Thoughts on these rims?

[cmccall]

I have a 93 Dodge Stealth TT, and I'm planning replacing my 5zigen SC3000 rims with these. Carid says only the 17s will fit. Will the 18x8 with the 5x114.3 bolt pattern fit? Anyone running these? I HAVE to replace them since the guy I bought the car from decided he was going to put bigger tires on the back than the front. On top of that, they're 19" with the wrong offset, and they scrub ALL THE TIME!

http://www.carid.com/konig-wheels/illusion-black-red-465455.html

[green-lantern]

I HAVE to replace them since the guy I bought the car from decided he was going to put bigger tires on the back than the front. On top of that, they're 19" with the wrong offset, and they scrub ALL THE TIME!


NO! please no! If you have different size rims, or even tires your VCU is trashed! Go to the previous owner that put bigger rims/tires on the back and thank him for ruining the transmission while repeatedly kicking him in the nuts.

18 inch rims are stock on TT cars. I'm not even sure 17" will fit on TT cars because of the brakes. When buying rims you have to make sure they clear the front brakes. Those rims should fit fine in 18". Some of the other members can tell you for sure.

Back to the VCU part,


All models of Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 and Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo have a full-time, all-wheel-drive (AWD) system that provides automatic distribution of engine torque to the front and rear wheels. The combined center differential/viscous coupling unit (CD/VCU) inside the manual transaxle splits engine torque evenly between the front differential (also inside the transaxle) and the transfer case.

Stealth 316 - Mitsubishi 3000GT AWD System (http://www.stealth316.com/2-awd.htm)

If somebody put 19" rims on the back with 17-18 on the front then the VCU is ruined, you don't even want tires to have uneven wear. Basically you have a FWD car now, the rear part of the drivetrain is useless.

[TT4ME]

NO! please no! If you have different size rims, or even tires your VCU is trashed! Go to the previous owner that put bigger rims/tires on the back and thank him for ruining the transmission while repeatedly kicking him in the nuts.

18 inch rims are stock on TT cars. I'm not even sure 17" will fit on TT cars because of the brakes. When buying rims you have to make sure they clear the front brakes. Those rims should fit fine in 18". Some of the other members can tell you for sure.

Back to the VCU part,



Stealth 316 - Mitsubishi 3000GT AWD System (http://www.stealth316.com/2-awd.htm)

If somebody put 19" rims on the back with 17-18 on the front then the VCU is ruined, you don't even want tires to have uneven wear. Basically you have a FWD car now, the rear part of the drivetrain is useless.

....17" is stock on most years of TT cars....

There is a chance the VCU is fine. Overall diameter of wheel and tire is what matters. OP, what tire sizes are on the car?

[Nationalmilkman]

The 16" N/A wheels will fit on a Gen1 TT

[cmccall]

Green Lantern I hope your wrong! I know there's a chance of ruining the transfer case but I didnt know about the VCU. My Front tires are 245/35zr19 93w xl. Back tires are 275/30ZR19 96w xl. How do I even know if my VCU is bad?

[stealthee]

245/35/19 is 25.751" in diameter
275/30/19 is 25.496" in diameter

That is just under 1% of difference which should be within the abilities of the VCU to handle, however, my opinion would be to match all 4 tires.

[cmccall]

Well lately I've noticed the car kind of lunges at high rpm. Almost like its struggling to catch traction. Could this be a symptom of a bad VCU or transfer case? Or could it be a boost leak?

[familyMAN]

If somebody put 19" rims on the back with 17-18 on the front then the VCU is ruined, you don't even want tires to have uneven wear. Basically you have a FWD car now, the rear part of the drivetrain is useless.

I have 18s in front and 19s in back. It's tire height that matters. Rim size isn't the problem. Of course, I picked out tires that are less than 1% difference.

[IPD]

245/35/19 is 25.751" in diameter
275/30/19 is 25.496" in diameter

That is just under 1% of difference which should be within the abilities of the VCU to handle, however, my opinion would be to match all 4 tires.

Also the fact that the rear tires are already a smaller diameter, which will only get worse with wear--leading to a greater diameter size difference.

P.S.
this would be the first time i've heard about the xfer case going belly up from mis-matched tires. Center diff, yes, definitely. But if the xfer case goes--that's probably a 2ndary effect of the center diff.

[green-lantern]

I was under the impression that the guy wanted the hot rod look O-o

If the tires were different to compensate for the rims it should be OK. Sorry to scare you

I'm very anal about the tires, I'll replace all four before running two half worn out with two new ones.

[IPD]

I was under the impression that the guy wanted the hot rod look O-o

If the tires were different to compensate for the rims it should be OK. Sorry to scare you

I'm very anal about the tires, I'll replace all four before running two half worn out with two new ones.

If you rotated 4 matching tires like you SHOULD be running--then that's a non issue anyways. Unless you get a flat.

[green-lantern]

If you rotated 4 matching tires like you SHOULD be running--then that's a non issue anyways. Unless you get a flat.

I do ya dork :lol:

[Mr Faust]

I've been rocking 275/40/17 Front and 315/35/17 Rear for about 3 years now with the only issue being 5mm spacers for the front.