Tire widths for various wheels and offsets.

[Projex240]

I have looked around trying to learn a good bit more than I thought I already knew about tires, offsets, will fitment, etc. I used the search feature simply because i CANT STAND when people have the idiocy to reply with nothing more than a "use the search button" Lets face it--that seach feature sucks unless you get lucky enough to match a word phrase, then youll have to weed through the crap until you find a post with useful info in it pertaining to what you need.Ok--so anyway.Im wanting to buy some wider wheels. The power levels on the car wont stand for a 7 inch wide wheel, they look like *** on a carwith a low stance, and the cornereing ability with a wheel with so little rubber to pavement contatc could drive me nutz.Im ordering fn01r-c's in bronze (im joing the club too:) ), and the widths are pretty standard. 17x8/17x9. Im getting the 25 offset up front and maybe the 35 in the rear. That brings me to my first question. I wantthe wheels to be flush with the fender well. I dont want to pull the fender or use flares. The front offset is pretty good. Should i stick with a 35 for the rear offset, ive seen it and it looks good, but what about going to the 25 offset in the rear. Is there a benefit to doing it or no?Also. I dont drift. At al. Im not good at anything other than power sliding around and getting crazy, and Im not up for learning technique or anything. So drifting is out. I have read that strecthing the tires gives better ability to the driver to slide the car. I dont want this. I want the fattest possible tire on the car without over lapping to heavily over the lip of the wheel. On the rears, i was thinking of a 255 tire. Any thoughts on this? I am very driven to having a car that is glued to the road as i go on mountain runs and auto-x when therer is one in town. I drag everynow and then so stickyness is what I want with maximum grip. Tire brand --I know what i want. tire size is what is getting me. I want to have performance with a nice sized tire that isnt overkill with the width ofr a 9 inch wheel.I dont mind a little camber, Ive got it now, but i want to know what I can do to try and keep the life od these tires decent. If they are going to be wasted--i dont want it to be from camber, I want it to be from huge smokey slides, doughnuts, and burnouts. I cant stress how bad i suck at drifting. I dont have the patience to tear my car up learning. Its long, and IM sure you guys hear these q's all the time, but help me out. id appreciate it.

Thanks

-Josh

[BuudWeizErr]

225/45/17 f 245/40/17 r

get 5mm spacers in case you want to push them out a little more. roll the fenders if you can. ROLL, not PULL. If you aren't really low though, you shouldn't have any rubbing problems even without rolled fenders.

[Projex240]

cool--ive never rolled fenders before. Its just where you roll the inner lip in to keep it from hitting the tire right? Ive got 5mm spacers already itting at home as ive never needed them. Those tire sizes are exactly what i was thinking, but was wondering how a 255 would be in the rear. How would it look,perform, etc?

[Projex240]

oh yes--how the f do you roll a ender? lightly tep it? hammer? hands can bend it in?

[BuudWeizErr]

best way is fender roller.

you can use a torch to heat up the fender and just bang at it with a shoe or rubber hammer, or something similar. heating it up softens the metal slightly and also makes it so that the paint doesn't crack as it gets bent.