best sized street tires 18x8.5??

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06-01-2010, 11:25 PM

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Monkeymayhem

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Have you looked into NITTOS???

06-02-2010, 04:13 AM

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PizzaDriver

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Originally Posted by SpartaPerformance

I just staggared my size, stock front and 255/45ZR18 in the rear and they look fantastic.

that's what i want to do; thanks for the info, everybody; seems like 255 is the concensus on how wide you can go with 8'5" rims.

06-05-2010, 01:49 PM

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shiet.. I might just get some 17x10s and go as wide as I can go without sacrificing handing too much. I care more about traction off the line than anything else... these tires will only see 4 months of hard driving throughout a year anyways. The rest of the other time it's winter...

06-05-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by stealth_GT

these tires will only see 4 months of hard driving throughout a year anyways. The rest of the other time it's winter...

Oh those horrid LA winters

:icon_snow :

LOL

Oops......thats Los Anchorage in your sig. You got me.

patrick

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06-05-2010, 02:57 PM

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I have BFG KDWIIs in the flavor of 255/45-18s on mine but
I will be going 275/40-18 next time.
Be sure and get the steering stops when you get the wider than stock tires.

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06-05-2010, 10:31 PM

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stealth_GT

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 808muscle

Oh those horrid LA winters

:icon_snow :

LOL

Oops......thats Los Anchorage in your sig. You got me.

patrick

lol with the crime going up steadily up here for the past decade, it sometimes feels like it's LA

jk

it'll never bad that bad!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157dB

I have BFG KDWIIs in the flavor of 255/45-18s on mine but
I will be going 275/40-18 next time.
Be sure and get the steering stops when you get the wider than stock tires.

will do!

wow.. those tires in the last pic looks like they'll bust off the bead at any time rofl

07-31-2010, 01:03 PM

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Unleashedbeast

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This is DANGEROUS!

07-31-2010, 01:40 PM

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Gene K

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315 on 8" is a bit much and that comes from someone with 26-11.50 x 17 ET Streets on Factory 8" rims.

07-31-2010, 04:01 PM

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shanec

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Use this to figure out what you need

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

Put in some different sizes. Pay attention to what rim width is says is recommended. Keep the tire height the same as stock (maybe go up to 1" taller on the rear). Also pay attention to the tire width that this website spits out if that's what you're looking for.