Haraise

The widest front tires I've seen are 9", which is pretty small for such a heavy car. Has anyone got wider to fit with coilovers?

CarHopper

I've had 9.5's on springs

Haraise

What offset did you use? What tires? You think 10s would fit up front?

CarHopper

Ah wait, nvm sorry. Got messed up only had 9's in the front... which is also plenty

Haraise

Ok. So, anyone manage to fit them?

noodleman

A local guy here is running 19x9.5 all around (the Rays TE 37 Tokyo Time Attacks) without any issues as far as I know on his coupe lowered on H&R springs.

Haraise

Awesome! A more squared setup is exactly what I'm looking for, especially on such a front heavy car. Do you know his offset and tire size/model?

Tatorr

19 x 9.5 +45

Haraise

Is that only with coilovers? What size/model tires? Thank you.

Tatorr

With BC Racing BR Type Coils, Lowered to the max.
Only way I saw to clear the coil strut was to stretch the tire with the height I was sitting at.
Nitto NT555 225/35 on a 19x9.5 +45
I would roughly estimate the clearance from the inside rim to coil strut is about an inch or less.

Harold1898

what is it like negotiating speed bumps and driveways with such a set up?

Haraise

Would a 245 have fit if you were less slammed? Were you at the height that's pictured in your sig?

Tatorr

Really no negotiating of any sort.

Tatorr

Yes, 245 would fit on 9.5 at a flush height. It would not fit if you were tucking tire's.
The height in that sig were on drop spring's.

Haraise

Just heard of a guy fitting 255s up front, as well. It's odd that this two ton car can't even hold the tires an S2000 can. 255 is something, though. That's good.

lapd1989

You think this can be done with 20in rims instead of 19 listed above?

VividRacing

Tires will appear to be stretched more on a 20" setup but otherwise it should be fine

lapd1989

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CoolBDPhenom03

My wheels are 20x8.5 in the front. I didn't get much rubbing with 235/30/20 tires, but it left the lip exposed to easy curbing. 245 is much better, but I get a little more rubbing with coilovers.

lapd1989

Thanks for your info. But do you still have room to go more?? Like 9.5 you think

CoolBDPhenom03

Here's what happened to my fender when you go too wide with tires on coilovers and you have a really steep driveway that makes your wheel do things it doesn't want to do.

I had to have it rolled back inside the fender. After the paint started to chip, I had to get it touched up. It still doesn't look 100%, but most people can't tell. I can because I'm OCD. The same thing just happened to the passenger side recently too. Some of the metal took a chunk out of my tire (not enough to cause a leak thankfully) but I'll get it all fixed tomorrow.

lapd1989

That's not good! I'm doing stretch tires on mine. With a H&r drop of .75" I don't have coilovers

CoolBDPhenom03

Better measure everything out to the mm. There are some really bad roads up here in NorCal and even worse driveways for some businesses. That tweaked my wheel so much this happened twice now...once on each side.

lapd1989

I will keep you posted as far as this goes. When I get everything I will post up pics. Thanks for your info

VividRacing

He's working with me bud, I'm going to call HRE today and go over a few ideas

As long as the car is prepped for the wheels properly it shouldn't be much different from any other wheel setup