Best rim/tire setup for handling on the street with full suspension done
08-19-2011, 10:29 AM
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08-20-2011, 07:40 AM
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Don't get those. I don't want to see anybody else with those wheels. I mean a 23.5lb front and 24.5lb rear wheel is too light the car will float away when the roads are wet. And nobody likes a wheel with flat spokes and so many spokes that can't be good five is the only number Mustang owners like.
They look really nice! I'm going to get them 18" though.
How are they holding up, btw? Hit any really bad potholes? I read that TSW stands for The Soft Wheel company.
08-20-2011, 10:27 AM
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Those are forged rim wheels like the Nurburgring wheels unlike the other wheels TSW makes which are cast. I have had no problem with the wheels but I have had them that long. But it did hit a hell of a bump in Ann Arbor a couple weeks ago with no deformity. Also those are 35 series tires not the rubber bands some people put on.
08-21-2011, 08:17 AM
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I have customers who use these wheels for daily driving, road racing and drag racing. None of them have any problems and absolutely love the wheels.
08-21-2011, 03:37 PM
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The TSW Nurburgring wheels are great. I'd avoid the machined face ones until they get their quality issues sorted out, but the painted finish ones are very well done.
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08-21-2011, 10:35 PM
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This thread got all jacked up
Back to the topic of this thread...
What size tires can you run all around with 18 X 9.5" rims if they are all the same size? 275/35/18's?
What about 18X9.5" and 18 X 10" staggered?
I am going to look at the Enkei's and TSW's.
My car is lowered 1.5" with H&R race springs...
What size tires can you run all around with 18 X 9.5" rims if they are all the same size? 275/35/18's?
What about 18X9.5" and 18 X 10" staggered?
I am going to look at the Enkei's and TSW's.
My car is lowered 1.5" with H&R race springs...
08-22-2011, 05:41 AM
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18 x 9.5 can run 255/45, 275/40, and 285/40 that are all either OE sizes or close enough in diameter. 275/35-18 is probably OK on the wheel, but at nearly 1.5" shorter than the OE tires it's a little too short for the car and its wheelwells unless you have a very good reason that's completely unrelated to appearance (I can think of . . . one). 265/40 is another "OK" size for the wheel, but is still about an inch shorter than the OE tires.
18 x 10 generally eliminates the 255/45 from consideration but makes for a better width match for the 275 and 285 sizes.
I hope somebody with about the same 1.5" lowering also replies. With my stock-height car I can only suspect that the offset gets a bit more critical with lowering.
Norm
18 x 10 generally eliminates the 255/45 from consideration but makes for a better width match for the 275 and 285 sizes.
I hope somebody with about the same 1.5" lowering also replies. With my stock-height car I can only suspect that the offset gets a bit more critical with lowering.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 08-22-2011 at 05:48 AM.
08-22-2011, 08:24 AM
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24 pound wheels
Mr 908
I mean a 23.5lb front and 24.5lb rear wheel is too light the car will float away when the roads are wet.
Are you kidding? My wheels are SVE. 18x10 weigh 24.5 pounds and they do NOT float away in the wet. Maybe it is the good tires.
Never heard that heavy wheels are good.
I mean a 23.5lb front and 24.5lb rear wheel is too light the car will float away when the roads are wet.
Are you kidding? My wheels are SVE. 18x10 weigh 24.5 pounds and they do NOT float away in the wet. Maybe it is the good tires.
Never heard that heavy wheels are good.
