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takjak2

03-20-2014 03:03 PM

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

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 (Post 2745655)

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. :icon17:

FPenvy

03-20-2014 03:37 PM

IBTL? lol

Zteve

03-20-2014 04:17 PM

:facepalm:

N0SL3N

03-20-2014 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by takjak2 (Post 2745655)

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 (Post 2746810)

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 (Post 2747017)

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

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synolimit

03-22-2014 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FPenvy (Post 2746810)

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 (Post 2748112)

^^^ 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 (Post 2748212)

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 (Post 2748770)

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

This.................:roflpuke2:

Tazicon

03-22-2014 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2745731)

lol... so this is why they put that little spacer + bolt on the front hub. :icon17:

Yeppers because someone some where along the line is going to try it. This thread is living proof.

Mike	03-22-2014 07:19 PM

he ran them all weekend without any problems. they did look odd, but they worked.

Xplicit97

04-21-2014 03:38 AM

So your saying to run the 10" in the front and a 9.5 in the rear? Is that safe? Seems like it would be the opposite of what you would want

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Wonka2581

04-21-2014 03:55 AM

:wtf2:

synolimit

04-21-2014 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Xplicit97 (Post 2788877)

So your saying to run the 10" in the front and a 9.5 in the rear? Is that safe? Seems like it would be the opposite of what you would want

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Lol why would it be unsafe?

PharmDZ

04-21-2014 07:28 AM

Lol the funny part is... Reading this thread I picked up at the end of last year a set of sport rims with Hoosier A6 tires 295 front 315 rear really stupid cheap. Of course the guy gives me a heads up as I'm loading them into the car that the 295 is on the "rear 10 inch rim" and 315 on the front 9 inch rim. Said he ran them many times with no problem. I'm still probably going to get the tires switched before I use them because it just seems so wrong o.O

FPenvy

04-21-2014 08:02 AM

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

i don't always run my tires in the wrong position......but when i do, i look like a jackass

:tiphat:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/21/panyje2y.jpg

roplusbee

04-21-2014 04:53 PM

:iagree::icon18:

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