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Topic subjectWidest tire on an 8'' rim?
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4376, Widest tire on an 8'' rim?
Posted by Super20G, Oct-03-01 01:46 PM
I am getting tired of these BF Goodridge Scorcher T/A 215/35/18 tires and they're not wide enough for the rims anyways...

How wide of a tire can I get on an 18 x 8? Is there much of a performace loss going from 35 series to 40 series? It might fill up my wheel well a little better with 40 series, 35's are like solid rubber, I feel like I'm driving a go-cart :-) vroom-vroom...

Think I could fit some 235 40 series?


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Brad Rickard
98 GS HRC Stage V (nuff said)
4377, RE: Widest tire on an 8'' rim?
Posted by klipzracer, Oct-03-01 01:53 PM
definitely go to da 40's or 45's if you're feeling froggy. ya also gotta be careful cause throwing something wide like a 235 or something like that might rub like 20's on a geo metro. i'd say 225 cause that's prob what i'm going with on my 1st gen.

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4378, RE: Widest tire on an 8'' rim?
Posted by Amish_Eclipse, Oct-03-01 02:43 PM
ROTFL, dood dubs on a metro. but anyways, super20g, sounds like you got bucks. help me out man make a charitable donation to a fellow broke ass board member. in other words, hook a brotha up

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4379, RE: Widest tire on an 8'' rim?
Posted by Lotalon, Oct-04-01 12:04 AM
225/40/18 is what i was running last year on a 18x8
this year its 235/35/19

both are perfect sizes for the talon :)

Keith
4380, RE: Widest tire on an 8'' rim?
Posted by Super20G, Oct-04-01 01:14 AM
My car had 19's for awhile, but they rubbed... If I can fit a 235 on an 8'' rim and still look good, thats what I'll do probably. Need as much traction as possible.
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Brad Rickard
98 GS HRC Stage V (nuff said)