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so i have a dbp s that i'm really enjoying so far, and i've decided i'm going to set it up to suit my tastes after years of driving generic family haulers. one of the first things i want to do is switch out the oem wheels for a nice set of chrome wheels. so the questions are: a lot of the wheels i'm looking at have a 40et, where oem are 50et. looking at the car, it seems like a tight fit already. does anyone run a 40et, and are there any clearance issues? if i switch, what's the best way to sell the oems, and what's a realistic price? and, i have a poor running 3rd gen that i was given sitting in my driveway. if i decide to fix it up, one option would be to use the 2016 wheels as a +3 on that car. what's the widest tire/wheel combo that will fit a 3rd gen without rubbing?
thanks for any info/advice you can provide. this forum has already given me a lot of info, which is great since the maxima purchase kind of materialized suddenly out of nowhere. i was focused on buying a challenger, but i think i'm enjoying this car even more.
What size rims and how wide are you planning on going with? Are you also planning on lowering the vehicle?
I'm on 20x9 +35 with 245/35 tires and lowered on Eibachs with no issues.
The face of the wheel would sit more flush with the fender, but depends on how wide the rims are.
Last edited by im not gay but $20 is $20; Aug 30, 2016 at 04:20 AM.
I'd like to stay stock on 18x8, but I want to go to 275/45 as I'm not a fan of the stretched tire/ wheel even with the tire look. I want the sidewall to stick out a bit. But I don't know if 275 works on an 8", and with a 40et instead of 50 I'm concerned about clearance.
275 will be way too wide for an 8inch wheel plus have big clearance issues in front and rear. And 275/45 will also be a taller tire overall. Throwing off your speedometer and odometer.
k thx for the info. I'll readjust what i'm looking for. what do you the widest I could go is? 255? 265?
As info, the OEM tires are 245/45. This means they are 245 mm wide, and 45% of 245 mm is 109 mm, which is height above bead.
a 255/45 tire will be 45% of 255, which will be 115 mm above bead.
a 265/45 tire will be 45% of 265, which will be 119 mm above bead.
What this is saying is that, even though we keep the same profile (in this case, 45), the wider the tire, the higher the tire. The difference between the OEM 245/45 and the 265/45 tire in height above bead is 10 mm, which, when added to both top and bottom of the tire gives a tire diameter 20 MM bigger than the OEM tire.
I don't think the 255/45 tire will be a problem, but you might want to check out how close the OEM tires are to the lips of the wheel well openings before plunking down money for the 265/45. Better yet, someone here has probably already tried this. But I suspect most here who went wider than 245 opted to reduce the profile. A 255/40 tire should work fine, and a 265/35 should work fine. But I haven't tried either on my 2016.
What loth said. Those tire sizes are also very odd. I didn't search but it might either be very difficult to get or very expensive. Any reason why you would want to go wider?
as dumb a reason as this may be, it's more aesthetics than anything. i grew up in the era that 13 and 14 were the norm, and 15 and 16 were huge. so i'm used to tires bulging a bit and offering the rim some protection. the current practice of the rim and the tires being almost flush looks odd to me and i'm not a fan. i've actually wondered if i could go down to a 17 or even 16 with a taller tire, but i'm not sure if calipers would clear and that might throw the design off balance.
