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hi people, i seriously need some help, i just picked up some work emotions CR KAI for my r32 gtr, they are 18+9.5 all around and the offset is +12 so will they fit on my r32 gtr, please let me know guys and how much are they worth, they come with tyres aswell but please let me know what they are worth and if they will fit, they are in gunmetal grey, cheers tony

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Yes, they will fit, depending on the size of the tyres. The rears will be fine but the fronts may be a bit of a squeeze. Ive got same sized wheels on mine and it fits, but as i said its a squeeze in front.

Probably worth around 2k+ for the wheels alone?

you are kinda correct.

You need to maintain the same rolling diameter (within a few mm). The easiest way to do that is to run the same size tyre front and rear.

He has a 32 gtr as you can't fit that size wheel under a gtst guard without a lot of work

but i heard its no good to run different size tread on the gtr because i wanted to run 245 at the front and 265 or even 275 at the rears, have you got a r32 gtr or a gtst

dont worry about that within reason...when mine was a street car I ran 275/40 rear and 245/45 front and never had a problem

I am running 235s on the front, slightly stretched, but it looks like if i go much wider than 245, i may get some scrubbing problems. Im running 265s on the back no problem.

your rear guards are rolled, aren't they?

or are you running lots of camber?

cheers

nar my rear guards arent roller or anything, i am running 255 all round now and the car is perfect but the wheels are 17s, so i bought 18s and the tyres that im gona get are 245 all around so i think that should be orite, thanks alot guys, cheers tony

I cant comment on handling as the 18x9.5 rims are only my street rims. The tyres came with the wheels when i bought 'em so im just using them until they wear out. In saying that, I have seen several other people using the same combination of tyres on circuit 32gtr's (235/40/18, 265/35/18) so they can't have that adverse an effect on handling, since they have similar rolling diameters anyway. I use 235/45/17 RE55s for the track on 17x8.5" rims.

Ronin_09, my rears aren't rolled, and no massive camber, just some slight natural camber from lowering the car. Why do you ask? Have you had some problems with 265/35/18 tyres on a similiar sized rim?

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