I really want to get a set of 19 x 8.5 ... but wondering ... will I still have the same wheel gap? shouldn't it b reduced since the rim is larger? or is this offset by the lower profile tire?

tkx

 

are you lowered??? if not the wheel gap will still be huge... you need to be lowered...

 

Yes, the size of wheel has nothing to do with the wheel gap... when you plus size you still need to maintain the same over all diameter...else your speedo, abs, odo, brakes, will all be effected. Only lowering will effectt that.

-Shing

 

ok then ... will it make a diff in pain if I use 18 x 8 vs 19 x 8.5?

 

At the risk of being shunned by all the "SHING LOVERS" on this board, he is wrong! I had 18x8 Nich Bellas that left a 2.1inch gap from the top of the tire to the fender. I'm now running 255/35/20's and the wheel gap is exactly 3/4 of an inch. Go with 19's or 20's and there WILL be less gap.

-=Custom=-

 

You still should drop it after puttin big rims on. IMHO the man needs to be dropped either way

 

that's cuz you don't have the same over all diameter as before.

 

It will have to be lowered.

 

hehe....I guess I'm a "SHING LOVER"...

Shing's post:
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Yes, the size of wheel has nothing to do with the wheel gap... when you plus size you still need to maintain the same over all diameter.....
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He IS correct. The size of the WHEEL has NOTHING to do with the gap. It is the DIAMETER of the TIRE that affects the gap. If you had purchased 20" tires with the same overall diameter as stock you would have the same wheel gap as stock.

Follow along below:

The diameter of your tire is now 27.02755 inches, while Stock SE (215/55 16") tires are 25.3 inches.

That means you have shortened the gap by buying tires which are not the same overall diameter as stock. You have also ruined the accuracy of your speedo, odometer, etc.....

Your Max looks like some stupid SUV or something, but to each his own.

So, YOU'RE WRONG. Get over it....

 

Break him off some BILL!!!!

Yup. 100% correct.

It's not a matter of being a "Shing Lover" although I hear he's a pretty nice guy . But more of matter of knowing what the hell you are doing when you mod your car. Got it?

Bill is right. I think the new Audi Allroad has less clearance.

 

>>> He IS correct. The size of the WHEEL has NOTHING to do with the gap. It is the DIAMETER of the TIRE that affects the gap.

Yeah but the diameter of the tire does related to the size of wheel. so you can't really seperate wheel from tires.
if he gets a big enough wheel, the overall dismeter might have to exceed the stock spec, thus it does reduces the gap.

thus there is no right or wrog here.
the original poster asked if big wheel will reduce the gap, without mentioning maintain stock diameter.
so you both answers are valid:
1) no effect on gap because your diameter stays the same.
2) will reduce if your diameter increases.

 

Custom Max's logic, you could get 245/45 18s and have about a 1 inch gap......the tire height would be 26.68".

So, going to 19 or 20s isn't necessarily necessary.....unless you can't find 245/45 18s anywhere....

 

Custom, you didn't take into consideration that there are no proper sizes for a Maxima in 20". Your 18"s were the stock rolling diameter, your 20"s are bigger. My 19"s are the stock rolling diameter, so I had to drop my Ground Controls some more because it looked kind of funny with the reduced sidewall height. 19"s are about as big as you can get while maintaining stock rolling diameter.

 

so what's wrong with that?

 

How did you recalibrate your speedo and od?

 

The only problem with that is...You will have a huge overlapp of tire if you get 8 inch or even 8.5 inch wheels. It will protect the rims from getting scratched when you hit a curb, but it will look awful. I'd change the diameter and go for better looks.

 

Nothing on my car had to be recalibrated or reset. I took it to the Nissan dealership b/c I had heard that I would have to have the speedometer recalibrated to the size of the wheels but I didn't think there was any difference. They told me that there was no adjustment needed. Then i took it to the local police station and they have this little track type road that you can drive down and it has one of those big screens that says your speed when your're comming down, and I compared the screen read-out to my speedometer read-out and they were exactly the same.

 

Normally I would hate do have to do this to a fellow Maxima.org member, but to an as*hole moderator such as yourself, I'm not going to have to much of a problem...

Congrats, CustomMax, you have made the 'special' list. Your posts here from now on will get 'special' attention. Mystery deletions and edits may occur.....



Shing is OBVIOUSLY wrong, and you proved it with your previous statement. Your point illustrated that I increased the size of my tire and INCREASED the size of the diameter. Shing stated that you NEED to maintain the same over all diameter. I increased the diameter of my tire by 1.72755 inches, thus making you and Shing incorrect.

No, you're wrong. As I stated in a subsequent post, you can keep 18s and go with 245/45s, thus reducing your fender gap to about an inch. When staying with the stock tire diameter, you need 245/40s, which yield only a .4" height increase from stock and a 1.6% speedo error. The 245/45s would gain 1.7" in diameter, but a 5.5% speedo error.

So, there are options when maintaining the same wheel size.

My speedometer and odometer are still calibrated to the exact specifications as they were before I changed wheels.

Which means they are off 6.78% from factory specs.....so the speedo shows 40mph and you're really doing about 43mph, etc....

...Here we go again

Just remember, you threw the first flame.....

 

If you change your overall diameter, it's gonna change the od and speedo. You can change physics. The only way I can think of is that if the stock one was erroring on the small side and now your erroring on the big side. So the total error is not that much. For a 6% diff like Bill said, just looking at your speedo might be the most accurate way. Can you really tell the diff between 2-5 mph by just glancing at the speedo while trying to maintain a constant speed?

 

Ugh no he is not wrong.
You just said yourself, 245/45/18 will reduce gap for 1", that's exactly what he was saying(bigger wheels/tires could reduce gap).
you guys are putting a requirement which is keeping stock diameter, but that was NOT mentioned in the original question.

What is so tough to understand bill??

 

Well, once again, it doesn't seem like we can be nice to each other and respect each other's opinions. Why does anyone have to be wrong or right here?

Consider it locked.