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Wayne NZ

By Wayne NZ,
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Hi,

I bought my 2nd 350GT Coupe in April. I traded my 03 model on a low K 05. It had 20" wheels on it at the dealers but I didn't like the look of them and so got them to put my 03 17" wheels on it as it handled great with the Goodyear Eagle FI GS D3s.

I need to replace the tyres now due to wear. I wondered about changing to 45 profile Eagle F1s but to get the same diameter as the 225/50-17 and 235/50-17 I would need to go to 235/45-17 and 255/45-17.

Has anyone tried this size?

Regards

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i'm running 235/45-17 on my v and have troubles with the bottom scraping

here is some good info i received from n15m0 about this issue

"Stock wheel & tyre combo:

225/50/17 Overall diameter = 656.59mm

Yours:

235/45/17 Overall diameter = 643.12mm

So you are technically lower by around 14mm which is what is causing you to scrape and possibly made worse by suspension sagging as well depends on how many kms you have on the clock."

since you intend on putting 255's at the back which equates to 661.3mm, i think it should prevent the issue with scraping.

sorry i can't offer more advice as i'm still green around the ears :action-smiley-069:

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