I actually meant to put 18x8.5 +48. I know I'm going to need some negative camber.

thank you

not it should be pretty flush with 235/40/18. should only need a roll

just had to post this:

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...82670417_n.jpg


motoiq.com for those of you who give a shit about going fast, lol.

So @lax22pearl what's the widest wheel you can fit with stock struts since y'all are wheel fitment gurus

At first, I was looking into getting a set of 17x8 wheels, but couldn't find any that I like. So I found a set of Rota Grids, but its extreamly wide. They're 17x9 with a 42 offset.I'm going with 245/40/17 gforce kdw's for tires. At the moment, I'm stock suspension, but I want to go eiback prokit with koni yellows.

Question is, would I need spacers (if so, what size) and do I need to roll all 4 fenders or just the rear?

Thank you in advance for your replies. Sorry if this is a newb question, but I'd preffer to get this right the first time.

I doubt you're gonna need spacers. Just in case, you might as well pick some up off eBay or something, they're only ~$5 and worth it if you need them. I'm running 18x9.5 +38's and I only need 2 3mm spacers up front. You're .5in thinner and +4 more. If I do the wheelmath, you should be a tad further from the strut than I am. I'll be redundant and say, go ahead and get 3mm spacers.

It's always good to roll the fenders. I would, especially if you're not going to be stretching your tires much with those 245/40's. The front fenders, you can literally do by hand. I wouldn't get a fender roller under there because the metal is pretty thin. Just bend it as much as you can with your hands and call it good unless you start rubbing.

Depending how low you go, you're probably going to be hitting your weather guard in your front wheel wells, so think about slimming the tire down a little more.

This website helps figure out tire sizes/stretches, etc.
Online Wheel & Tyre Fitment calculator. Offset and Tyre Stretch

Good luck

If you buy Rota, Wheeldude has spacers for sale anyways.

thats the gun metal color for the wheels? and what tire size are you running?

yeah there hyper black

with stock suspension i am not 100% sure but i know with coilovers you can get a 1Xx9.5 +35 in there. but if you are going for more tire you may want to go with a 1Xx9 +30-40. but again i'm not 100% sure about stock struts. and the main thing would be the tire hitting with the given offsets i said. but nothing a small spacer cant fix

You will be fine. I have 18x8.5 +42 on 235/35/18. I pulled and rolled my fenders.
no rubbing issues. even with a loaded car. I'm thinking about getting the XXR's 006 18x8.5
+35 with 3.25 lip. I think I will bw fine with that too.

Your. Avatar. :yumyum:

^+1

Exactly what I was thinking, I guess that isn't the posters car, people on here can get upset easily if you don't complement everything it seems.

All the cars in here are very nicely done. I'm getting some Grid's, just 18x8.5's...and I don't plan on going hellaflush with my coils, just no wheel gap, and I'm guessing all I can run for tires is 225/40's correct?

you can run 235 or 245 without a problem on the wheel...you may rub depending on offset/lowness

These are the specs of the one's I'm getting, 5x114.3/e44/73.

I've wanted grids ever since my Subaru!

brads car is sexy as fuck. gtfo.

Anyone know what kind of wheels these are??:fing02:

@SketchyMark you have the sexiest genpu.

@Plavin1991 those are the volk te37

They're either Varrstoen 2.2.1's or they could be TE-37's. Pretty sure they're 2.2.1's

Could be....but if u watch the video he linked, license plate holder says, volk racing...so I figured they would be the te37s

Yeah, didn't watch the video, just looked at the pictures. Wooops

Cars with knockoff volk rims and authentic volk stickers/accessories probably outnumber cars with real volk rims.

just sayin

You'd be surprised, most people don't have the balls to buy replicas then put the real stickers on. That's pushing it. I'm sure it happens, but I've never seen anyone do it.

agreed. I wouldn't pull that stunt. get ready to get sooooooo much shif for it. and after me having real advans and works and going to reps is pretty bad. haha

Those are pretty sweet rims...

All the sizes are the same price in a given diameter. Polished is the standard finish, custom finishes are extra as are the different hardware. Mine were purchased new.

Grabbing a set of Algernon Intelesse II's tomorrow. I plan to tear them down and do some work to them. Undecided as to what color theme I will go with exactly. They are 18x8 ET36. Pretty happy, grabbing them for a good price!

nice find. pretty rare wheels

Okay guys, so im going a little crazy..

I am looking at buying a set of Rota G Forces. 18x9 +30 and will be wrapped in some 235/40/18 Continental DW.

I understand rolling the rear fenders most likely will need to be done.

But the real question i have is do you guys think i will run into any problems with the stock suspension (specifically the struts)?

According to this website ---> LINKY (wheel specs already typed in)
They should fit because the part of the rim closest to the strut is actually a little bit farther away than the stock rim.

So if anyone could chime in and either reassure me that these will work or give me a heads up on what might need to be done. Spacers? I dunno really i just dont want to buy them and have to do a ton of shit to get them to fit.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

Anyone?^^^^ I want to try and order the rims today...

you are going to need some rolling, pulling, camber arms at +30 and will most likely rub on stock suspension with how soft it is. you would be better off with a higher offset. actually, you would be better off upgrading your suspension first. then wheels.

edit: you have a 2011...which has more room, so you may not need all of that.

How would i know if i needed camber arms?

Houston Nator has a roller so i have easy access to that.

Is the camber at +30 still going to be an issue on the gen pu?

negative camber pulls the top of the wheel in towards the strut. in order not to rub your tire on the fender you may need negative camber

Even on stock suspension and a roll?

So i guess i would be better off going with the 18x8.5 +44 To get them to fit better?

yea that'll fit nice ^

Yes indeed, I grabbed them for 800, they were on a CRV before and have some Goodyear RSA 225 50 18s on them. Obviously I will not be using them but I can recoup some money spent on the set. Maybe 150 or so....they are at 80% tread.

These will be torn down and PCd. I have a few ideas for the color.....should be pretty interesting. It will all come together in the next two months or so. Weather needs to get better along the way.

No, it doesn't (at least not on this car).

The distance between the strut and wheel/tire does not change with front camber changes (unless the camber change came about from a bent strut).

Now, additional rear camber will indeed bring the wheel/tire closer to the rear shock, but there aren't any struts back there. ;)

:tongue:

ok the rear it brings the top in towards the shock and the front the top of the wheel gets pulled towards the center of the car haha

Need to pick out a new color pattern.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...213_194302.jpg

Nice...what wheels are those?

:wink1:

Hey you think I could get away with 225/40 on some BC's with just the fender pull and roll? Did you need spacers to clear?

Yeah you can deff run that. I had to use a 10mm spacer up front to clear the strut.

That's exactly what I'm running, 18x9.5 +38 with 225/40's. Only need 3mm spacers up front.

i just bought some new.ish wheels...
19x10.5 & 19x9
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to celebrate here are some "DEMON CAMBER" vids!!
hah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=92eiQARWjME


:shock:

That is some retarded shit right there.

here.. this may help all achieve ultimate fitment..

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/v...ff/offsets.jpg

i just bought these...
http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/y...4254865_n1.jpg

19x9 .. 19x10.5

should look nice.. for my beater.. hah
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O mazda just told me today.. My Xnsfr case, diff, & power steering are all leaking!!!
yay!!

Just ordered Privat Akzent's, 18x8.5 et40, going to run 215/40s

Will have pics up when I get them on!

Looks like a trend here, just ordered these WedsSport Brand Site | WedsSport TC105N | weds CO., LTD.
In a 17x8.5 /32 mm offset planning to go with dunlop star specs in 245/45, they will be in by the end of march.

That's WAY too narrow a tire for an 8.5" rim, and the sidewall is too short for the stock height.

Form over function I guess?

@silvapain

Im on coilovers

And as far as form over function, I didnt get this car to speed around and track it. Its just the look I like, I know most of the people here hate it, but its what I chose to do.

18x8.5 +38 with 235/40 tire, will that be a prob yay or nay??? Then with h&r springs??? Im just concered i may need to go with 225/40 instead.

same as evoX wheels. look up some info on that. not too hard to run 235 with a little rear fender work. 225 will have some stretch to it.

hopefully you arent running just the springs.

Don't have springs on yet, I didn't want any rubbing with the wider tire

~ Sent from my GNexus running cm9~

people having success with this setup are usually on coils. on stock setup you should need a roll, grind of the rear bumper tab. you may rub with a full load. i would say suspension first...just my opinion

This isn't a crazy offset, I can see rolling fenders but they're really not that wide and my car won't be that low. Height im not worried I was worried about width with the 235 tires rubbing any other way. Im not doing coilovers bc idc bout that, I just want these to fit with a lil work if need be.

I fig maybe someone on here would know exactly. I looked through this thread but found no definitive answer unless I missed it.

~ Sent from my GNexus running cm9~

@ROKUSEK 7CM
@jroc

http://i43.tinypic.com/30cn5uo.jpg

nice.

how are the rs3's treating you? i never really got to "test" them :( cant even test them on the miata as they are on national backorder until late april/early may

damn manny! love that pic bro.

the tires are baller!!! takes a bit for them to warm up but once they are... its game over. i gotta go take some pics today now that i got the ride hight adjusted properly and she sits nice, ill post up some pics later on

Sooo do I fall into the category of aggressive offset?

http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-99b0-86c8.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-99c0-eec5.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-99dc-eb6b.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-99ff-68d7.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-9a19-fdaa.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-9a3b-d157.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefc6686-9a4b-54a0.jpg

It looks good but that looks like a bad pull job of the rear fenders. Looks pretty wavey.

Lol yea it was the first time I've ever done it, I'm trying to find a flat roller to get rid of the waves but, right now I'm just nudging it lower and lower to see how far I can go before rubbing on aggressive driving

19x8.5 +40

Sorry, Roku, the rears look like ass.

yea... i know i know lol

ill figure something out

@rokusek
What's the specs on those wheels?

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I did a test fit of those racing hart 19's today... abit of poke.. esp w/ the 10.5 in the rear ... but its d0.able...
Hah
Wheels need to be re.finished still... but ill toss up piks in a few days...

How much work to fit 18x9.5+35 Rotiforms nue, camber, def a roll in rear, pull etc?? I can do a slight stretch in the rear, but want at least a 225 up front....maybe 235, b/c racecar! but doubtful it will fit.


lmk, thanks!



Wish they had a more size selection for the nues.....

Should fit no prob... might need a spacer in the front. But rears should be fine.

Have u use the sites provided in this thread...?
The 1010tire offset calc..?

Ull prob poke a bit. But who cares..

I've been on that site before, but just completely forgot...id rather talk to the experts lol....3mm spacer for the front? im on bc coils now....What size tires? 225/40/18? i dont think ill be able to fit a 235 right?

thanks!

its in my sig, but since you asked, 17x9+48 with 255/40 fronts spaced out to +32 and rear spaced to +40. i need to cut out a little more of the fender liner as the tires rub when i turn all the way in both directions and i need to drop her a little moar this weekend, hopefully i wont rub :/ trying to see how low she will go

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2-27164847.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2-27164644.jpg

wheels need to be re.finished...
CO's are not all the way down... think im going with BAGS... im tired of running BC's

Bronze always looks good on white... yet you can never go wrong with white on white... thats one hell of a predicament you got there...

id have to say bronze, only cuz one of the locals has a darker bronze on his white ms3 and it looks baller...

just to try and give you an idea as to what his looks like... see bellow :

Unless the white matches, don't do white on white. Otherwise something is always going to look dingy.

i had white on white on my first car and loved it, until the wheels got brake dust on them. i would go bronze...looks too good not to.

an reason you havent taken the side moldings off?

Gold.

I like them. MS3's look better with them on IMO.

Yeah I really like the bronze. And that's my issue with the white, they're not gonna be the same color. Of course, in those pictures my car was edited so it's not white. And gold is too flashy. I'm 24, not 16. I'll do the gloss white primer, but I'm pretty sure I'll ultimately go with bronze. It's so fucking sickkkk.

Think I'm gonna do the calipers red or a teal color. I have the teal Work lugs, that'll all go really well together.

I bet that would look sick with that combo of colors... its like Nike... JUST DO IT!

Was wondering when I would see pics of these again. Look really nice on that ms3.

lets ask the owner of the beauty!!!

@paulwalll lets see some pics of those Rays on that Beautiful Crystal White Pearl First Generation Mazdaspeed3

The man wants to see em so show em... i already posted the only pics i have of em, you know if i had the camera we'd have pics of everyones wheels lol, POST EM UP BRO!!!

@RhoadBlock

switches are for people who want to act baller..

electric management is the way to go!!

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this just looks sexy
http://s8.postimage.org/ibtepz2id/rear_6.jpg

I think I just came!

There's jelly everywhere right now and I'm not sure how to clean it up!

May not be super aggressive, but i like the outcome.

Before:
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...IMAG0293-1.jpg
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...IMAG0294-1.jpg

During:
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0336.jpg
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0337.jpg

After:
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0341.jpg
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...IMAG0340-1.jpg
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0342.jpg

This is the hardware i have, no pics with them on the wheels yet, they do look very nice though.

Muteki SR48:
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMAG0347.jpg

Looks good, what are the wheel/tire specs?

18x8 +35 225/40/18

I painted the wheels myself, took about a week. Sanded them, primered, wet sanded, painted, painted and cleared a few times lol

Beautiful.

Just picked up some 5-ZIGEN Fn01r-C rims 18x8.5 for my 08 Speed3! They should be aggressive. I may run a 3mm or 5mm spacer.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/IMAG0366.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/IMAG0368.jpg

I will be running 225/40/18 FEDERAL 595 EVOs
http://holmart.com.au/online/images/2_595evo.jpg


https://www.onlinetires.com/products...o+92y+bsw.html

@Tormented
really nice spray job on those wheels..
rattle can??
or gun??

Spray gun, we went out and bought paint from a body shop. The primer is actual metal primer and instantly binds with metal. The paint and clear coat are of the same brand that BMW uses. The paint was a 2 step paint in order to get the pearl affect. I am very happy with the outcome and will prolly make a thread with all of the photos taken along the way.

sonic tuning st120s for teh win!!1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...IMAG0264-1.jpg

I see that you didn't use their big bulky center caps...I took mine off, ordered a set of flat plain chrome center caps, sanded them, and painted them silver to match the wheel to give the wheel more depth. You should check into it! But the white on silver looks incredible, nice choice.

@GOT 2RBO Yes, they are st120's lol And i didnt use the giant center caps because they have a hole in the center that would have looked horrible if i used them. Im content without them for right now

When i had the bulky center caps, I ordered these small carbon fiber mazdaspeed round decals I found on ebay...they aren't a sticker, more like a emblem/logo. I centered them up, put it over the hole, and it filled it in nicely. But after a while I got tired of them sticking out so much, so i put the flat caps on and it gives the center of the wheel more dimension. Just like on your picture above from an angle without the center cap...it looks so much better. But seeing the rusted hub sucks, so thats why I went with the flat center caps painted to match the wheels. Sonic Tuning owns!


Edit: Did your wheels not come with the black sonic tuning center cap decals? I had a set of black ones that came with mine. Just curious!