Guard Work Involved Fitting 10" Wide Rims On R33 Gtst

[S3RK]

Hey guys, I have a set of XD9's on my 33 currently.

Specs are as follows:

18x9" +30 offset rear

18x8" +30 offset front

I'm looking at purchasing a set with these specs:

18x10" +18 offset front and rear

I plan on having 255mm rear tyres, the fronts I don't mind stretching down to 225/235mm.
Currently my guards are rolled and ever so slightly flared (from the guard roll), but I understand and have measured that 10" will poke out approx 20mm from the guard, implying I will either have to raise the car or install a camber kit so I can have that slightly tyre tuck look, but would it be wise to potentially pump the guards? or flare them more?

EDIT: Mod can you please move this to the cosmetic/styling/respray section.

Kind Regards,

Serk

Edited July 4, 2013 by S3RK

[NYTSKY]

Those are GTR offsets so would require decent guard work for them to fit, especially the fronts.

I have 10's on the back of mine with a 32 offset and I had to get my guards rolled, that is with a 265 tyre.

I would suggest 9.5's +20 at a maximum, even that would require rolled guards and a bit of camber.

[roadworia]

i had 18 x 10 + 18 with 265 rubber all around. rolled guards with camber bushes on the front and camber arms on the rear. cant remember the camber specs but tyre wear wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. street tyres kumho's lasted 30000km including several track days. at maximum upwards suspension travel i could still just fit business cards between the guards and tyres. no inner guard liner on the front though. hope that helps

[GTSBoy]

He's asked for this to be moved to the cosmetic section, so it's clear it doesn't matter how well it will work. Just what it looks like.

235s stretched onto 10s. Good grief.

[S3RK]

He's asked for this to be moved to the cosmetic section, so it's clear it doesn't matter how well it will work. Just what it looks like.

235s stretched onto 10s. Good grief.

Well it needs to work regardless, but I still want to tuck just a little bit of tyre. No need to assume things now...

[GTSBoy]

Stretched tyres do not "work".

[S3RK]

Stretched tyres do not "work".

Well lucky I have stockies at hand for the occasional track day where shit needs to "work".

For the street I like my car to appear in a nice, stanced out fashion. That it the style I desire

[Mr. Untouchable]

I have 9.5 + 25 all round on my car rears is easy lip and roll 265 semi's no issues. Fronts I have bashed my guards out a lot, stretched them out as far as I could without heat or really butchering them. I gained probably 50-60mm never checked it with a contour gauge. With 4-4.5 degrees of neg camber they fit and work but without that camber a bit of stretch would be needed to clear properly. Maybe try a 265 35 on the rear and a 245 40 up front. A little bit if stretch will handle ok especially with a little bit of extra sidewall. Stretched 35's is not really a goer. 245 40 is about as small as I'd go on a 10. If you run anymore than 5 degrees castor you'll struggle even more. I run about 15mm spacers under my front guards at the front pushing the bar out too to gain just a bit more clearance for 6 odd degrees of castor.