225 or 235?

[senator]

Awesome. Thanks for all the info. 235 it is! My car is at standard height so scrubbing shouldn't be an issue.

Hey senator, check out this link below. It may be of extreme interest to you. I am going to buy a set. I have also confirmed this with JapanParts and Subaru of Japan themselves.

http://www.japanparts.com/db/parts_deta ... submit.y=2

Cheers

Jump on it, great deal

These used to be sti PCD only to fit around the massive 6 pot mono blocks on the S402.................... Too bad I sold my tb sti last year.

[ON555]

Awesome. Thanks for all the info. 235 it is! My car is at standard height so scrubbing shouldn't be an issue.

Hey senator, check out this link below. It may be of extreme interest to you. I am going to buy a set. I have also confirmed this with JapanParts and Subaru of Japan themselves.

http://www.japanparts.com/db/parts_deta ... submit.y=2

Cheers

Jump on it, great deal

These used to be sti PCD only to fit around the massive 6 pot mono blocks on the S402.................... Too bad I sold my tb sti last year.

Mind you, that's for one rim. Times that price by 4 + shipping lol.

[senator]

Awesome. Thanks for all the info. 235 it is! My car is at standard height so scrubbing shouldn't be an issue.

Hey senator, check out this link below. It may be of extreme interest to you. I am going to buy a set. I have also confirmed this with JapanParts and Subaru of Japan themselves.

http://www.japanparts.com/db/parts_deta ... submit.y=2

Cheers

Jump on it, great deal

These used to be sti PCD only to fit around the massive 6 pot mono blocks on the S402.................... Too bad I sold my tb sti last year.

Mind you, that's for one rim. Times that price by 4 + shipping lol.

Try talking to Michael at G88, they can get anything STI direct from STI Japan and also arrange shipping...... and tyres too

[Tonic]

If you go the 235's remember the rolling diameter is larger and your speedo may understate your speed.

[Manaz]

If you go the 235's remember the rolling diameter is larger and your speedo may understate your speed.

There's bugger all difference (0.85%), given the speedo generally reads high (ie when it says you're doing 100km/h, you're doing more like 92km/h) with stock tyres, I don't see this being an issue at all.

[GT-B Spec R Pilot]

Howdy all,

I'm in the market for some new tyres at the moment. I know what brand/model tyres I want but I don't know if I should get 225/40R18 or 235/40R18.

Is anyone running 235/40R18 on the stock tbSTI rims? If so, could you perhaps post some pictures? I would be keen to see how 235/40R18 fils out the guards and how it looks overall.

All input appreciated. Thanks in advance =)

I have been running 235/40/18 on Oz racing Ultraleggara 18*8 for sometime now on a standard height car. They have never scrubbed and the braking has improved noticeably (with no other mods) from stock 215/45 that were fitted on my GT-B when I bought it.

I went for the Dunlop Eagle Asymmetric F1's which pretty well won every tyre test around the globe in the previous 12 months in that size. They are a lot quieter than the factory tyres too. If I was doing track days my choice would have been different but most of my driving is highway where the tyres just don't get hot enough to go off. 235/40/18 is apparently a standard size for commodore & falcon & was about $100 a corner cheaper than the factory 215/45 /18's. Other factors influencing my decision was the same rolling diameter as factory (ok 1mm difference if you want to be pedantic) and higher load rating so no issues with police & actually safer.

The only downside it have noticed was the stone chips along the lower body increased markedly with the wider tyres. To fix that I fitted rally armour mud flaps f&r which has all but eliminated the problem. Yes I could also slow down on gravel roads but that's not my driving style...each to their own I guess...
Good luck!