Will these wheel tire combinations fit a 2004-2006 Maxima SE? All wheels are 5x114.3 bolt pattern. No Drop.

(1) 18x7.5 +40mm offset: 255/40/18
(2) 18x8 +35mm offset: 255/40/18 or 265/40/18
(3) 18x8.5 +38mm offset: 265/40/18 or 275/40/18

The reason for as wide of a tire as possible is because of huge torque steer resulting from FWD with high horsepower. I am hoping that more traction can be gained with wider rims and tires.

Thank you.

 

Bump...doesn'y anyone have 6th gen wheel/tire fitment info?!

 

Sorry Dash. I am also looking for the same thing. I may be wrong but as I understand it, the offset may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html

The tire size for the wheel will be pretty standard.
Here's a cool calculator. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html


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maybe this will help you. It is a STICKY in the 6th gen forum:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....01#post3768901

play with the calculators to see which tire/wheel specs are closest to oem. as far as offset, if you can't find the answer here or searching, simply ask a wheel shop.

 

Torque steer = traction issue? If you were on ice and stomp on the gas, the wheels spin and no torque steer because no traction. On a dry road stomp on the gas and get torque steer because of traction.

The biggest issue with torque steer is the different length drive shafts to the two front wheels. Under heavy acceleration the drive shafts wrap and unwrap at different rates as the transmission goes through rpm increase and gear changes. The wrap and unwrap of the shafts is felt as “steer” since wheel one will be going slightly faster than wheel two for a very short period of time, then as the torques in the drive shafts change wheel one will be going slightly slower than wheel two for a very short period of time.

I know there are some 6th geners that say they have never felt torque steer. For myself sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. Torque steer is a dynamic issue that has a lot of factors that cause it to be more noticeable like road condition, road slant, tire pressure, up/down hill, straight or curved road, wheel weight, tire weight, torsional stiffness of the wheel, sidewall deflection in the tire

My feeling is mass (wheel and tire weight) would have a bigger impact than tread width. I think at best all you will be doing is changing the amount or duration of torque steer you get. With all the other variables involved, I don’t think there is a one answer solution to completely solving torque steer (OK slower accelerations but let’s get real).

If you do this please weigh/measure everything and post your results.