Again some manufactures have a large safety margin and 255 on a 8" rim is perfectly safe.

Some actually say that size is safe on a 8". Hint the Z28 Camaro.

 

http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/specs...-a-s/3906.html

See the 255 size tires in 18" show 8-9.5 wheel. 8" is fine.

I also know people who have 275 wide tires on 18x8 rims and RACE at the tracks with them with no issues period. Street driving would even be easier on the tires.

 

G35tx

If you feel its safe then go on right ahead.

 

The general rule is your tire shouldn't be more than 2 inches wider than the wheel it's going on. 10" = 254mm so a 255 width tire is technically more than 2" wider, but we're only talking about 1mm. A 255 will work just fine on an 8" wheel. The 245 max on an 8" wheel is just a manufacturer's ultra-safe suggestion, just as the 255 max on an 8.5" is. You can run a 265 no problem on an 8.5" since 10.5" = 266.7mm.

Your friend who's running 275's on an 8" wheel is also doing it under specific circumstances, i.e. at a track, where road conditions are much better than a daily driver would encounter, and he's not expecting 10's of thousands of miles out of them. He may be running the car harder at the track, but road conditions are much worse in the real world. If he ran that same setup daily on the road, his sidewalls and bead would eventually fail.

 

who said BFGs are cheap..
ill put my kdw's against any tire....

to stay on topic..yeah..cheap tires arent the way to go espeically with a car like the G

 

Buck

Thanks for clearing things up. I prefer to stick to safety rather than risking injury to myself or others

 

That's the point of the thread, "Don't waste your $ on cheap tires!" Buy tires that will last within reason, if you get 30K miles from your tires and have zero issues with being out of control because of a little rain consider those tires a good buy. ....if you buy tires that will last 60K miles and you can't keep it on the road when it drizzles you're screwed! Common sense prevails!
Gary

 

Sorry to say but Road Conditions on a track and way worse than they are on the street when you are pushing 100+ mph, taking turns at the full limits of the tires, getting them extremely hot. If a tire fails, it will fail on the track and not the street under these circumstances.

 

Manufacture says it's safe, but you continue to ignore that.

 

My T1Rs were amazing. <3

 

You texans just like everything bigger. Lol

 

LightsOut, why do you keep ignoring the facts that the manufacture link I just gave you recommends 8 inch for a 255? Stop spewing bs please.

 

Well you could put 255 or 275 on a 8 width wheel its your vehicle. Just cause you posted that site doesnt mean much cause I could find sites that say 255 is to wide.

255 is to wide and I don't agree with you. Many here run 275 with there 8.5 and don't have any issues but they know its not safe and take those chances.

so your right 255 will work on the wheel but its not recomended or will many installers will not put that tire size on.


Ill let others decide for themselves.

 

Again 255 is recommended by a tire manufacture. Keep living in your dream world you are.

 

As longest its a safe dream...