Running More Rubber..

[Jim2013]

Anyone filled their arches with more rubber?
Was thinking of an interim way to remove gap between tyre and arch apart from lowering and also with a small drop later.
Was curious to what 215/55/17 or 225/55/17 would look like...make the car look like a pitbull!!
Any thoughts apart from tractor / pictures..
umm
Jim.

[zch91]

In NSW you can only change your rolling diameter by +/- 15mm

215/45/17 625.3mm stock

So 610.3mm-640.3mm

215/55/17 668.3mm - 7% speedo error - 21.5mm ride height gain & arch gap loss

225/55/17 679.3mm - 8% speedo error - 27mm ride height gain & arch gap loss

[Jim2013]

cheers for the response...
Jim.

[rooby]

Is it bad for the car in any way to run larger or smaller diameter than stock?

[paggaz]

Is it bad for the car in any way to run larger or smaller diameter than stock?

Not really.... your gear ratios will be slightly higher which makes it harder to get a good launch without breaking things

[bigBADbenny]

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.p ... -4426.html

50 or 55 is the max before the tyres are too big for the guards & liners iirc.

[cruisn]

Going to the next profile in tyre generally makes your speedo more accurate as they always read under from the factory.

Ive gone a wheel size up and maintained the profile running 215/45/18's on my GT and the oem spec tyre is 215/45/17.

Legal, roadworthy and the speedo is near dead on accurate now.

[Jim2013]

Thanks for the feedback and link.

Tyre Size Calculator: http://www.etyres.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator

Cheers / Jim.

[rooby]

Thanks for the feedback and link.

Tyre Size Calculator: http://www.etyres.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator

Cheers / Jim.

Also, http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

[bigBADbenny]

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5633&hilit=Offset&start=450#p326381
Booyah!

[Jim2013]

http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5633&hilit=Offset&start=450#p326381
Booyah!

looks like an exam paper!!

cheers / Jim.