clubt

Got my Steeda rims, now i'm looking for tires to with them.
Going to buy from Tire Rack but I need to know some details. First off Steeda tells me the best tire size for my 05 gt vert is 275/40/18 all the way around. Tire Rack tells me that the 40 is too low for a 275 and I should go 285/40/18 or do the staggered tire 255/45/18 front 285/40/18 rear. I would rather not do this as I kinda want to be able to rotate the tires to get a little better tread life out of them. Will the Steeda rims take a 285/40/18 and more importantly, will the 285's rub the inside wheel well seeing that I also had the Steeda Ultralite springs put in. Thanks for your help

Philostang

Hi Tommy, congrats on the new Steedas!

Ok, so IMO 285/40s on 9.5" rim is pushing it just a bit. Probably "do-able" in itself but not desirable for two reasons. First, 9.5" is not the most ideal base for this size, you'll end up with the sidewalls puckered in: for performance aps you want something a bit more straight up and down (275s fit the bill). 10" would be better, but that's just me. Second, on the front, 285 gets dicey. If memory serves me, it HAS been done before, so not impossible (always good news).

The second point depends on the offset of Steeda's wheels. Send me a PM and I'll find the link to a guy who ran them up front on 9.5" rims--I think (big strain here) he was running an 18x9.5" rim w/ +45mm offset. Said he cleared everything on the strut side and only had rubbing issues on the inside wheel well at full clock while hitting a big dip (he found this out while backing into parking on an uphill driveway or something).

Who did you talk to at TireRack? There's some great guys there, but one in particular (Luke, I think) is really into track days, etc. I've seen 275/40s and they don't seem too low to me (the Roush Stage IIs and IIIs are running this combo on an 18x10" wheel--they look great!).

Best,
-j