17x8/18x9.5 Setup - Some Help Please

[GT086]

Okay I'm thinking of running these size wheels with stock size tires up front and 275/35/18's out back what problems could I run into besides the obvious tire rub. I'm thinking that with two different size wheels it could screw up the TC and ABS computers, anybody know? Also do you think it would look a little weird or are the sidewalls pretty much the same on each tire?

[why2kmax]

sidewall is 4.3" on the stock tire, 3.8" on the 18" tire you listed.

The overall diameter is 25.7 vs 25.6 so your rears would be driving .4% too fast.
785 rpms at 60mph vs 788 for the rears. Pretty negligible difference but dont know if thats enough to cause ABS problems. I wouldnt think so.

[St.Mary]

You wouldn't be thinking Beyern's by any chance would you. I'm considering the same setup :yumyum:

[jak112460@aol.com]

You need to go 18"s and 19's but that aside you will have taller sidewall on front and you cloud run that combo if you are 4% or less overall difference in tire diameter.

[GT086]

You wouldn't be thinking Beyern's by any chance would you. I'm considering the same setup :yumyum:

That's exactly what I'm thinking, but Beyern Mesh wheels.

You need to go 18"s and 19's but that aside you will have taller sidewall on front and you cloud run that combo if you are 4% or less overall difference in tire diameter.

And why do you say that, I just recently saw that BobThePhotoGuy runs this size wheel set-up and AFAIK he is running trouble free.

[DeepBlueZ]

That's exactly what I'm thinking, but Beyern Mesh wheels.



And why do you say that, I just recently saw that BobThePhotoGuy runs this size wheel set-up and AFAIK he is running trouble free.


i think he might just mean that 18/19 will look better. I tend to disagree because i don't like my relatively large stock brakes looking small inside a HUGE wheel and i definitely don't like paying for 18/19 inch tires, but there is a fairly large opposition on here to 17" aftermarket wheels (including mine which i think happen to look GREAT in person).

[GT086]

i think he might just mean that 18/19 will look better. I tend to disagree because i don't like my relatively large stock brakes looking small inside a HUGE wheel and i definitely don't like paying for 18/19 inch tires, but there is a fairly large opposition on here to 17" aftermarket wheels (including mine which i think happen to look GREAT in person).

I prefer the look of 17's all around however it just doesn't seem to be possible with the tires I want to run unless I go custom (which I don't have money for). So the next best thing is 17's in the front and 18's out back. And another reason I don't want 18's up front is because I don't want to run 245/40's up front, too little sidewall for me.