Rev. Rob Large

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Hey, gang. Hoping to pick the brains of those more knowledgeable than myself:

I am looking into tires for my new wheels. Wheels are 17x8 et35 Team Dynamics and they are going on my 2003 wagon sitting on H&Rs and KYBs. I know the knee jerk would be to get 225/45, but I was hoping to get a bit more meat on there.

Has anyone put 245/40 tires on 17x8 et35(ish) wheels on their lowered GD wagon? If so, what kind of modifications did you need to make (fender roll, etc)? As mush as possible, I don't want to go nuts with the rear camber (it's at -1.0 in the rear right now).

Any CONSTRUCTIVE and APPLICABLE insight is appreciated. Everything else will be greeted with an eye roll and snort of derision, then ignored.

Cheers!

OneManArmy

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How much body work are you willing to do?

With that set up you'll have a crappy looking rear of the car unless you pull.

My advice would be to roll your front and rears. You could have a very slight pull put on them. And run 235/40's.

I have 235/45's on my wagon right now with a 17x7.5 with a similar offset. Little higher. I rubbed like CRAZY in the rear. So bad that it grabbed a hold of the metal rear lip and pulled it down into the tire. Nearly destroy a brand spanking new tire.

And I'm only on pink wagon springs... higher than you.

You WILL rub like no other with that set up without a pull even with retarded trendy hipster flush camber settings.

Camber is not the solution to crappy wheel/tire fitment. Period. You want a car that has massive understeer and looks like **** with -4 degrees of camber and none in the front... buy a honda.

Seriously... if you're talking about pushing the size on tires then it sounds like you're more like me... you want a car that handles. That means fitting your wheels/tires/camber to what you want. Not the other way around.

Those wheels will fit. Those tires will fit. With a huge pull.

If you don't want to pull and you want to run reasonable and performance camber settings. Run 235's and roll.

I rub on huge bumps or when I'm weighed down but I am on 45 series tires. If I was on 40's I'd be fine. If my wheels were 8's I'd probably jump to 245's and deal with minor rub or pull more.

Rev. Rob Large

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I've had the tires and wheels on for about 2 weeks now. There was no rubbing whatsoever in the front, but the backs did rub when loaded. I rolled the rear fenders straight up and now only rubs when the backs are really compressed-- loaded down, more than 2 passengers, flying off dips on the highway, etc.

OneManArmy

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Awesome. That's pretty much what I would have expected.

Go any lower in offset and you have to sacrifice tire. Too much higher and you have to start sacrificing rim width. I think you have a pretty solid set up.

Post up some pictures...

I've been considering going to an 8.5 and running 245's.


Did you go 245 or 235? 235 I would have though nearly no rubbing. 245 you're probably about the same as me... just a little bit on huge bumps at speed or when loaded down.

Rev. Rob Large

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245/ 40 DWS. I have pictures up in "build" thread, but I can put some more up.

Rev. Rob Large

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