Meaty Tires Thread

[airjor13]

Hahaha. Exactly. Looking at those 16x7 slipstreams though for my next wheel choice. Love the look they give off with a meaty tire.

Yep I miss mine OG picz

Haha just realize those are Grids but whatever..

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Yep I miss mine OG picz

Haha just realize those are Grids but whatever..

Close enough. Ha. Looks good. I just love a 5 spoke wheel.

 

[Sondi]

Yep my car is 100% stock suspension

Will 205/50/16 work on eibach springs?or would I need to go 45 not 50.

 

[stuntdoogie]

Will 205/50/16 work on eibach springs?or would I need to go 45 not 50.

Ive been trying to find this out for a while now.

 

[airjor13]

Will 205/50/16 work on eibach springs?or would I need to go 45 not 50.

Depending on offset but you probably will scrap, 205/50/16 on stock height was kinda pushing it

 

[Induced_drag]

Airjor13 do you have a down the fender pic with the 205's on it? Do they sit flush with the fender?

 

[StayPuft]

Awesome man. I'll be going with the BFGoodrich comp 2s in the 205/50. Loving my 195/55 comps I'm running now.

Where are you finding comp 2s in 205/50/15?

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Where are you finding comp 2s in 205/50/15?

I might when I go up to 16 inch wheels.

 

[airjor13]

Airjor13 do you have a down the fender pic with the 205's on it? Do they sit flush with the fender?

Sorry I don't have a pic at the moment but they are not quite flush, maybe quarter of an inch from the fender

 

[StayPuft]

I might when I go up to 16 inch wheels.

Arhhhhh. You got me all excited for a second.

 

[Izzy]

Arhhhhh. You got me all excited for a second.

I'm running Comp2's 205/45/16 on 16x7 +42 with Garageline 15mm spacers and on Mountune springs. No rubbing yet, but they've only been on for 30 min. Went on a 15 min. drive but nothing crazy. Still have to test with more compression.

 

[stuntdoogie]

I'm running Comp2's 205/45/16 on 16x7 +42 with Garageline 15mm spacers and on Mountune springs. No rubbing yet, but they've only been on for 30 min. Went on a 15 min. drive but nothing crazy. Still have to test with more compression.

Can you please upload pics would like to see wheel gap and poke amount.

 

[Kip2MyLou]

Same here. Plan on going 16x7 on 205/50 comps if they're still around next spring.

 

[BostonDriver]

Just installed Yokohama Advan Neova for track duty and daily driving. 215/40-17's and I was worried since they're 1" wider than most 215's at 9" of rubber on the road but they just barely fit with NO RUBBING! [emoji28]

 

[RAAMaudio]

Sorry but I just had to look as it did not seem correct data, this is from the tirerack site.

SIZE Rim Width Range Meas. Rim Width Sect. Width Tread Width
215/40R17 7-8.5" 7.5" 8.6" 8.2"

That is a very wide 215, tire companies assign some very arbitrary numbers to their tires at times, I had some 225 Hoosiers that measured at least 240 if not 245mm wide.

That much width and would be best on an 8-8.5" wide rim and work on a 9 most likely.

 

[RAAMaudio]

I was just going to post this when I saw the above post so had to comment there first.

My latest setup for the street.

225/24/15 BFG Rival S on Konig Helix roll formed 15x9 which is the optimum width as tested by the guys at Grassrootsmotorsports and Andy Hollis a many many times championship driver.

They still work quite well on an 8" wide rim which I would of been OK using for the street but none fit over my BBKs with the right offset.

 

[Kip2MyLou]

I was just going to post this when I saw the above post so had to comment there first.

My latest setup for the street.

225/24/15 on 15x9 which is the optimum width as tested by the guys at Grassrootsmotorsports and Andy Hollis am many many times championship driver.
They still work quite well on an 8" wide rim.

Coils I'm guessing?

 

[RAAMaudio]

BC Racing, race spec springs, from 2J-R, lowered for streetability and more important correct geometry, the 23" diameter tires make the wheel gap look bigger than it would be with taller tires.

They are stretched but to the point of a performance gain, any more stretch and it starts going down hill from there.

 

[Kip2MyLou]

BC Racing, race spec springs, from 2J-R, lowered for streetability and more important correct geometry, the 23" diameter tires make the wheel gap look bigger than it would be with taller tires.

They are stretched but to the point of a performance gain, any more stretch and it starts going down hill from there.

Any side photos or from the back?

 

[Induced_drag]

I was just going to post this when I saw the above post so had to comment there first.

My latest setup for the street.

225/24/15 BFG Rival S on Konig Helix roll formed 15x9 which is the optimum width as tested by the guys at Grassrootsmotorsports and Andy Hollis a many many times championship driver.

They still work quite well on an 8" wide rim which I would of been OK using for the street but none fit over my BBKs with the right offset.

I was thinking those would look good