THE Wheel & Tire Thread

[Frank818]

In the hopes this makes it as a sticky,

Well it hasn't. Yet. I was about to start one I thought I'd call "THE Wheel and Tire thread". Then I looked carefully through the pages and bam I hit on yours. loll

Let's reference another thread: http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...Pics-Thread%29

There are various options on the wheel sizes and tire sizes.

What are you guys going to fit?
And how do you think it will be in terms of ride comfort, ease of steering, grip, clearance front vs rear (if you have too small tires up front vs rear, maybe you'll have too much clearance tire/fender up front and it will look ugly vs rear? Or you'll have to lower the front much more so the rear end will look jacked up, like those big Muscle cars you could see the rear differential bigger than anything else loll), etc.

I do not know if 215 or 225 are better up front. 40 or 45 series? 17" or 18"?
Back in the rear, 255s for me, 18". But 35 or 40 series? I cannot make the difference, I don't know if I could feel the difference on the road.

How about you?

Now I am not talking about rim sizes yet, but 18x9.5 rear seems the choice for me.

[metalmaker12]

Well it hasn't. Yet. I was about to start one I thought I'd call "THE Wheel and Tire thread". Then I looked carefully through the pages and bam I hit on yours. loll

Let's reference another thread: http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...Pics-Thread%29

There are various options on the wheel sizes and tire sizes.

What are you guys going to fit?
And how do you think it will be in terms of ride comfort, ease of steering, grip, clearance front vs rear (if you have too small tires up front vs rear, maybe you'll have too much clearance tire/fender up front and it will look ugly vs rear? Or you'll have to lower the front much more so the rear end will look jacked up, like those big Muscle cars you could see the rear differential bigger than anything else loll), etc.

I do not know if 215 or 225 are better up front. 40 or 45 series? 17" or 18"?
Back in the rear, 255s for me, 18". But 35 or 40 series? I cannot make the difference, I don't know if I could feel the difference on the road.

How about you?

Now I am not talking about rim sizes yet, but 18x9.5 rear seems the choice for me.

I am running 17x7.5 Sti bbs with 235/45's all around for all most driving, but I will have a set of 17x8.5 225/40-45 front with 18x9.5-9.75 255-275 35's rear for shows and all highway smooth roads etc. I like Rays wheels and will prob get a set soon after I get her legit and on the road. I don't want to put to much on my car so I potentially get taxed more for those parts at inspection.