Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

In the sticky it said RS4 comes with 16" wheels but did not state tyre size. My RS4 came with 17X8 and has 225/50/17.which is what is on the door label.

The 25G came with 17X7 and 215/45/17, Which is one of the options on the door label.. We swapped the wheels over as the 25G scraped on the rainwater diverter in the driveway.When I went to get some new 215s the tyre guy said RS4 must have 235s fitted.

What is correct???

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/
Share on other sites

I believe stock is 205/15. The door label will be correct. 235s are suitable for 8in rims. Your tyre guy is trying to upsell to make more money.

These are "normal":

7in 205 or 215

7.5in 215 or 225

8in 225 or 235

You can go a little wider in each case but there is no point.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/#findComment-5786824
Share on other sites

+1 Ray, 235 on a 7" wide is a no go

my placard (c34 series 2) says 215/50R17 (OD 646mm). if i had a 215/45R17 (625mm) fitted to mine it would be a massive drop in tyre size and 21mm drop in OD (in canberra max allowable drop is 26 then the tyre is illegal on the car). also the speedo would be out a mile

IMO i would put a 215/50R17 on the 7 inch wide because the 215/45R17 would look way too small in the wheel arch. also the 215/50R17 and the 235/45R17 are near identical in OD only difference being the rim widths you can fit them too.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/#findComment-5787985
Share on other sites

and mine are 225/50/r17 - which is also on the door panel. But mine is a series 2 rs4s - so I think the rims might be 7.5 inch, not 7, though I'm not sure as I've only had them off once, and it was a few years ago... I do remember that they are smaller than my 8 inch rims on my skyline...

Ian

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/#findComment-5788906
Share on other sites

actually no its not correct as R34GTT standard 17 rims are a 17x 7.5" which is the narrowest rim fitment for a 235/45 tyre NOT a 7 inch wide but thanks for your input

Maybe not - the R34GTX turbo - which was a GTT with pretty much all the optional extras ie limited slip diff etc etc came with AVS wheels from the factory. I think they are 8inch, as I have had 255/45 on them....

Ian

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/#findComment-5789512
Share on other sites

Alright, according to the factory specs as printed in my old HyperRev magazine:

Series 1 - October 1996 to August 1998

  • 20G (E-WHC34 with RB20E, RWD only)came with 195/65R15.
  • 25G and 25X (both E-WGC34 with RB25DE, RWD only) came with 205/60R15.
  • 25G-Four and 25X-Four (both E-WGNC34 with RB25DE and AWD) came with 205/60R15.
  • RS-Four (also E-WGNC34, but with RB25DET and AWD) came with 205/60R16.
  • RS-Four V (as above for RS-Four, but higher spec features) came with 205/55R16.
  • 260RS (again, E-WGNC34 but with RB26DETT and AWD) came with 225/50R17.

Series 2 - August 1998 to (approx) September 2001

  • 20G, 20X (GF-WHC34 with RB20DE, RWD only), 25X (GF-WGC34 with RB25DE, RWD only), and 25X-Four (GF-WGNC34 with RB25DE and AWD) all had 205/60R15.
  • 25RS (GF-WGC34 with RB25DE, RWD only), 25t RS V (GF-WGC34 with RB25DET, but RWD only), 25RS-Four (GF-WGNC34 with RB25DE and AWD), 25t X-Four and 25t RS-Four V (both GF-WGNC34 with RB25DET and AWD) all came with 205/55R16.
  • 25t RS-Four S (GF-WGNC34 with RB25DET, AWD and factory manual) came with 215/50R17.
  • 260RS same as series 1, i.e. 225/50R17.

That was a very hard post to write - some of the spec levels changed between s1 and s2, new models were added, some taken away, and the chart I'm reading is very confusing...

:wacko: :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

Anyway, I REALLY hope that helps.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/#findComment-5790482
Share on other sites

[*]25t RS-Four S (GF-WGNC34 with RB25DET, AWD and factory manual) came with 215/50R17.

[*]260RS same as series 1, i.e. 225/50R17.

- I'll try and find my original stagea manual later today, as (as I said above:-) ) my rs4s definitely came with 225/50r17 and that's what was on the door as well - which would make it the same as the 260rs above..

.. anyway, getting back to the thread initial topic, I'd say put the widest '50's' you could on the rims you have (I reckon you don't need 45's on a stagea - onlike a skyline where you need them on the back!) and stay well away from that tyre guy as he is either a) an idiot or b) trying to con more money out of you. Not to mention he is telling you to put tyres to wide for your rims on...

Ian

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/362586-standard-wheels/#findComment-5791425
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • You just need to remove the compressor housing, not the entire turbo. I would not be drilling and tapping anything with the housing still on anyways. 
    • So, I put my boat on a boat. First of all, I'm going to come out and say it. Why is Tasmania not considered a holy goal, an apex that all road-legal modified cars go to, to experience? This place is an absolute wonderland of titanic proportions. If people are already getting club runs for once in a lifetime 30 person cruises to Tassy then I've never seemed to see it. It is like someone replaced the entire place with an idyllic wonderland for cars, and all of the people living there with paid actors who are kind, humble, and friendly. Dear god. After doing a lap of almost all of the place I've found that it's a great way to find out all of the little things that the car isn't doing quite right and a great way to figure it all out. All in all, I drove for 4 hours a day for a week and nothing broke. I didn't even need to open the engine bay. This is by all means a great success, but it has left me with a list of things to potentially address. I also now have a 3D printed wheel fitment tool which annoyingly hasn't got any threads in it to actually assemble it. I might be able to tape it together to check the sizing I actually want to use, but it'll likely involving pulling the shocks out to properly measure travel at least at the front, and probably raise the car while I'm at it, at least in the rear. I scraped on quite a few things and I'm not sure how else to go about it. I was taking anything with a bump at what felt like 89 degree angles. And address those 10 other tasks. And wash the car. God damn it is dirty. And somehow, the weather was perfect the entire time - And because I was on the top of Mt Wellington it turns out it was very much about to freeze up there. I did something I typically never do and took some photos up there in what must have been -10 and the foggy felt like suspended ice, rather than mere fog. If you own a car in Australia, you owe it to yourself to do it.
    • Damn that was hilarious, and a bit embarrassing for skylines in general 😂 vintage car life ey. That R33 really stomped. Pretty entertaining stuff
    • Hi, I have a r32 gtr transmission. Does any of you guys have an idea how much power it will hold with the billet center plate and stock gearset? At what power level and use did yours brake with or without billet plate? Thanks, Oystein Lovik
    • Saw this replica police car based on a Mitsubishi Starion XX parked next to a 'police box' (it's literally a box) in Hirohata, Himeji City in Hyogo prefecture the other day. It's owned by Morii-san who is a local Mitsubishi Starion enthusiast. According to a local radio station blog post, he always wanted to make a police car himself based on ones he saw in his favourite Manga comics.  As it's illegal to modify a car to look like a police car and drive on the road, Morii-san tried many times to get permission from Aboshi police station headquarters nearby. They refused initially by after they got tired of that they granted him permission. However, the car can only be displayed on private property and obviously can't be registered as long as the police livery is present. The car was completed at a cost of 1.5 million yen (US$ 10,000) in addition to the car cost. A location was chosen outside Hirohata Police box where the car can easily been seen from the street. Morii-san has two other Starion road cars, both widebody GSR-VRs.
×
×
  • Create New...