Rims size?

insanelin · Post by **insanelin** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:53 am

hey dudes,
I do noe that not all rims fit nicely on my FTOs...so wad shld i be looking out for when i m buying a new set of wheels? like spacing or sumthing like dat? thanx for the info guys!

Cheers n merry Xmas!!

FTO-101 · Post by **FTO-101** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:36 am

First of all you should get rims with the right offset and fit an FTO

Second of all learn how to spell a bit better took me half an hour to figure out what your tryin to say coz i spoked english good school at

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:24 am

When you say "looking out for" do you mean what style? or what size etc?

well you don't wanna go over 18". so 17 or 18 it would have to be. Just remember, depending on the size of your tyres, you're speedometer will be off from it's original settings (as you're covering more ground with bigger tyres and you're speedo is designed for 16" stock tyres)

Eg: I got 18x7.5 with 215/35.. I should have gone 225/35 but by going 215, my speedo is only off by 0.6Kms.. if I had gone with the 225s then I would be off by about 1.9Kms or so

here's a tyre/rim calculator so you know exactly what you're speedo will be off by.

http://www.rochfordtyres.co.uk/tyrecalc.asp

As for the style of rims, nobody except you should decide that.

FTO-101 · Post by **FTO-101** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:47 am

I had 18's on my old FTO 225/35 but now i got 17's on this one and you get a lot less if not no scrubbage at all with the 17's. I had to remove the mud gaurds inside the wheel arch when i had 18's coz it sounded terrible when i'd turn a corner.

By the way is it legal for two inches above stock rims

TCGPX · Post by **TCGPX** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:12 am

insanelin wrote:like spacing or sumthing like dat?

Term your looking for is offset. Good wheel and tyre places know what will fit. If they're not sure they can ring the distributors.

FTO-101 wrote:By the way is it legal for two inches above stock rims

Think it depends on which state your in. Increase by 2 In over stock is the limit in SA.
I've got 18x8 rims with 225/35 tyres on. No probs with mine.

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:53 am

FTO-101 wrote:
By the way is it legal for two inches above stock rims

Legally you can only go up 1 inch, but you won't have many probs, it's barely noticable and 18" looks just right. I've got 18s, never had any problems since they look a perfect fit.

By the way, about the scrubbing issue, I got the only tyre combination that wouldn't scrub so I have no problems at all with scrubbing.

RedlineGX · Post by **RedlineGX** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:06 pm

The correct offset for the FTO is 38. Anything higher will have the rims sitting further in toward the inside of the car and a lower offset will stick them out more. Personally I would go for the later but not have them closer together since that doesnt look nearly as nice.

msbchi · Post by **msbchi** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:45 am

Better check with your insurer too, as most ins company's will viod your policy with anyuthing over 2 inches, not that that would be a problem for you Ha ha

gazeek · Post by **gazeek** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:09 pm

*bump*

So a lot of you guys are running 18's ?? is 18" / 7.5 ok ?? iv got my eye on these .. but im worried about scrubbing ..

http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_c ... art_no=878

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:21 pm

Yep... do worry about scrubbing lol. Coupla spacer plates (illegal) and anti lift bushes got mine clear... just!

gazeek · Post by **gazeek** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:27 pm

Nice

I wanted 18's

... Might just bring it up with the guys at Tempe and ask if they can sort out the scrubbing ..

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:30 pm

Hehe, they are pretty used to it... they put the spacers on mine

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:31 pm

Bennoz wrote:Hehe, they are pretty used to it... they put the spacers on mine

wont spacers put all the load on the wheel nuts and not the hub?

sure recipie for disaster if your taking urs on the track with spacers....assume u will fix thatwith new wheels.

I have seen 2 wheels come off in the past year form using spacers on the track.

Post by **BorepYano** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:36 pm

hey guys, i know there's whole thign on wheel size etc, but i just wanted to double check

5 x 114.3

235/45xZR17 17 x 8 +38 offset

255/40xZR17 17 x 8 +32 offset

would 235/45/17 +38offset fit on the back?
and would something like 225/40 fit on an 8" wide rim without looking stupid?

I'm worried about the offsets especially.

i know the PCD is right...

any help please?

boarsai · Post by **boarsai** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:03 pm

So 18's are about as far as we can go eh... thats a shame, have some nice 19's at work. Not that I dislike my mags but yeah...

Post by **Supplanter** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:05 pm

I have heard of a few people getting 20"s on their FTO, I think they just removed the plastic splash guards from under the wheel arches.

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:15 pm

However they sit about 3 feet off the ground and look spastic.
They would get scrubbing on corners bad as

Post by **BorepYano** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:37 pm

17"s would be as big as i would go, but 18"s would definately be fine, i just dont see the point of massive rims, i'm only going to 17"s because i want to leave room for me to upgrade brakes (for when i do the evo conversion)

besides i cant roll around on 16 nissan rims all my life lol

boarsai · Post by **boarsai** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:03 pm

Yeah sam... I dunno though, my car is 10cm off the ground and I'm on 18's.. not sure 19's would raise it too much more... an inch? I'm pretty low and on 18's... If I cut out the guards like said... might not be much higher... hrmn. Just a risk of defects I guess ... bah.

I like huge assed wheels

Boss has 20's on his car but yeah I think those come with 18's standard

Bloody Chrysler 300c's

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:06 pm

Bunch of tossers LOL

Go for width not height! Go for a 20 inch & you'll only be able to shoehorn a 205 onto it. You want traction not bling.