Basically, I'm at a point where I am eating my tires because I love driving the curvy roads and I want to improve the handling of my G by putting wider tires.

I am thinking about buying two more 19X8.5" rims and putting them on the front. I'm also thinking about 265 35 19's or maybe 265 40 19's on all four w/ 20mm spacers on the rear. I think handling would be vastly improved and the tires would be rotatable front/rear to get maximum wear out of them.

I will get new rims eventually, but I want to complete all suspension upgrades and brake upgrades etc before changing rims.

What do you guys think? Would the offsets be a problem? Tire sizes?

Help please :-)

Adrian

 

265 on a 8.5 will most-likely feel too squashy during initial turn-in.
which tires are you running?

it's not so much the width but the compound that makes the biggest
initial difference in tires. wider tires in front brings too much side-effects
like tramlining, etc so i would rather keep the front as narrow as
possible while using sticky tires and dial-in the suspension.

actually on our G's, narrower tires on the rear is better too in terms
of straightline stability. the car runs better using 225 front / 245 rear
in 18's than 245 front 275 rear in 19's.

try in these steps:
1. get the stickest tires you can afford
2. work the suspension and dial-in that setup
3. only go wider if you just can't get the grip using the
tires you got.

my car is geared towards touring, not racing or carving canyons so
that's why cosmetics of running wider tires mandates.

 

hmmm, so tire compound is a big factor then... suppose I went 265 35 19 and found one with a tough side wall? Would that make up for it?

I figured that going with the same tire on front and rear would make life easier in that I could rotate the tires (unlike now).

Also, I read in a magazine about a Z with 275's front and rear that handled wickedly. Of course aftermarket suspension parts were installed. The front tires had a lower sidewall and it did really well on the tests.

Maybe 255's front and rear with the 8.5" width tires...

damn, now I have much more going through my head - things aren't as clear-cut as I had initially thought.

The feedback is great, keep it comin!

Adrian