R.P.M.

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I recently picked up some 5Zigen Typhoon's. 17"x8 - front and 17"x9 rear.

Now I need new rear tires, they currently have P245's on the rear and I'm looking to go with a wider tire, something like a 265 or 275.

Does anyone have any info or experience with the Yokohama Advan A032R or the Falken Azenia GRB FK-451?

Also looking for the hubs that center the rims on the stock hubs. Anyone know where I can get a set? or know what sizes I need?

Thanks
Joe

Rx7@Rocketship.com

I had same width wheels and ran 225/45 and 245/40 Front and 255/40 Rear.

I found that the 255/40 fit the 9 inch rim very well and would stick with that.

The A032's were a blast. They lasted more than 15,000kms with a few track events mixed in there. If you don't mind the tire droaning (a la Mud Digger tire) the Yokohamas were nice to have.

I did go on to change these for Toyo T1S (softer side of me getting the to call the shot) and quickly went back to another race compound tire, the A048. So far so good, considering that I am using the car as a weekend toy, if that.

David

MyRxBad

Just curious as to why you would want to go with a wider tire on the rear as this will create more understeer in the car.

Nick86

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What offsets are you running?

To fit a 275 on an FC, you'll need a pretty low offset.

Go to the Suspension/Wheels/Tires section - they should have some answers for you.

R.P.M.

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I cheaped out and bought some crappy 255's.
The car will be used for drag racing and will spend most of it's time sideways through corners, so I'll just keep buying cheap tires.....

coldfire

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i hope you aren't directly comparing those 2 tires, because they are definetly very different, lol.

the A032R is a great "streetable" competition tire, though the wear and temp is a little much for the street, it's not as crazy as any of the full on race tires from Hoosier, etc.
don't know much about the FK-451 (which is not actually part of the Azenis line), but it seems like it is designed for larger wheel sizes and heavier cars.

as for the hubs, do you mean the "hub-centric" spacers? are you looking to push the wheels out a bit for more clearance?
well i know H&R makes them, although they aren't cheap.
http://www.hrsprings.com/site/products/trak.html


- Aaron

doridori-rx7

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iv'e got FK-451's on my 17x10" +18 RPF1's the side walls are perpendicular to the road.. on a 9" width they are going to 'try' to sidewall bubble on you.. not a good chioce for width on a 9" .. a 255 would be better in the FK451 would be a better chioce. unless our running 2.5" coiiovers or narower in the rear then a 275 wouldn't fit anyway. you'd hit the trailing arm first anyway, unless you had an offset above +22 ( in 10" anyway , probably get away with a +32 in 9" )

your looking for ' hubcentric rings' Performance improvments has them they also have the ability to check your mazda OD , just go online to get the Go Zigen ID ... the rings usually cost ~ $15

R.P.M.

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Yeah I wasn't directly comparing those two tires, I wasn't really sure what I wanted. And yes i was looking for the "hubcentric rings" the little plastic rings that center the rim on the stock hub, I also bought those with my tires.

Thanks

coldfire

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yeah, those hubcentric rings can be bought from a lot of places. just make sure the ID of them matches your hub diameter, and the OD matches the bore diameter of your wheels.

i think tiretrends has them, ebay has lots, etc.

i am running them, but honestly there is no difference other than the fact that MAYBE they put less stress on your studs, which is something you can't really tell

mwolf

The only reason for running hub centric rings is to keep wheels from shaking by centring the rims on the hub which is usually the same thing that centres the wheels when they are balanced. If your wheels don't shake at all, then there's no need to get the rings. More than likely you rims will have a 73mm hub bore (that's the most common one) and i believe that the hub might be 67mm not sure, but it's easy to measure with a vernier.
As far a shaking goes, if the shaking is only at certain speeds- usually between 100-120 km/h then your rims/tires are out of balance. If they need hub centric rings, they will shake at pretty much all speeds and simply increase with speed.
I hope this helps you out.

coldfire

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guess i wasted $20 then, lol. my wheels weren't shaking before i got those rings...

anyways, FC hub i believe is 69.1 mm

The Griffin

FC hubs are 59.5mm.FD hubs are something like 67mm or there abouts.the rim bore on most aftermarket rims is 73mm I believe like was mentioned a few posts up.

coldfire

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OOPS!
yes you are correct, hub bore is 59.6 mm on the FC. not sixty something...i need to get more sleep.

FC3S.USD

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GEEZ Aaron all that misinformation ( joking with ya ). Also I believe you got 60 id rings. i guess that .4 mm difference does something or not.

My rims didnt have the rings and i had slight vibration at 100 km up . Then i installed the rings ( 59.4 then sanded just a tad ) and the vibration is gone.

Cheers!

Do you speak from experience?

coldfire

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nope, never driven anything with A032Rs on, but really you can't tell me those 2 tires are similar?
as for the other stuff i said, only going by what i have heard from people who road race, etc. and people DO run it on the street, just that it doesn't last long of course (comparatively)...

R.P.M.

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I got my new tires installed today. They are 255 40/17 Nexen N 3000. They cost me $430 for the pair installed and balenced.
http://www.megaperformance.com/catal...51/1227712.htm

And holy wow do they look huge on an FC!!!

p4nc7

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hehe, any pics? (yeah i know its old but hey, its nice to have updates right?)

FC3S.USD

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back from the dead. Well he sold the rims and car already.

But they did end up on another nice looking FC.

Terrh

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if you drive 032R's hard on the street, they last about 3000KM.

you could probably get 15K out of them if you were gentle and rotated them very frequently.

if the car is being used for drag, why don't you get some DR's for the rear?

R.P.M.

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Update:

Heres some pics of the car with the rims, they are kinda old but its all I have







I sold the rims to Lawyers spirit and the car went to Theory both here on the forum.

Prôdigy2nd

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ah hells ya, my colleges area superviser person took some nice 16 in crapie directional tires off his Aura, so my bud is getting his R32 in the nest 2 months we are gonna go to Wal-mart get some black cheapie rims burn the hell outta the tires (i was thinking, do derictional tires smoke more when on backwards?) and just return the rims if we still can, say they don't fit or something :P, but we hope ot have freaking insane amounts of fun with them.

BTW sidesways is the way i hope to facing most of the time when i get my FD

Prôdigy