20" Tires Rubbing, Dropped, Need Help! - Page 3 - G35Driver

Jun 7, 2009 | 12:33 PM

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hey tom's Z, let's see some before and after pics....

Jun 7, 2009 | 01:55 PM

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you are misinformed on many things here. First of all, your car did not come with 225/40/19 all around stock, it came with 225/40/19 and 245/40/19. The width of the tire comes into play when upsizing from 18/19" to 20" because the aspect ratio is a percentage of the tire width, and is chosen based on the overall diameter of the stock tire size. 225/40/19 is equal to a 245/30/20 or 255/30/20. If you wanted to use a 225 width in the front on a 20" wheel, then you would want a 225/35/20. If you wanted to run a 275 in front, then you would have to drop down to a 25 series tire to match the oem diameter, 275/25/20

ok, see this i can work with. so basically you are saying that when you go to a bigger size rim that basically the tire has to get deeper and if you should choose not to have a deeper tire then you have to compensate with sidewall height. is that correct?

Dec 23, 2009 | 03:35 PM

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I wound up changing over to a stretched setup: 225 35 20 in front (8.5" width) and 255 35 20 rear (10").

Running 25mm spacers in front and 30mm spacer in back, and with the stretch it looks siiick, but rides a lot harder. Hmmmmm.....thinking of switching to 235 35 30 in front, wondering if that will cure the hard ride (only the front rides hard, the back, not so much).....any suggestions?

Dec 23, 2009 | 03:36 PM

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^Pics?

Dec 24, 2009 | 09:49 AM

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+1 ^

Dec 24, 2009 | 01:04 PM

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a 225/35 on a 8.5 and 255/35 on a 10 is stretched? what brand tires are you running?

Dec 30, 2009 | 08:51 AM

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I have a 2006 G35Sedan and is lowered on Tein S-Techs (2" front and 1.5" Rear). Looking to get Axis/EXE wheels 19x8.5 wheels with 225/40/19 tires for front and 19x9.5 wheels with 255/35/19 tires for rear. The front offset will be 35 and rear will be 40. Will I need to get my rear fenders rolled

Dec 30, 2009 | 02:14 PM

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a 225/35 on a 8.5 and 255/35 on a 10 is stretched? what brand tires are you running?

I am running Falken 452's. I'll try to get pics up tonite...

Dec 30, 2009 | 02:16 PM

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Dont think so, that is a pretty skinny tire setup. If you were getting thicker tires and running spacers, I would say yes.

Dec 30, 2009 | 06:21 PM

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I am running Falken 452's. I'll try to get pics up tonite...

so those are definitely not stretched because falkens run large, not trying to be a dick just saying

Dec 30, 2009 | 07:56 PM

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i have 285/35/20s and barely rubbed on the passenger side, after i rolled them i dropped the car and no rubbing at all.

Dec 31, 2009 | 12:17 PM

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so those are definitely not stretched because falkens run large, not trying to be a dick just saying

No that's cool, the fronts do not look stetched, but the rears definitely do look stretched! Dont wanna go any skinnier though, the ride is way too rough with 225's, actually regretting it.