Pictures of FC wheel fitment with specs... ***Picts-n-Specs ONLY***
SOOOoooooo.... I just made an online purchase for some wheels... Now I need help buying tires/ maybe spacers
18x8,18x9 +35.
Going on a stock body and hoping to achieve "meaty" tires with a flush/minimal poke look.
friend is gonna give me some spare Falken tires to start off with, 245/35/18, and 265/35/18
Give it to me straight:
What do I need to expect from these wheels?
What will/wont fit?
Whats the best tire size to get so I can have some "meaty" tires? (Kinda wanted 255/40-265/40... The more tire front and back, the better... Kinda why I wanted 17s.)
NO over fenders. NO pull. I will roll the fenders but I want an OEM body look, flush wheels... maybe a TAD of poke is ok (with that in mind, what kind of spacers should I look to get? +5 front, and +10 rear?)
And if I have it all wrong, whats my worst case scenario JUST to be able to get the wheels to fit.
18x8,18x9 +35.
Going on a stock body and hoping to achieve "meaty" tires with a flush/minimal poke look.
friend is gonna give me some spare Falken tires to start off with, 245/35/18, and 265/35/18
Give it to me straight:
What do I need to expect from these wheels?
What will/wont fit?
Whats the best tire size to get so I can have some "meaty" tires? (Kinda wanted 255/40-265/40... The more tire front and back, the better... Kinda why I wanted 17s.)
NO over fenders. NO pull. I will roll the fenders but I want an OEM body look, flush wheels... maybe a TAD of poke is ok (with that in mind, what kind of spacers should I look to get? +5 front, and +10 rear?)
And if I have it all wrong, whats my worst case scenario JUST to be able to get the wheels to fit.
I thiiink with those offsets and a fat tire, it will already be pretty close to the fender
this should help?------------
^----- THATS what I wanted to see... Those wheels look so much better than mine too... Damn... I have some work ahead to get that kinda fitment... Defintally have to give up meaty tires...
That offset and wider size gives me a little hope and realization about going ahead and swapping my wheel faces... Make them +25.
That offset and wider size gives me a little hope and realization about going ahead and swapping my wheel faces... Make them +25.
gwhiz, how much room do you have, or what did you have to do to make them fit. Your setup looks perfect. whole car is awesome.
ben, that looks great too! whats the wheels actual offset?
ben, that looks great too! whats the wheels actual offset?
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Hey Scrapp,
Thanks man. Whole set-up is completely flush. Running wider fenders on the front, rolled the rear arches. It will rub on the front, but only if you go over a bump and are turning at the same time. No rub on the rear, but I need to wind it down a little.
Thanks man. Whole set-up is completely flush. Running wider fenders on the front, rolled the rear arches. It will rub on the front, but only if you go over a bump and are turning at the same time. No rub on the rear, but I need to wind it down a little.
Yea... Thats the only downside to the FC... to really have nice clearance, you need wider fronts.... How big are they? My buddy was running 50mm over, with 17x10 +20ish all around. You couldnt even tell he had wider fronts, it just looked... Good.
...In fact. yours is built just like his. Same skirts, same rear diffuser, and almost same front bumper. he has the actual bumper, not just the lip part, and now he has wide rears + a huge wing + vented hood now.
...In fact. yours is built just like his. Same skirts, same rear diffuser, and almost same front bumper. he has the actual bumper, not just the lip part, and now he has wide rears + a huge wing + vented hood now.
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probably the easiest way.. i wouldn't get a staggered offset set-up only because i feel weird about having same with+different offset wheels.. i dont know why, it just makes me uncomfortable knowing they're different for some reason 
but yeah +12 and +22 would fit good.. but don't go trying to fit a 295 on there or anything like that, since you said you don't want to modify the body
and Radio, didn't you have to use a spacer on the stangs? and they were +24 right?
but yeah +12 and +22 would fit good.. but don't go trying to fit a 295 on there or anything like that, since you said you don't want to modify the body
and Radio, didn't you have to use a spacer on the stangs? and they were +24 right?
