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Old 05-28-2013, 10:25 PM
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Anyone with a tire smaller than 225 on a 9 or larger.......... is way too cool with their herrafrush ****.
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what are you running on your STI?
I am running 265/35/18 hankook rs3s with an 18x10 wheel
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I had 225/40 on an 18x10! lol
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Originally Posted by iDriveMyi
I had 225/40 on an 18x10! lol
same here
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I'm running Federal SS-595 255/35/18 on my 18x9.5 setup. Slight stretch but nothing crazy. Rolled the rears and slight roll in the fronts on an 05 WRX. Name: NT03MResized.jpg Views: 10932 Size: 76.6 KB
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Old 05-29-2013, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by iDriveMyi
I had 225/40 on an 18x10! lol
Purely retarded.

Why not on an 8 instead where the tire is more useful? Less drivetrain drag. Less money for wheels.
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Old 05-29-2013, 10:26 AM
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Those Grids aren't exactly a good fitment on Subarus. They are too aggressive. But certainly 245s are way too small. What is your tire budget? What are you looking at already? And what do you want out of the tire?
The new widebodies have a lot of space. They can easily fit a 265. A little work needs to be done for 275. But it's not unreasonable.



Both a 265/35/18 and 275/35/18 would be a pretty good fit. 255/35/18 would be a bit too narrow.
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Originally Posted by JourdanWithaU
The new widebodies have a lot of space. They can easily fit a 265. A little work needs to be done for 275. But it's not unreasonable.



Both a 265/35/18 and 275/35/16 would be a pretty good fit. 255/35/18 would be a bit too narrow.
275/35/18 im guessing? and yea the 255s are narrow and i know they are too short for the sti, i want to say the same holds true for the WRX
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Old 05-29-2013, 10:39 AM
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With WRX gearing you want a 35 rather than a 40 anyways to help shorten the gearing.

Originally Posted by JourdanWithaU
The new widebodies have a lot of space. They can easily fit a 265. A little work needs to be done for 275. But it's not unreasonable.
I'm aware. What I was addressing is the lower than ideal offset and redundant sizing for a street car. The ideal 9.5" configuration is a +44, but you're still running a wheel that will never be fully utilized by anything but a real track setup. For a street driven Subaru, you won't benefit from anything over 8.5". There are downsides to going too big.
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Ok cool, so 265 or 255 is the ideal size. Nice. If you have pics even better. Thanks guys!!! FYI my fenders are rolled and pulled already.
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Originally Posted by jejay1423
255 is the ideal size.
Can you not read?
Originally Posted by JourdanWithaU
255/35/18 would be a bit too narrow.
Originally Posted by flat489
255s are narrow
Originally Posted by Chenstah
I ran 255/35/18 on 18x9.5 +38 it wasn't hella meaty
Originally Posted by KrAzYkld
I'm running Federal SS-595 255/35/18 on my 18x9.5 setup. Slight stretch



And as far as pictures... Very first hit on Google.

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18x9.5 +30 Work emotion kai CR with 265/35/18 Cooper zeons

And a little further down...

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18x9.5 +30 Privat Akzents with 265/35/18 potenza re760




This is worse than spoon feeding a baby.
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Old 05-30-2013, 10:34 PM
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Sorry new to the Subaru stuff and forum stuff. Trying to get the hang of it.
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Sorry new to the Subaru stuff. My first suby. but looks good. Who rolled?
Damn nooooobs!
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