I am going to buy VOLK GT-C's. The size is 19x8.5F and 19x9.5R. Tire size, 245/35/19F and 275/30/19. WILL I RUB. Some poeple say yes and some people say no (well the places selling the rims). I plan on buying them today if they do not, so I am hoping for a quick responses.

Front offset: 39
Rear offset 37

THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

lol-will i rub? sounds a little queer to me...

 

wow raab that was helpful

 

The front will be fine, I think there is a decent chance you will rub on the back. I think you need to get up to a +42 if you are lowered with proper alignment. If you are not lowered, you may be ok. The are some people running +38 9.5's (HP Evo's), here is G35_TX's thread.... The general concensus is no lowering=ok, lowering=rubbing.

Linky: https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...hlight=rubbing

 

+1, you need a bigger offset in the rear.

 

If you don’t mind an aggressive chamber (-2,5) with shaved fenders (don’t know about rolled fenders) in the rear it should be fine lowered. I currently have 19x9.5 offset +35 lowered with s-techs and I don’t have any rubbing issues. However if you don’t lower the car, the rims will stick out a bit, at least in my case.

 

Why go through all that trouble? Why not just get the correct offset?

 

Yup I agree with you, I was sort of obsessed with an aggressive lip at the time . I had to rotate the tires from left to right via dismount and mount about 9 months later to even out tire wear

 

the shop that you're ordering the rims from should know the correct specs for your car if you are lowered or what not.

 

Ok, they did not have the rims, so I ended up buying something else. I went with Volk LE37 in Gunmetal with a polished lip. These were my first choice, but I was getting a good deal on the GT-C.

The rear offset is 45 with 19x9.5
The front offset is a 42 with 19x8.5

Will this allow me to safely run 275/35 or 275/30 in the back? Once again, any help is much appreciated as I would like to get tires today and get these bad boys on my car.

 

You should be able to run either in the rear, it all depends on what you run up front. If you go 245/40 in front go with the 275/35 rear, this will be slightly larger than stock diameter. If you go 245/35 in the front, go with the 275/30, this will be slightly smaller than stock diameter.

With the +42 up front you are getting pretty close to the control arm, you should probably go with the smaller size to give yourself as much clearance as possible.

 

245/35/19 was what i planned in front. i checked the miata website and 275/30/19 is a lot smaller than OEM....I might not lower the car for a month, should i run the 275/35 to keep closer to oem size and not make the gap worse?

 

Don't run 245/35 and 275/35, it makes the electronic grimlins mad, and your slip light will turn on (along with traction control) more often. Go with a 245/35 and 275/30, or 245/40 and 275/35. This will keep your overall diameter close F to R.

 

Everyone who has responded to this thread, thanks a lot.

So basically it is up to me if I want meatier tires and slightly slower G, or thinner tires and slightly quicker G.

I guess I will see what the tire stores have in stock and figure it out from that.

 

This is what I use when calculating tire sizes.
http://gs.tolan-hoechst.com/tirecalc.htm

You plug in your stock tire size and then the tire size you are considering. Make sure to check the fields that says "Tire height (inches):". The closer these two are the better. This site will also calculate the speedo error.