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[nismo23]

HEY GUYS I BOUGHT SOME 18X9.5 R & 18X8.5 F WITH A 40 OFFSET FOR MY 96 S14... HAVE ANY OF U GUYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS SET UP? ALSO WHAT'S THE BEST SIZE FOR THIS? I WAS THINKING 265 35 18 R AND 245 25 18 F, WHAT DO U GUYS THINK?

tHANKS

[240marcuSX]

well my first thought was:

"mercy, those are some wide wheels"

then, my second thought was:

"why did you get such wide wheels?"

[VitaminT]

If you want to keep your spedo correct and want to stay as close as possible to the OEM total diameter then I would go with.

245/35R18 for the front265/35R18 for the rear

That is the closest thing I could find and you spedo would read 61mph when you are really going 60.

If you want to play around with sizes just go here.http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

I don't really know why you had the 25 profile for the fronts. The 35 is almost an exact match.

[aither]

well, the 8.5 wheels will extend 147mm from the hub, which is about a 25mm inboard increase, which is about an inch closer to the shock body. I think that there will be some clearance issues, and it would be a good idea to run spacers. 15-20mm spacers should work, based on what I've seen with 17x9 +15. If you run a lower spacer up front, make sure that there is little sidewall bulge, and you might get away with more offset. Do you have coilovers?

[Exar-Kun]

why did you get such wide wheels in incorrect offsets?if you ponied up the money, the least you could have done was get correct wheels, spacers are a bad solution, especiallyin the distance you'r going to need(20mm minimum), thats almost an inch spacer, which is just unsafe, period.

get the correct wheels. Also, dont type in all caps, and please for the love of god, read my stickies before posting like this again, thanks! enjoy our forums!-chet

[nismo23]

thanks for the replys..I do have coilovers, I bought the rims from a Supra owner....I'll post pics as soon as I can

[VitaminT]

Oh my. There is NO way those will clear. I didn't realize you had coilovers. Oh well, try again. You will probably need something like a 20-25mm offset with a 8.5"

[nismo23]

VitaminTThanks For the Link, I apreciate