Quick tire fitment question

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Will 18 inch rims with 245 tires in the rear fit with 50mm spacers on my 90 hatch?


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No

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What are the width and offsets of your wheels? And do you have overfenders?

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simmode1 wrote:What are the width and offsets of your wheels? And do you have overfenders?
also do you have coilovers.

broadfield has 18 inch wheels with 265s in the back so it can be done.

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HELLAFLUSH

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50mm Spacers? :eek:
Can you say POKE?

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i got 18x8 +33 with 245 rubber on my s14, no fender mods, no spacers

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Metal Angel wrote:
simmode1 wrote:What are the width and offsets of your wheels? And do you have overfenders?
also do you have coilovers.

broadfield has 18 inch wheels with 265s in the back so it can be done.
Actually 285's on an 11" wide wheel ;)

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Honestly this is the cleanest 240 I've ever seen.
I wish I never let the coupe shell i was gonna buy slip by :picard:

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Holy hell. Broadfield, you live in Ill-ville? Haha

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TheBlaiant wrote:50mm Spacers? :eek:
Can you say POKE?
Precisely why I asked for more info. Fitting 245's under stock rear fenders is no problem under normal conditions. But running a 50mm spaceris far from normal or sensible. The only way that would make sense to me is if you were running old school 80's - 90's C4 ZR1 Corvette rear wheels which are 17x11+50...

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Broadfield wrote:


Actually 285's on an 11" wide wheel ;)

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What's the offset on those wheels?

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asoomal wrote:
What's the offset on those wheels?
+30 in the back

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FutureDRFTer wrote:Holy hell. Broadfield, you live in Ill-ville? Haha
Yep, I was just by you in Bourbonnais for Bears training camp Sunday.

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And they don't rub the coils?

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Broadfield wrote:
FutureDRFTer wrote:Holy hell. Broadfield, you live in Ill-ville? Haha
Yep, I was just by you in Bourbonnais for Bears training camp Sunday.
Yeah that's like 2 blocks from my house. You missed a few 240's/miatas/m3's that day, could've dropped by.

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asoomal wrote:And they don't rub the coils?
There is massive amounts of room between the wheel and shock/coilover on the rear of 240's, the front however is another story.

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Thought so....

So why do people run -99999999 offsets then :S WTFFFFF

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asoomal wrote:And they don't rub the coils?
Coils no problem. Upper, inner wheel housing and lower control arm..... problem! I had to notch the lower control arm about a 1/4" and hammer the phuck out of the upper, inner wheel housing in order to fit the 11" +30. Of course it will also depend on the ride height for the wheel housing.

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asoomal wrote:Thought so....

So why do people run -99999999 offsets then :S WTFFFFF
Because they want to be uber flush and/or mad jdm tyte.
Broadfield wrote: Coils no problem. Upper, inner wheel housing and lower control arm..... problem! I had to notch the lower control arm about a 1/4" and hammer the phuck out of the upper, inner wheel housing in order to fit the 11" +30. Of course it will also depend on the ride height for the wheel housing.

The wheel housing is no surprise, but I would have never figured the control arm would need to be trimmed.


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