The Quest to fit 10 Inch Wide Rims on the front.!

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Originally Posted by stealthTT

great thread.

My wheels are 9,5 ET35 and rear 10.5 ET35, all on 19" - they are Volk GR2 Vr.2 (New TE37 Vr. 2)

however, they dont clear the rear oem calipers - but thats not a problem as I will upgrade them.

Michael: I like those wheels that you've found , pretty cheap and they look great, also they might fit.
I wish I have invested less in my wheels and have bought some other upgraded parts.

are these KSport brakes? it looks so oem having them painted black :)

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oh nice! can I have some a few pictures?

and yeah they are Ksports, I'm a huge fan of the OEM look, completely blacked out cars look very UN oem though sooo :| the clearing of the rear caliper will be an interesting one. I ordered the 522's so we'll see what we end up with in a few weeks!

Went with the Gold 522's in 19x10 ET 42, so in theory it should look a bit like:

http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/Rims/XXR%20522/wrx.jpg

and

http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/Rims/P45r/vr4slammed.jpg

:p

mmmmmmm i like concave

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I´m not an expert with this stuff at all but i tracked my old 3000gt few times and noticed it helps alot with stock drivetrain and stock bars.

posting this video once again . front suspension -3" lowered and front camber -6 in this race

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Thicken up the front bar, take out half the camber, and watch your cornering grip shoot up and your braking distance drop by half.

The wider the tires, the more camber sensitive the car is.

DG

I'm anxious to see if they fit :)
I tried mine in front, 10.5 et35, with the Tein coilovers and they are hitting the suspension.

They look great :)
thats Dragi's car, the 99. and the wheels are Rota P45, 9.5 wide on 18"

here is a picture of my wheels, but the dont do justice as they are black :)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4641/dsc0367i.jpg

Ilie

have you tried pulling the tiens in as far as the go on the top hat?

Edit AND can you take a pic of how hard they hit when mounted? (show the space still left at the hub)

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Originally Posted by MR2

pix from the insides showing your shock clearance etc?

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pics .275/35/19 goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric tires
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4923/imag0190e.jpg
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4352/imag0193.jpg
note that these tires have rim protection lip so they stick out a bit more than tires that have no rim protection .
you can see it in this pic.
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/6682/65514025.jpg

When I had my rims put on the guys tried to fit the 18x10 +42 on the front with a 255 tire and it was hitting the stock struck, a +35 would clear it barely.

mmmm interesting thanks for the pictures!

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Originally Posted by Spyder

When I had my rims put on the guys tried to fit the 18x10 +42 on the front with a 255 tire and it was hitting the stock struck, a +35 would clear it barely.

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that's pretty much what i'd expect. as i pointed out with mb7050, +42 on 9.5" or 10" is just not going to fly with the stock struts. kinda wish i'd gone with +35 or +32 on mine. oh well.

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Originally Posted by mb7050

pics .275/35/19 goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric tires

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What are those tyres like? When I was buying a read many reviews and the most comprehensive was by Wheels Magaine in Australia and the yrated those as the best tyre available [that didn;t cost $1000+ each] and 2nd was the Falken FK452. I eneded up buyign the Falkens cus the Goodyear were $650.00 each and the Falkens were only $310.00 each and they were only 0.5% behind the Goodyear in the tests and better in the wet.