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Originally posted by v_knot
Are you guys implying that if I drop the TEIN NA to the second lowest setting, a 215/40/18 will not likely going to fit? And as such, there will be some rubber rubbing?
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The diameter of the wheel is not whats important. The things you need to concider is wheel width and tire size.
If you go with an 18x7 or 18x7.5 you can fit just fine in there with one of these tires sizes...
215/35/18 (super small sidewall, makes your overall tire diameter smaller than stock)
215/40/18 (your best bet for 18x7)
225/35/18 (your best bet for 18x7.5)
The reason I had rubbing here and there is because I ran a very big tire size (225/40/18). I originally had 215/35/18's on there and ended up blowing 2 of them when I hit a huge pothole. I wasted to $500 wheels so I decided to go with a large tire to handle all the bumps around here.
The stock outside diameter of our tires is about 24.2", the tires I'm running have an overall diameter of 25.1". You can see this adds about 1" to the diameter. This affects you in two ways. First it raises your ride by 1/2" and second, it puts your tire an extra 1/2" closer to the fender. Giving up an extra 1/2" of travel is why I got some rubbing. This is the same case w/ Primeraman's 215/45/18's.
People always think about it as "what size wheel can I fit", when it should be "what size tire can I fit?"
...one last thing, dont go over 7.5" wide
