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Anyone have spacers with OEM 19s and upsized tires ( 275/35/19 & 245/35/19)

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Old Nov 29, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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ive run 275/245/35/19's for a month and a half and have never looked back since the day they were mounted, i get more traction, and i dont feel this "swaying" people are talking about they are great, get a quality tire with a good sidewall, and theyll be fine, in fact, i was recommended these by the company i got them from, they said ABS and DST will work fine and they are within spec for both...
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by malukalu
Hey thought id quickly update my status. I now have on a set of 255/40/19 in the back and 225/35/19 in the front.. everything is running just fine ( as you would assume).

One thing i would like to mention is that when i first put on the 275/35/19 tires on my rears it definitely felt like something was wrong. At the time i just assumed it wasnt anything bad and i had to get used to the wider tires...but regardless it seemed "not right".. i would describe it as follows:

I drove from SD to the Bay area immediately after getting these put on and right when i left discount tires i started feeling this kinda of swagger while riding on the highway. Basically as i drove and changed lanes rather quickly i could almost feel the car shift back and forth with each change lane... wasnt a tight feeling as i was used to with the stock tires... it almost seemed as if the rear of the car was not stable...

After finding out that the tires i had on where too big it made more sense... basically if the tires are too wide then it gives the wheels room to "shimmy" back and forth. This HAS to be pretty bad for the sidewalls and unsafe in general. Having felt that already and people on this board pointing out the tire size problem..seemed like a no brainer to me.. I mean hell those tires were almost 300 a piece through discount ... the set i have now are well below 200 a piece
dude! my cars feels EXACTLY the same like the back end feels like its gonna slide around on me and feels like its shimmying but im running 245/35/19s all the way around, im thinking of another size to go in the back but i dont know what size to go with, i read that 255/40/19 would be a good fit but i want to make sure its gonna bring back that stock tight feel
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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anyone??
 
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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sorry bro dont think i can help you. once i swapped my tires its been fine since. I know some people have said they havnt felt this but either way i felt it first hand. Didnt feel safe enough for me to just not mind it
 
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 01:44 AM
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Would a combination of 245/35-19 on the front and 255/35-19 on the back work? Does it affect anything other than the speedometer & odometer ... and by how much?
 
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by mjh1221
Would a combination of 245/35-19 on the front and 255/35-19 on the back work? Does it affect anything other than the speedometer & odometer ... and by how much?
you should be fine...
 
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Old Dec 20, 2007 | 03:17 AM
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i think 255/40/19 would be better with the 35s up front
 
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