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GTTR34 is selling some BBS rims (17x8, 17x9) for a good price. I'm just wondering if they'd fit on my GTS-t without modification to the body?

My car's currently got the stock rims and is lowered 320 front and 335 rear (yeah it's stupidly low), will they fit if I got some different springs etc...?

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With a front ride height of 315mm (...well it looked cool that low :Oops: ) i was able to fit 17 x 8 +30s on the front, and with a rear ride height of 340mm able to fit the same size wheel again.

The rims had 235/45/17s on them and on the front upper control arm, there was evidence that the rubber had occassionally rubbed on the control arm.

It looked as though the rim was clearing everything and the wheel didnt stick out past the guard, actually looking at how the rim sat in the guard, it looked better fit then the usual 17 x 7 +30 i run on the front. So with a 225 or 215 tyre it would have fitted and cleared everything, but a slightly different offset would have even the 235 tyre clearign everything. :cheers:

As for the rear, i think a 17 x 9 would go.... chase down the offsets, you may get lucky ;)

Roy Grand Master

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17x8 + 36

17x9 + 35

makes no sense to me...

thanks guys for the input so far.

Going by my car, id say the fronts will need a spacer, (with 8s on the front i think an offset between 25-30 will work

And the rears will go close as well, perhaps an offset of around 28-30 would work best with 9" rims

I just bought a new set of rims for my car, they were off a GTR with 17 x 8 +35 all round. I dont like my chances being a great fit, but as i have4 had my car raised and they will be for trashing aorund tracks, im not really too concerened if they stick out a little...worst case if they rub susp ill use spacers

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I've just fitted 17x8 + 30 with 215-45 on the front. The car has 315mm centre to guard on the front. Sits just inside the guard with no scrub. With the +36s on the front the rims should sit further in than mine would and so you could probably fit a wider tyre without hitting the guard or needing it lipped. You may have some clearance issues in board though on your suspension upper arms or springs.

I have trial fitted the rears without tyres and jacked them up to where they would normally sit. They are a 17x9 +35, same as what you are looking at. They sit just inside the guard and there is about 10mm clearance at the back of the rim to the hicas steering arm ball joint. The rear guards will definately need lipping before the wheels will fit without scrubbing.

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Yep, r32 gtst.

Had a bit of a spirited drive last night. There is a bit of scrubbing of the plastic liner if you are cornering hard and hit a big bump but i can live with that. Doesn't help that i'm running a bit of castor too, i think it's 8 degrees.

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i have 18X8.5 front and rear with 225/40 streached over them so they dont hit the guards, i dont know the offset, but my guards have not been rolled.

these things JUST fit without hitting anything.

Bbenny i am pretty sold on 18x7.5 rims do u think an extra inch makes a huge difference. i am planning on running 225/40's as well... i have the same car as you. is your suspension fairly hard (coilovers?), do you just have the right offset, small enough tyres or the combination of all three that lets u run 8.5 inches all round. thanks heaps...

mic

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hey mic i would say its a combination of all 3, i do have stiff coilovers, but it wouldnt matter if i had sponges in there because the offset is perfect so nothing can touch.

I think the 7.5 will be sweet, because i still have to stretch the 225/40 over my rim to ensure it doesnt rub the guard, i could prob go a slightly wider tyre, but not much, so go the 7.5 with the 225 and it will be sweet.

maybe even consider 17" if you plan on track or drag, but 18" does look the best :(

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