Maximum tire width

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sillybanshee
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im planning on buying new tires and rims for my 1993 240 sx........whats the max. width of tire for both front and rear?


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adrianfromthecastle
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depends, what kind of wheels do you have?

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well i thinking about in general...whats the max width i can go with , cuz i dont want the front being too wide and rub up on the wheel well infront if i turn the wheel till it locks you kno.

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well, like i said, what kind of wheels do you have.. theres no such thing as in general cuz everyone has different wheels, and if your car isnt lowered, then you have nothing to worry about

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I reccomend 12" wide tires. front and back.

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pff... 12" on some 195/45's...

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redtop91 wrote:Pssssh The JDM tyte are rocking 16" wides.

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But I thought he was JDM tyte enuff to know? am I wrong once again?! damn, oh well he will never be as JDM as I am with teh 20" wides on the back and the 18"s on the front.

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Logan76 wrote:But I thought he was JDM tyte enuff to know? am I wrong once again?! damn, oh well he will never be as JDM as I am with teh 20" wides on the back and the 18"s on the front.
deeyum son! dem wheels make mah car look like a bike

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yeh boy you just back right up off me and meh wheels and tyres yo.

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no.....not how big they are....like how deep they go...like 9 inches wide....not 18 inch rims

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I mean 18 inches wide and 20 inches wide boy...im JDM.

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Logan76 wrote:I mean 18 inches wide and 20 inches wide boy...im JDM.
heres a pic of logan with his kids

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^

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Tis me, except i removed the ford and put that suspension and wheel set up on my 240...duh. jdm fo lyfe.

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im serious.....im thinking bout 15-17 inch rims...but how deep for front and rears?

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why roll fenders? im running 50* negative camber, pssht.

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^ rofl... i accidentally deleted

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sillybanshee wrote:im serious.....im thinking bout 15-17 inch rims...but how deep for front and rears?
you need to learn about offsets and widths homie... 15-17" tell nothing.

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Aye matey, this thread is claimed by the federation of nico pirates, if ye have a problem you can walk teh plank you scallywag.

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consider ye threadz jacked

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aye yes, ye thread is as good as gold to me.

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dude.... i sooooo want some AME's.... i went to the LA friday meets last night, and a couple of the girls from Drifting Pretty were out there with their cars, and that one chick with the red rps13 had these in gold...

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Drifting Pretty eh? I like

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adrians_s13 wrote: dude.... i sooooo want some AME's.... i went to the LA friday meets last night, and a couple of the girls from Drifting Pretty were out there with their cars, and that one chick with the red rps13 had these in gold...
OMG I barely woke up I feel asleep so late last night. Those rims are definitely

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Holy sh1t!!!! I almost fell my chair!

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Indeed

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