Hoping For A Favour

[mr_rbman]

Well I was asked quite a few months ago to put my EVO VII in my mates wedding next January, Saturday the 16th.

When I was asked it had my old 'grenades' on and looked pretty tough, when i sold the skyline the 'grenades' went with it.

Needless to say it is now sporting the stockies and i would just prefer that it had some tough aftermarket wheels.

So basically what i'm hoping is if there is someone out there who would kindly lend me there 34 GTR wheels or something similair around the 18x9" (offsets and widths must be same all round) for a couple of days.

They will see no more than 150kms of rd and the car will be getting driven by a 50yr old man.

Cheers in advance.

[Madaz]

if you get really really stuck i have bronze drift teks 17x9 and 17x8.5 sporting 255 all round

[rad100]

i have white TE37's but there 18x8.5 and 18x9.5.. spacer maybe?

[gtrkiet]

i have volk gtc's 18x9 and 18x10 in top secret gold

[mr_rbman]

Thanks for the offers so far guys, cause of the evo's constant AWD i really need the same widths and offsets all round.

18x9" +30 would be perfect (34GTR rims, work xd9's, volk te37's etc.)

Cheers again.

[Iron Chef]

Ash give me a buzz, you can borrow the old 18" gunmetal CR Kais off my Evo 8 if my new tyres arrive early enough next week. They will suit your needs fine.

BTW, R34 GTR rims aren't a bolt-on fit

[Madaz]

also so long as the rolling diameter is the same width and offset doesn't matter

[Moodles2]

I've got a set of R32 GTR stockies (been lazy and left my track wheels on), I'm not using (+30 16x8 225/50/R16's, one set has questionable tread left)

[D_Stirls]

also so long as the rolling diameter is the same width and offset doesn't matter

I thought that we'd been through this before, lol

Here see if you can find two sizes that have the SAME rolling diameter. i bet you can't, say $5.

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

[BIT SUS]

I thought that we'd been through this before, lol

Here see if you can find two sizes that have the SAME rolling diameter. i bet you can't, say $5.

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

i got 4 work emotion XD9's, 18x10 +18 with 275's on them if u get stuck

[Madaz]

its really not that hard Dale

255 on 9" rim and

255 on 8.5" rim rolls the same /story

[D_Stirls]

the different stretch in effect shortens the side wall on the 9 inch rim and therefore reduces the rolling diameter.

[Moodles2]

^ +1, 255 is a huge stretch on a 8.5" inch wheel imo unless the tyre is a semi slick... i havent done any calculations, but i estimate the rolling diameter difference to be anything from 0.25% to 1.5%

[Madaz]

only a bees dick not enough to worry attessa

moodles did you even read it 255 is no stretch on a 8.5" rim

[scandyflick]

a 225 would have the tiniest bit of stretch on an 8.5, 255 on an 8.5 and you could drive into curbs to your hearts content without guttering a wheel itd be that ballooned.

[Madaz]

Sigh yes very ballooned

[Moodles2]

only a bees dick not enough to worry attessa

moodles did you even read it 255 is no stretch on a 8.5" rim

Actually you are completely right, I only had 13hrs sleep over the past 3 days... I think what I meant to say was its alittle big for the rim, sidewall wouldnt be as strong as the one on the 9" rim which would give slight difference to overall diameter...

Bees dick does make a difference with ATTESSA, I had Potenza G3's 225/50/R16's all around on my 32 GTR stockies and tore up my fronts at the track (if anyone remembers the private track day, I even considered running that tyre in reverse rotation... for about 30 seconds), I had Kumho KU36's on to replace those front ones in the exact same profile while keeping my rear G3's (tyre place only had 1 pair, and I couldn't drive around with outright defectable front tyres). The rears still have about 50% tread left... but the tread difference alone is enough to make my ATTESSA put power to the front wheels 24/7 (even if its just alittle bit)

[Damo_R34]

i can vouch for the tyres Lance, they were beyond finished.

[Madaz]

All i can say that i have R33 attessa and all the same brand of tyre and my front split was all happy when i get home if i remember ill try to get an accurate photo

[D_Stirls]

should be careful with the 33's ATESSA Steve because of the preload on the clutch packs. With a difference in sidewall height of 10mm (5mm top and bottom) produces a 3% difference in rolling circumference which is 3km/h at 100km/h (obviously). This will produce premature wear on the clutch packs (especially on 33 and 34's) which as you will know are very expensive to replace. You might not have problems for a number of years but when R32GTR's are 20 years old now and they don't have problems with their clutch packs if you have problems after say 5 years then it has been caused by something, and as for your split as you would know when your gauge says 0 it's already at 10%.