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Old 05-01-02, 06:09 PM
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Seth is right on. Your car is going to plow like a snow truck
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thats what the gas pedal is for!
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Re: 305's

Originally posted by bkapold@aol.com
Get this though, Kevin ASP Wyum has 315's on an FD on those CCW wheels and NO flair kit...NO BS....275's on the front...Its amazing to see
You so realize that those were drag radials...
And that his FD has a custom set of rear toe links that were required so the inside edges of those tires didn't touch anything...



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Old 05-01-02, 06:56 PM
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275 picture

I managed to dig up a crappy old picture of my car with 275/40/17's. I forget what the offset is. You can kind of see how wide it was. That is a VERY tight fit. I got 255's later to replace them.



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Old 05-01-02, 07:03 PM
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255 picture

Ok, while I had the archive out. Here's a pic with 255/40/17's





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Old 05-01-02, 07:10 PM
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Re: 305's

Originally posted by bkapold@aol.com

Get this though, Kevin ASP Wyum has 315's on an FD on those CCW wheels and NO flair kit...NO BS....275's on the front...Its amazing to see [/B]

My roommate has 315's too. It had 335's for ahile too. No big deal.

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so, can you put a 255 on an 8 inch rim?
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Originally posted by Kurgan
so, can you put a 255 on an 8 inch rim?
ANYONE?????? I need an answer like, yesterday
Old 05-02-02, 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by 87GTR
I have magazine with FC with 275/40/17 front
315/35 rear
he cut the fenders out and used those like bolt on or rivit on fender flairs

I think it was a little over kill I will try and find it but I think I left it at with Chris at RP almost 99% sure i did.

its a super thick "Mazda RX7" magazine not " RX7 Magazine"

maybe give him email or a phone call if you want to know

Tony
Do you think Chris still might have that one??????
Old 05-02-02, 01:37 PM
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Originally posted by Kurgan


ANYONE?????? I need an answer like, yesterday

you can, but it will be very oversquare. A 245 is the biggest i would go on an 8. You need a wider rim. Sorry for not responding yesterday.
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Ok, I found a rim that is identical to what I have (that way, I only have to replace the rears), but they are 17x9, as opposed to 17x8. The kicker is, they only have +30mm offset instead of the standard +40mm offset. I've seen people posting on here that they have a +32 offset, but will a +30 make THAT much more of a difference? I'd like to put AT LEAST a 255 on the back, preferably a 275. Nitto recommends a 9.5" tire for a 275, but it says that a 9" will work....

The million dollar questions: Will the 30mm offset work on my car?

Thanks again for everyones help.
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Yes, it will work just fine. In fact, I think it looks much better as it puts the outside edge of the rim closer tto the wheel well so it doesn't have that sunk in look like stock.
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315's

Kevin's 315's are NOT drag radials on the CCW wheels, there Hoosier road race tires. He ran his drag tires on FD 16's. Brad
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Re: 315's

Originally posted by bkapold@aol.com
Kevin's 315's are NOT drag radials on the CCW wheels, there Hoosier road race tires. He ran his drag tires on FD 16's. Brad
Either or it would've been borderline on the street...


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