haha, I like you. You're stupid and funny.

Go ahead put balloons on your 8" wheel, they will look great and probably increase your handling by about 10,000, read up on the RS4 chip as well, I hear it gets you around 50hp or something.

Buy new wheels if you wanna put more rubber to the ground, don't put over sized tires on wheels that use half of that tread width.

Silly ricers.

 

Seriously, don't do it. I don't give a crap if you crash and die, but for the sake of all the other innocent drivers on the road don't kill someone's family member.

 

4dgs i have no idea wtf your talking bout...but i think u shud put more bottles in your rims and take pictures of it yayyyyy

 

As an unwritten rule, you want to stay within 2" of the rim width. So if you have an 8" wide rim, you want a tire 8" to 10" wide (205mm to 255mm)

Those sizes will keep the best contact patch on the road and reduce sidewall flex.

When you start to go wider, you run into issues with too much sidewall bulge leading to flexing sidewalls in hard corners as the rim tries to roll over the tire. Also, when the tires is bulging on the rim, it can also distort the contact patch so it's not pressing on the road squarely.

I've run wider rubber on rims before on other cars. Scary when you can put your hip into the fender and watch the rear of the car move an inch each direction on sidewall flex alone.

That's why oversizing and undersizing your tires can be dangerous...no matter how cool it looks

 

Like our members with common sense have stated it's NOT a good idea to run 295s on your OE 8" wheels. You can take us at our word or do what you want. Good Luck and happy landing!
Gary

 

Do it, then post pics and we'll start where we left off.

 

Read what Mustang said. Along with the sidewall strength being seriously compromised, the tire bead will be under alot of strain and may split or actually pop off the wheel lip just like when you get a tire removed. Blowing out the sidewall or popping the bead off the lip results in what is called explosive decompression. You will literally hear a very loud BANG when it happens, and if you're going even remotely fast, you'll probably lose control of the car. Any tire store that actually installs an oversized tire like that (if you can even find one that'll do it) could probably be found criminally negligent if something bad were to happen as a result. I'm not kidding about that.

I'd suggest you first do some very basic research on your own, because right now it's obvious you know absolutely nothing about how tires and wheels work together. Then maybe you'll lose the totally sh!tty attitude you've displayed so far.

 

It is unsafe to fit a tire that is not the recommended width on a smaller rim. With this said the reason behind this is because since the tire is so wide it over laps the rim which will cause the tire to hang over the rim through cornering which can cause an accident. The widest I would recommend on the factory rim is a 265 and that is pushing it.

David

 

If you do go with an oversized tire, make sure to replace your muffler bearings as those tend to wear quickly with oversized tires.

 

ok well i got another offer for 275s in the back and 255s on the front.....?

 

I had 275s on my 9.5" and it looked wack.

255 is where you should max out, no bigger than that.

Stop looking for good deals and buy new tires.

 

I wouldnt even try. lol
U need at least 10 inch width for 295s for the back.
8 inch rim with that width of tires, will have bubble effect. Lookin like a muscle car form 60s... Not the look u wanna have on a g35.

Wider tires do handle better yes, But Spend some $ on wider rims first.

 

Why bother asking us when you don't pay attention to the answers we've already given? READ WHAT MUSTANG WROTE! Your tires shouldn't be more than 2" wider than your wheels. You have an 8" wheel, so that means a 10" tire (8 + 2 = 10).

Now, how wide is a 275mm tire? We're getting into some pretty advanced math here, so pay attention. There are about 25mm per inch (25.4 to be more precise, but we can drop the fractions for now until you get the gist of it. Don't want to strain you any more than necessary). So if we take 275mm and divide it by 25mm, you get 11". You understand multiplication and division don't you? Now, is 11" bigger or smaller than 10"? What's that? Bigger? Correct! So if a 10" tire is the widest that can fit on your 8" wheel, and you want to put an 11" tire on it, what does that mean? It's too big? or too small? It's too big, that's correct! Get it?

A 10" tire is about 255mm, so that's the largest tire you can safely put on an 8" wheel. Please don't ask about any sizes larger than that because you'll get the same answer.

For some reason, I'm reminded of this:

 

I don't think it matters how many times you tell someone if that's what they want to do I say

 

thanks for the POSITIVE feedback guys...i feel like you guys are my bi$#@es! =) =) =)