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12528292]Then maybe I wont be able to get away from rolling the fenders. Oh well just another thing I need to do.
Not certain but you car appears to be lowered a little on those stock wheels. And I hesitate to contradict gracer7 but rolling isn’t necessarily mandated. Not great but this is the best pic I have handy…17x9 +48 (stock wheel off-set is +50) running 255/40 on adjustable height coilovers with no rolling and no rubbing. Just maybe not lowered as much or quite as ‘flush’ as some prefer. Your call…
Not certain but you car appears to be lowered a little on those stock wheels. And I hesitate to contradict gracer7 but rolling isn’t necessarily mandated. Not great but this is the best pic I have handy…17x9 + 48 running 255/40 on adjustable height coilovers with no rolling and no rubbing. Just maybe not lowered as much or quite as ‘flush’ as some prefer. Your call…
Those look great! I would just need to get some spacers and get longer studs. Great pic btw!
My point is that in my experience if you can get close enough to stock off-set with your choice of wheel and still be satisfied with the look rolling isn’t needed. And I would try to avoid needing longer studs on the rear….it requires replacement of the split wheel bearing to get the old studs out. A guess is the new bearings would be about $130 ea.
And I hesitate to contradict gracer7 but rolling isn’t necessarily mandated. Not great but this is the best pic I have handy…17x9 +48 (stock wheel off-set is +50) running 255/40 on adjustable height coilovers with no rolling and no rubbing. Just maybe not lowered as much or quite as ‘flush’ as some prefer. Your call…
Lots of people have different experiences so you are very welcome to contradict. YMMV and all that.
The biggest issue for me was tight right turns into steep driveways like pulling into a gas station where the wheel was turned hard right and the suspension was compressing going up the driveway.
Also occasionally on big dips on back canyon roads driving probably faster than I should be for the mediocre road conditions.
17x9.5 +35 with 255 rt660s square
had some pretty bad rubbing in the front until the car was raised (not measured but to 2 finger widths-ish), camber was also set to -2.5 and -1.8. All the issues were in the front, rear was fine before and after height and camber changes.
This setup has less rubbing but on dips in side roads there is still rubbing. I also lightly rolled the very top of the fenders (between where the two screws go to hold the fender liner) since I bowed the metal out slightly doing exactly what gracer7 was describing, tight turns up driveways/stepped surfaces.
I think for track and street, this setup is fine but if you're a "touge monster", might need something else
