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Old 03-13-2011, 07:23 PM
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Tire size question

What is your opinion for tire sizing of a 9.5" wide front with +20 offset using a 265/30/19 and 10.5" rear with a +15 offset using a 275/35/19?

Would it be preferable to have a slightly more narrow tire up front?
 
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The front is way shorter than the rear and too wide.

go 245/35 front and 275/30 rear OR 245/35 front and 275/35 rear OR 245/40 front and 275/35 rear.
 
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Originally Posted by 4dgs
the front is way shorter than the rear and too wide.

Go 245/35 front and 275/30 rear or 245/35 front and 275/35 rear or 245/40 front and 275/35 rear.
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Old 03-14-2011, 01:31 AM
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265's in the front are fine - that's what I run. Gets rid of some of the G's inherent understeer as well.

You could also go with 255/35/19 front, and 275/35/19 back.
 
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In my opinion 265 is not enough for the front, 285 is much better (coming from someone with a 285/305 combo)! I would look into doing 255/35/19 and 285/35/19 (26-in diameter and 26.9-in diameter). The 255/285 combo is a much easier tire to source and the sizes are very friendly with each other and the traction control.
 
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I'm looking at getting the Hankook Ventus V12 Evo which fortunately come in a variety of sizes.

My increased sizes were based off of Redline's size suggestion in the OEM19s Tire thread. For references, the sizes there were: 245/35/19 (F) and 255/40/19 (R)

Thanks for the suggestions guys.
 
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^ 255 is actually more money than both 245 and 265 and a lot of companies don't carry a 255 so I don't know why you're saying it's easier to source.

Preference though I guess.

He suggested that for a 8.5" rear not a 9.5" or 10.5"
 

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The hankook 255/35 isnt too spendy and from what I recall was fairly common. Unless you're talking about the 255/40?

I still think the 255/35 and 285/35 is a good sweet spot between going stretched and going fat tire with those widths and offsets.
 
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255s are rare in every profile. They are just and oddball size, barely anyone stocks them so they always need to be ordered.
 
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Old 03-14-2011, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 4DGS
^ 255 is actually more money than both 245 and 265 and a lot of companies don't carry a 255 so I don't know why you're saying it's easier to source.

Preference though I guess.

He suggested that for a 8.5" rear not a 9.5" or 10.5"
Using the sizes he recommended, I proportionally bumped them up. Using the tire calculator found on 1010tires.com, they came to be less than 2% different from what he suggested in terms of diameter.

I was just considering wider tires and was hoping to keep things proportional while reducing some understeer. Additionally, I was only using sizes I saw available on Tirerack. Whether those are stocked regularly, I do not know. But I just checking their availability, both 255 widths are in stock.

Perhaps my thinking is off. Thanks for the suggestions guys.
 
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