turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

OK, I've put a couple 17x10 Fikse FM-5s on the back of my R1 but I don't have the front wheels yets. Fikse's "standard" size for the front of a FD is a 17x8.5 wheel but I remember guys saying that a 17x9" with 45mm offset will fit the front with 255/40/17 tire without rubbing. Is this true?

Fikse will build whatever I want so I'd like to get the biggest tire up front that I can.

My car is slightly lowered with Eibach springs on GAB R shocks.

If anyone has some pics that'd be great!

Thanks,
Jeff

SleepR1

Look at last post...https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=123237

9 x 17, 45-mm offset with 255/40-17 with stock style springs has been a consensus fitment for some time now...

FWIW you can fit 9.5 x 17 with 50.8-mm offset with 255/40-17 tires up front. Don't go taller though, or you'll rub. 255/40-17 is probably the widest road tire you can fit at the front wheel positions, presuming that you have stock style 4-inch outer diameter springs.

As mentioned on my post, I've fitted 275/40-17 Hoosier R3S03s up front, but those are racing tires, and they come in shorter overall diameters than road tires due to the racing tire's shallower tread depths. Hoosier 275/40-17s are 25.3 inches tall. Typical road tires in 255/40-17 are 25 to 25.2 inches in overall diameter. Typical 275/40-17 road tires are 25.7 inches in overall diameter, clearly too tall to fit up front.

ARD T2

iTrader: (22)

Let me know if you're interested in finding out your club deal on the Fikse if you're interested. This is a fitment we have done and know.

Thanks, Rishie

turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

You've got mail.

Thanks,
Jeff