Anyone here run really fat tires?
Here's my old coupe on 225/50-16 Potenza S0-3's. It handled great with these tires, and felt a lot better on back roads and race tracks than with Prodrive P1's and 225/40-17 RE-760's or Yoko AVS-ES100s. The P1's were heavier and you could feel it.
This car was AMAZING on these rims/tires. Handled like it was on rails down HWY 9 or at Laguna Seca. I have personally never seen a sidewall actually collapse or fold over in the 9 or so years of track and track-side experience I have had. I used to track my old Celica coupe a couple times a month on 205/60-14 street tires and never had any kind of issue.
Here's that car on 205/60-14 Yokohama AVS-ES100s parked next to my friend's LS6 powered track-prepped WS.6 on Kumho Victoracers.
Here's him not able to keep up with me at T-Hill:
http://wombatsauce.com/vid/toybutta.thill.turn9.wmv
And here's that car right before I sold it just because I regret selling it so much... Still running around on the Big Island, Hilo side.
This car was AMAZING on these rims/tires. Handled like it was on rails down HWY 9 or at Laguna Seca. I have personally never seen a sidewall actually collapse or fold over in the 9 or so years of track and track-side experience I have had. I used to track my old Celica coupe a couple times a month on 205/60-14 street tires and never had any kind of issue.
Here's that car on 205/60-14 Yokohama AVS-ES100s parked next to my friend's LS6 powered track-prepped WS.6 on Kumho Victoracers.
Here's him not able to keep up with me at T-Hill:
http://wombatsauce.com/vid/toybutta.thill.turn9.wmv
And here's that car right before I sold it just because I regret selling it so much... Still running around on the Big Island, Hilo side.
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235's on 9" wides? sounds pretty stretched to me. i have 245's on 8.5"s and that's as stretched as i am willing to go. and any wider, i'd need fender rolling. i have about 1/8" clearance right now or maybe even less...
if i was you i'd prob go 17" and put either 45's or 50's on there.
if i was you i'd prob go 17" and put either 45's or 50's on there.
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For real. And Tire Rack's a bunch of pussies when it comes to fitment they don't do anything "extreme".
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(VDMTom's '08 2.5i with 17x9.5+35 Grids and 235/40/17 Federal 595)
Technically they are stretched a little bit, but they don't look it. Keep in mind a 235 tire is 9.25 inches wide.
great for pot holes......and jumps
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OMG hellaflush mad stretch
OP- just get a smaller rim. The increased sidewall makes a huge difference in comfort.
John- Rally tires FTW! I want some. Don't they have super stiff sidewalls though?
OP- just get a smaller rim. The increased sidewall makes a huge difference in comfort.
John- Rally tires FTW! I want some. Don't they have super stiff sidewalls though?
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235's on 9" wides? sounds pretty stretched to me. i have 245's on 8.5"s and that's as stretched as i am willing to go. and any wider, i'd need fender rolling. i have about 1/8" clearance right now or maybe even less...
if i was you i'd prob go 17" and put either 45's or 50's on there.
if i was you i'd prob go 17" and put either 45's or 50's on there.
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i run a 235-45-17 on a 9inch wheel and it looks fine doenst seem stretched at all. if I want to keep the 45 series tire I wont be able to go wider. My wheels are 17x9 +30 on my 09 wrx and used to hit until i rolled my fenders completely flat.
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You can run 45s, and you shouldn't ever bend a wheel on 17, any part, any pothole...I had 235/50/17 at one time and the tires just felt sloppy and slushy and if u don't care about turning performance than go ahead and get something bigger than a 45...35 series are waaay to thin for most tire widths unless its like 275/35 haha