Will 255/40/r17 Fit R33 Gts-T?

[Trozzle]

I couldn't find a relevant thread to bump with this question....just picked up some 2nd hand tyres for my s1 R33 GTS-T which I thought were 245 wide, but it now seems they're 255 wide. Will these tyres clear the guards if they're on 9" R33 GT-R rims?

[zebra]

Just...if you lip the guard

[Trozzle]

f**king. gay. Now to work out where to get that done in Canberra....any ideas Zeb?

[SargeRX8]

What? My car is running 255/40/17 on the back I never had any issues(I'm not sittng too low though). Now I'm running stretched 245/45/17 and they fit so nicely.

[Trozzle]

It's the front I'm worried about, particularly due to turning.

[blags]

Depends more on how low your car is and what camber your running etc. You will probably need your guards rolled.

[BLITZ-26]

i had them on the rear was fine, dont know about the front though

[zebra]

What? My car is running 255/40/17 on the back I never had any issues(I'm not sittng too low though). Now I'm running stretched 245/45/17 and they fit so nicely.

i had them on the rear was fine, dont know about the front though

What offset?

33 GTR rims are 9" wide +30 so fairly agressive on a GTST

[ARTZ]

it wont work and if it does it'll look weird, you could stick a 235 on, but then it would look odd as well unless you had 235 rears to match which i think is your best bet. it will look a bit stretched but stretch is cool..

profiles need to match, meaning if you wont a wider rear tyre you need a wider rim, you cant have a 9 inch rims all round with different size tyres, well you can but it looks crap..A 255 will be too much tyre for the front..

but stick to 235s all round and it will look cool as long as its low, as an added bonus the tyres are cheaper as well

Edited February 26, 2011 by Arthur T3

[xALmoN]

but he has bought those 255 tires.

[ARTZ]

oh! so he has

backs will be fine for sure

Fronts well, just stick em on and see what happens then...might be ok with a guard roll..if not swap soemone for some 235s

[Husky33]

I have 245's on the front of my 33, they sit on +22 9 inch rims.

I had to roll the guards, and on hard turning it rubbed splash guards, but i modified them to suit.

I think i'd be able to fit 255's on and get away with it, but your problem is the gtr wheels will sit further in than mine, so you might have alot of trouble with the splash guard and even rubbing on the suspension.

[Trozzle]

Looking inside my front guards, doesn't look like I have any of the plastic bits. If it looks a little weird, that doesn't bother me either. I got the tyres cheap ($650 for the set, PLENTY of tread) but like I said, for some reason I thought they were 245 which would have been a lot easier to do.

Scrubbing on full lock won't be the end of the world, as you see above I never hit full lock. I do this on purpose, so I'm not just saying I don't even NEED to. I just don't do it.

Rolling guards, while undesirable, isn't the end of the world either.

I currently have 235 ever so slightly stretched onto the rims, looks decent as the sidewalls are pretty much vertical. Although again like I said, aesthetics of the tyre don't bother me.

Cheers for the input guys, appreciated!

[SargeRX8]

Up front I'm running 235's.

I'm not sure on the offset but up front I do need a spacer. Plenty of clearance in the back. The front wheels scrub my castor rods and the plastic shit in the wheel arch but they don't come near my quaters.

[ssxRicho]

Roll and a little camber and they will fit easy.

I'm now on wide 255's 9" +22 all around.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

245 on a 9 is not stretched...

[Trozzle]

I'd rather not have any camber just to make them fit, that'd give me the same problem I have now with my rears - excessive wear and even LESS life out of the tyres

[Trozzle]

Alrighty, tyres are on the car. On full lock, the inside of the tyre contacts something...have only tested once right after I picked the car up, but haven't bothered checking with the car stationary - not a major concern.

I haven't noticed the outside edge hitting the guard lip on suspension compression though...not to say that it can't, but it might just be that it either cambers inwards appropriately to clear or that my coilovers don't let it compress that far without hitting something significant

So far so good, 255/40/r17 aren't posing an issue on 17x9" +30 rims