Look what i got! wheel

[thekawaii]

It's KS-05Size is 16 inch by 8 inch 35 mm positive offset.19 lbs, heavy but, well I'm broke.Pic with Q45 brake, dang that thing even clear steelies...

Time for tire shopping

[chrislis]

nice wheels. do they have em in a 17x8.5 or 9 perhaps?

btw, looks really funny with no tires and the car jacked, haha.

[thekawaii]

Seriously, I could not wait to see the off set. It fits good.

Anyway it's modex wheel (said designed by Keiichi), but hard to find...

Here's pic with S13 + same wheel look very nice

http://memimage.cardomain.net/...l.jpg

[chrislis]

looks white in that picture, what's your finish? it looks like a really light silver possibly?

[thekawaii]

Mine is light silver.

(dang nobody sell GOOD 215/50/16 tires... )

[chrislis]

try dunlop sports fm901. those tires were sweet. but they suck in the rain. or try bf goodwrench g-force sports. they make both of those in almost every size.

[chrislis]

i did a quick search on tire rack for high performance-ultra

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...4&y=4

edit: btw, i've rocked those ecta supra 712's before, loved em, alot of grip for the price.

[thekawaii]

I'm thinking of Avon tech M500 but still searching

[chrislis]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...ace=2

those dunlops are real nice tires too. i think it's the sp sport fm901 in a new name or something. same tread design at least, just with a rain slot down the middle which my sports didnt have.

[thekawaii]

No rain here so i'm okay with those hahaha

[Fenvy]

yo

have you thought of kumho ecsta mx 225/50YR16 for 115 a piece?

not as good but cheaper at 85$ a pice, 225/50WR16 yokohoma avs es100

[naed240sx]

looks good, and 19 lbs isnt that bad. You sure thats a 16" though? Looks like 15 to me.

[thekawaii]

yes. those are used wheels, but they still have manufacture's sticker on it.but it's 16

[thekawaii]

yo

have you thought of kumho ecsta mx 225/50YR16 for 115 a piece?

not as good but cheaper at 85$ a pice, 225/50WR16 yokohoma avs es100

I'm gonna get coilovers later so I want to get 215/50/16

(rear i want 245/50/16, not sure if it'll not rub)

Loveless how manytime am i asking you, did you get FN01r-c yet?

[naed240sx]

Run a 225 up front, get longer wheel studs, and run a small slip on spacer. 215f and 245 rear is gonna give you massive understeer. I would say 225f and 235 rear or 215/225 or 225/225.

[thekawaii]

If i run 225/50/16, i need 10 mm spacer right?

[naed240sx]

You might not need anything. All I know is that I mounted a 16x8+35 with a 225/50/16 on the front of my car with kts coilovers, and I would have needed at least a 5mm spacer for it to fit. Stock suspension clearance is usually a little better. Just get the 225, and work from there.

[thekawaii]

I'm trying to not get spacer cuz some of guys here told me to not get spacer IF I autocrossProbably stick with 215 front 225/235 rear..

[GhostDriver]

Damn I want 16x8s soo bad. Run a 245 all around...woot!

[naed240sx]

Like I said, you are running stock suspension, so most likely, you won't need a spacer, and will clear 225. Don't limit your tire size because you don't want to run a spacer. You will benefit from a 225 up front. The people on here telling you not to run a spacer have never used spacers and are just regurgitating hearsay. Ever heard of somebody actually having a problem with spacers? I didn't think so. I run them on the front of my car to flush up my wheels more. I drive my car hard, and I drift at events. As long as your lugs are torqued down, you are good to go. I am not even running nice spacers. I have non hubcentric, ebay ones. Just make sure that you use longer studs if you use spacers.

Again, I don't think you will even need spacers. Get 225/50s for the front. If spacers are needed, its OK to run them.

[thekawaii]

thanks so 225 front 245 rear? or 225 all around?

(sounds funny but i'm gonna ONLY use these wheels/tires on auto event only, want best neutral handling as possible.... plan to get kts coilovers too.)

[naed240sx]

Whatever you want. 225/245 will cause understeer, unless you are making a lot of power, but will look badass, 225/225 will be more neutral. I run 205/225 and it made me understeer worse than stock, but I recently added a whiteline rear sway bar. Problem fixed.

[thekawaii]

what do you mean lot of power?

by the end, i hoping my car's gonna make around 240-250 wheel hp.

[Edub1]

What do you guys mean when you say "under steer"?

Also, staggered wheels/tires look bad *** but you can't rotate your tires. I'm wondering if it's worth it.

Soon I'm going to order custome wheels for my 89. I've got Eibach pro kit.

I want to oversize the rear for a little more top end; say 17" with 50s but suppose you could go with any width & offset, what would you go with?

[naed240sx]

Understeer means that under hard cornering your car tends to loose traction at the front tires first. If I could chose any tire combinatino for my car, I would probably use the same size I have now 205/55/16 and 225/50/16, but with some toyo ra-1 tires.

[naed240sx]

what do you mean lot of power?

by the end, i hoping my car's gonna make around 240-250 wheel hp.

In that case, I would lean towards using 245s in the rear.

[thekawaii]

What do you guys mean when you say "under steer"?

when your car just won't turn cuz front loss/weak traction.... can i say opposite of drifting? LOL

I know i can't do tire rotation, i am going to use all-season street tire for my daily driving... so i don't mind if it's stagger.

[thekawaii]

One more pic. one with tire is stock steelie with 195 size tire

silver wheel is my ks-05, Hope i make enough power later to make this wheel useful

[thekawaii]

1 more Q. did you roll your fendeR?

[naed240sx]

No, but then again, I am not running 225 on an 8+35 up front. Only said I have mounted it before to see if it would fit.