Biggest Size On Stock R33 Gtst Rims?

[nismo091]

What is the biggest size I can go on stock r33 gtst rims? sorry if it has already been asked but couldn't find it

[GTSBoy]

More than 9000.

[niZmO_Man]

205/55/16

[GTSBoy]

We can't both be correct.

[GTSBoy]

But we can both be wrong.

[niZmO_Man]

Could probably get a fatter tyre on it for drag racing.

[GTSBoy]

Nah. I ran 225/50 on stock R32 wheels for years. The bulge wasn't outrageous and the handling was fine.

[nismo091]

Sweet cause I want to run 225 on the rear

[sweefu]

Why on the rear only?
The difference in grip between 205/55 and 225/50 won't be very noticeable, I'd run the same size all round so you can rotate tyres and get decent wear out of them.

[Kinks]

I have run both 205/55 and 225/50, 205/55 feels way more direct but the grip limit is quite low because it's such a narrow tyre. 225/50 has more grip but the rim has a lot of "slop" inside the tyre because the tyre is a lot wider than the rim.

I then fitted R33 GTR rims (9" wide, as opposed to the standard rim's puny 6.5" width) with 235/45/17 on the front, and on my usual route home I went to turn across an intersection in the usual way and actually had to straighten the wheel as I had turned it too far and was about to hit the median strip. The old tyres had that much give in them that they needed noticeably more lock to get around the corner.

Short answer is the standard rims are shit. Pick 205/55 for direct handling or 225/50 for more grip at the expense of handling.