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Old 12-29-2012, 09:33 AM
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What camber settings are you running on your wide rims set up?
Curious to what settings to go with, with a low/wîde rim set up. Any suggestions? I was told -3 up front and -4 in the back?
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Btw the rims are 18x9.5 +20 on 225/40/18 tires on a 05 sti
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You'll need as much camber as you need to fit them, whatever that is. 3,4 is a good start
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Damn a 225 on a 9.5
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You'll need as much camber as you need to fit them, whatever that is. 3,4 is a good start
agreed, it really depends on your suspension and whether or not you've done any fender work ( roll and pull ) . are you running coils with camber plates?


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get a proper offset and run wider tires youll be using half the tire and wear th out fast with -4
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Might as well put on motorcycle tires
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Originally Posted by Heedz
get a proper offset and run wider tires youll be using half the tire and wear th out fast with -4
Thanks. Will look into that.
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Originally Posted by bkblitzed
Might as well put on motorcycle tires
I wish I could run a wider tire, trust me. I'm a sucker for wide/properly fitted tires.
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Then why aren't you?
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Originally Posted by CBSubie
I wish I could run a wider tire, trust me. I'm a sucker for wide/properly fitted tires.
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Then why aren't you?
Words. Right out of my mouth.
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I was told on here before that a 255 would be too wide/aggressive tire for me for my offset. And that I would need to crazy of a "pull" on my rear fenders. I then ran into CornFeds/lowLyfe's car and fell in love haha, he said he ran an 11 second pass on those tires with his Subie (18x10 with 225/35/18 tires!) haha
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They are, which is why you don't go so aggressive on the wheels. They fit fine on an 18x8.5 +45. Instead you end up with a car that looks and handles awkward. Running so much negative camber and running more in the rear than the front only makes it worse.
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why not go 17?
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How would going 17 help me?
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