (like Toyo) are a few things that can be done. You'll need to do your own research if you want to do an aggressive fitment.

 

Very informative guide, thank you. Too bad no one uses it before asking questions that are already answered.

 

[QUOTE=CBR2200,Jan 12 2007, 02:44 PM] Very informative guide, thank you.

 

I also concur with spa-zz, cbr2200 and xviper viewpoint. Even though I have a couple of questions with regard to a few items that may involve application of basic mathmatics ( I always hated that subject) before I purchase after market rims and 050A tires, I intend to use the research already provided herein to determine the answers.

Thanks to everyone involved for collecting and producing a very well presented guide on the relationship of tires and wheels for the s2k.

Best regards, Mark

 

Just a guess, but I think that the majority of people posting questions that could be answered by looking at post #1 are confused by concern that the shape of the fender liner may cause it to rub for larger diameter wheels/tires.

Post #1 assures readers that a wheel/tire combination of a given size won't rub against the edge of the fender but doesn't appear to explicitly address concerns about rubbing against the fender liner or suspension

Personally, I'd love to have some way of verifying that large diameter tires aren't going to chew up my fender liners or rub the suspension, particularly while turning or hitting bumps. Not sure if anything mentioned in the above posts even attempts to address such concerns or if it's generally assumed to be an issue not worth worrying about...

 

how about this.

18x8 Front & 18x8.5 Rear

48mm Front & 45mm Rear

staggered with lips.

would this fit?

planning on running 225/35/18 front and 255/30/18 rear


thanks.

 

For the front:
6.5