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jakemk8706 · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: new wheel and tire combo!

sooooooo just ordered up some wheels and tires....17 x 9.5 ZR1 wheel. sick. and some kuhmo tires. decided to go with 245's in the front and a monsterous 275's in the rear. money well spent. gonna be ridin dirty.not to mention a lil bit of traction.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject:

coolness

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So what kind of finish did you get? Chrome, silver, black, other?

-Schultzy

izcain · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject:

Nice nice!!!! oh and did I mention nice!

Those should hook well for you.

jakemk8706 · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject:

chromed out

ganstaed up

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject:

Demon · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

just curious, why didn't you go wider on the fronts?

jakemk8706 · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

ummm i dont know. looking at the 275's they looked huge. in comparison to the stock size of 245. the guy helping me at the shop said to go with stock size to not mess up my turning radius.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject:

When do we get to see pics?

-Schultzy

iansane · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject:

You can fit wider easily. Smile

I've got 275's up from and 295s in the rear.

Although I recently found out my rear fenderwells are smaller than hardtop/t-tops cars. Mad

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:52 am Post subject:

Sweet dude! Does that mean you're going to put some milage on the rubber?

I'm a big fan of the same size on all 4 corners.

jakemk8706 · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

fo sho. iono for me as long as the front tires are't like way skinnier than the rears it cool to an extent. but the difference between 245 and 275 is substantial, it doesnt look goofy at all, to me anyways. but it sucks cause i ordered them yesterday after work and the guy told me they had them in northern cali so monday we could have them on your car. i asked him if he was sure they had the right offset. cause they make a million ZR1 wheels for forthgens and like 3 for third gens. (thats three total wheels. you have to make the fourth outta wood.) he of course assured me that he was correct. so i get a call this morning. ya. they were for fourth gens. 6-8 weeks out for my offset. son of a bee sting! what ev so i knocked some skulls around and finally we decided he was gonna get me his price on some adapters. four adapters for 120$ thats my story of the week.

but yes pics will come. oh yes they will come.

DBL_TKE · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:04 am Post subject:

Be sure to get some nice pics of them once you get them mounted! Don't hold out on us now. Wink

jakemk8706 · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:35 am Post subject:

dont you worry that pretty lil heart of yours.

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

Good choice! That's the same tire combination I run on my Firebird and nobody ever told me it looks goofy! Very Happy

I've learned it looks better to keep tire height in proportion with the bulk of the car front and rear. It's more pleasing to the eye for the front to be a tad shorter because of the low slung lines of the hood relative to the bulky rear end of the car. Cool

If I had to do it all over again I would run 18x10 rims in the rear to better fill the wheel well and let the rim be a little larger than the front.