RXILVER7

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^^^ My XXR wheels in the front are 17x8 +35 with a 215/40/17 Federal tire. I use 25mm spacers making them a +10 fitment and they have room to spare. I'm running about -3* of camber in front.

K!NCH

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That was/will be my setup.

BUSTN

I need help with the offsets for 17x9.5 front and rear with a slight poke. The car is on stock fenders and rears. I will probably run a 205 tire all around, so poking out would be great. Thanks!!

3vil

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9.5 wheel with a 205? i just don't understand kids these days

LargeOrangeFont

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He probably wears skinny jeans too.

HoustonMS3

Maybe a fitted had with the sticker on it.

John Huijben

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I tried putting on my wheels and coilovers yesterday.
These are SSR 18x8,5J (although I suspect these being 9", I'll measure it up soon), ET35 wheels, with tein ha coilovers., 245/40/18 tires.
To mount these I needed to remove the coilover helper springs, and use a 2mm spacer. I'm going to change the front tires to 225/40/18 so that I can remove the spacers. The wheels stick out a tiny bit now, should be flush with the stock body without the spacers.

NJpopups

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I'm currently setting up my FC for grip and am completely clueless when it comes to suspension/tires.

The entire engine is done, making about 500whp, but I don't have a clue what rims or tires to get.

Help??

ARD T2

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PM me and I'll go through the consultation steps with you. My suggestion would be to get front wide fenders so you can do a 255 up front. 275's in the rear are no problem with a very minor fender roll.

With that much power, imho, you should get a little more traction up front to help with any hard braking. the 275's in the back should provide a nice balance for the power you're putting out.

Rishie

driftfcbuckey

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you need the biggest, widest wheels you can fit in your wheel wells, at the lowest ride height possible.
/thread. lol jkjk Richie knows his thing! definitely take his advice, as it's on point!

BLUE TII

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I tried putting on my wheels and coilovers yesterday.
These are SSR 18x8,5J (although I suspect these being 9", I'll measure it up soon), ET35 wheels, with tein ha coilovers., 245/40/18 tires.
To mount these I needed to remove the coilover helper springs, and use a 2mm spacer. I'm going to change the front tires to 225/40/18 so that I can remove the spacers. The wheels stick out a tiny bit now, should be flush with the stock body without the spacers.

18x8.5 +35 is really close to fitting/not fitting with 245 depending on what coilovers you have.

2mm spacer, thats not a whole lot. Did you already loosen where the strut mounts to the hub carrier and pull it to max positive camber to move the tire away from the strut?

Another trick is to get crash bolts for the upper strut to hub carrier mount and dial in positive camber.

OFC adjust actual camber with the strut top mount.

I did 17x8.5+30 w/ 255/40 on JIC FLTA2 and now FLT-TAR with just the pulling slop toward positive camber method. My max negative camber was 2.75 deg though.

I just went down to 235/40 for a lower ride height with same suspension travel, but it feels like I will be able to make up the traction with the added negative camber I can run- well, in cornering but not braking T^T

`iCED

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Your rims will not clear the front. You're going to need a 25mm spacer for the front and 5mm spacer for the rear to be able to clear it safely I hope you got some coilovers too or you're going to need larger spacers.

Also the amount of neg camber, and tire size will tell you how much to roll and pull.

Yeah, but depends on tire size and how much negative camber. But seeing as you probably don't have any camber plates or rear camber adjusters, can't do much besides roll your fenders.

I'm running 17x9+17 255/40/17's front and rear. Had to flare out the front quite a bit and the rears just a tad so I can zero out my camber front and rear and not rub.


In this pic, running -1.5 camber in front and -2.7 in the rear. Waiting on my adjusters from AWR to come so I can zero out.

John Huijben

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I already pulled it like you said, but even then it's too close for comfort without a spacer, and I'd rather not dial in a lot of positive camber so I'm swapping out the 245 tire for a 225 one. This should make sure everything is nice and clear, and I'll probably won't have to pull the front fender out. It should also give me at least a bit of a staggered look, since I'm running the same wheel with 245 tire in the rear.

DJ_Merle

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Searched this thread but couldn't find anything. I'm doing a shock and spring combo soon, and I'm wanting to run 225's on the OEM 16's. From what I've heard, there is a chance of rubbing. Now as we all know, the OEM 16x7's are not perfectly flush. What kind of spacer would be needed to keep the tires from rubbing and having them nice and flush?

Picture of car being used:

redheddude222

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'iCED, what wheels are those on your car? That looks like exactly what I want.

`iCED

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MB Weapons, they are pretty light and are a good bang for the buck if you want track wheels/daily wheels.

illestvillains

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Currently building an FC3S for drift... Wheels are 18x9.5JJ et12 non-staggered all around wrapped in 225/40/r18's.

As for footwork... currently (temporarily) sitting on Tokiko shocks + Intraxx lowering springs. Waiting on a set of Cusco coilovers, pillow mounts / camber plates, upgraded sway bars front and rear, lower front arm brace, complete prothane bushing kit, and some other goodies.

Should be a fairly nice setup with adequate contact patches that will be able to hold power when I want it to, but still break loose when I need it to. A wider profile would just be overkill for my intentions with this car.

K!NCH

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You may want to hold off on the sway bars, most drifters (myself included) prefer no sway bars. At least none in the rear. It provides more traction and eliminates snap oversteer our cars have. Some food for thought.

2g3n7

what needs to be done to run 17x8.25 +25 all around on either stock suspension shortly or most likely on tockico blues with s-tech springs

BUSTN

Your mom says she likes how my ***** is outlined so great in them, so yeah I rock em for her.

HoustonMS3

You keep your ***** in your tires?

BUSTN

My post was actually for this guy but hey, it actually did the post above him. Oh well.

kc_mohawk_

those wheels Look way2big in every way it's just wrong .
anyways . . . best i've seen on Fc was
front 16x8 , +35 offset
rear 16x8 , +0 offset can't remember tires size but the car was all stock
and it Looked perfect fluch .
now i ordered and waiting to get
16x8 , +0 offset all four
i'll have picx as soon as i get them i only hope front wan't stick out being +0 offset

streetport 7

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Was wondering would this setup work with coilovers on a FC? And what are some good tires sizes for these rims front & back width & hieght?
Front 17 X 8 +39
Rear 17 X 9 +40

dancer7

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has anyone heard or ran this set up... coilovers all around
17 by 9.5 +38 running 255 40 17 all around with 30mm front and rear overfenders?!