How to fit tons of tire: quick, easy, and free

takjak2 · 03-20-2014, 03:03 PM

Discovered this basically by accident. A fellow forum member sold me a bunch of used Hoosier tires, 295s and 315s. One set was already mounted on stock sport wheels. Pretty easy to figure the 295s go on front and the 315s in the rear. But with the wheels on the car the offsets seemed a little funny: the wheels had been reversed.

Putting stock rear wheels on the front of your car gives tons of tire clearance (plus a little bit of poke, minus lots of camber). The front wheels mounted in the rear will be a little sunk. A spacer would fix that if you care about aesthetics. But at nismo ride height, everything clears fine with no rub.

With the stock sport wheels reversed front to rear, you can easily fit 295/315 Hoosiers.

kenchan · 03-20-2014, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by takjak2

Discovered this basically by accident. A fellow forum member sold me a bunch of used Hoosier tires, 295s and 315s. One set was already mounted on stock sport wheels. Pretty easy to figure the 295s go on front and the 315s in the rear. But with the wheels on the car the offsets seemed a little funny: the wheels had been reversed.

Putting stock rear wheels on the front of your car gives tons of tire clearance (plus a little bit of poke, minus lots of camber). The front wheels mounted in the rear will be a little sunk. A spacer would fix that if you care about aesthetics. But at nismo ride height, everything clears fine with no rub.

With the stock sport wheels reversed front to rear, you can easily fit 295/315 Hoosiers.

lol... so this is why they put that little spacer + bolt on the front hub.

FPenvy · 03-20-2014, 03:37 PM

IBTL? lol

Zteve · 03-20-2014, 04:17 PM

N0SL3N · 03-20-2014, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by takjak2

Discovered this basically by accident. A fellow forum member sold me a bunch of used Hoosier tires, 295s and 315s. One set was already mounted on stock sport wheels. Pretty easy to figure the 295s go on front and the 315s in the rear. But with the wheels on the car the offsets seemed a little funny: the wheels had been reversed.

Putting stock rear wheels on the front of your car gives tons of tire clearance (plus a little bit of poke, minus lots of camber). The front wheels mounted in the rear will be a little sunk. A spacer would fix that if you care about aesthetics. But at nismo ride height, everything clears fine with no rub.

With the stock sport wheels reversed front to rear, you can easily fit 295/315 Hoosiers.

Pics or it didn't happen...

FPenvy · 03-21-2014, 10:06 AM

i may not be an expert but 315's on 9.5 inch wide wheels doesnt seem possible nor safe.

just saying....

MyKindaGuise · 03-21-2014, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

i may not be an expert but 315's on 9.5 inch wide wheels doesnt seem possible nor safe.

just saying....

Yeah it wont fit too well...but ive never run anything other than street tires.

Any pics OP?

FPenvy · 03-21-2014, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

Yeah it wont fit too well...but ive never run anything other than street tires.

Any pics OP?

i'm going wider probably to the est max on my OEM sport wheels and i'm doing 265/F and 295/R

takjak2 · 03-22-2014, 12:15 AM

synolimit · 03-22-2014, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FPenvy

i may not be an expert but 315's on 9.5 inch wide wheels doesnt seem possible nor safe.

just saying....

Not at all! 20% is my max. That's a 285 on the front and 320 on the rear. 315 would be 30% on that front. Tire can pop off or squish bad.

DEpointfive0 · 03-22-2014, 12:32 AM

^^^ those aren't stock wheels...

And I doubt Mike ran them backwards

synolimit · 03-22-2014, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

^^^ those aren't stock wheels...

And I doubt Mike ran them backwards

He's not talking about mikes car in the pic. He's talking about his.

DEpointfive0 · 03-22-2014, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by synolimit

He's not talking about mikes car in the pic. He's talking about his.

LOOOOL, the pic is so big I didn't even scroll over.

FPenvy · 03-22-2014, 02:29 PM

Those front wheels on the rear look awful lol just saying. And again seems unsafe

Tazicon · 03-22-2014, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

Those front wheels on the rear look awful lol just saying. And again seems unsafe

This.................

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