Tire and Wheel fitment Q&A

[Spudboy]

I don't know about the wheels but depending on what you do to the car consider the following;

I run 235/45/17 on all four. My car is lowered with TEIN flex and even running max stiff damper with semi-stiff pre-load I still bottom out in the front wheel wells under heavy breaking/cornering.

My conclusion (so far and may not be correct) is to run 245/40/17 front (lower profile, a little wider, but not 18") more rubber on the road but lower profile to help eliminate wheel well rub.
I will go 245/40/18 in back as there is more room in rear wells and I hope to get a little more needed grip back there. May even go up to a 255 width in back.
If you don't lower your car, don't race or drive hard maybe 18" in front will be fine.

[justin1642]

well i lowered my car with intrax and tokico hp shocks i am not racing on the track just occasional street race with cocky pricks. so i think i should be fine. my friend has 18's on his 88 rx-7 and i have seen 19's on the mkiii before so it should be fine.

[Jeff_5_7]

Hey Spudboy is that your car it is BAD ASS that is excatly whay i want mine to look like u wabt to sell it i like it alot if u dont want to sell it tell me howm uch it would cost for me to build one justl ike it

by the way guys i have seen chrome 20s on a supra before

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by Jeff_5_7

Hey Spudboy is that your car it is BAD ASS that is excatly whay i want mine to look like u wabt to sell it i like it alot if u dont want to sell it tell me howm uch it would cost for me to build one justl ike it

by the way guys i have seen chrome 20s on a supra before

Jeff...I'm the original owner and the car is clean and well taken care of. 69k original miles.
It is not for sale but if you have one already I suggest going through it to make sure it's all good. Fix what's not keeping things as stock as possible.
Then once it's sound, (no idea what it will cost to get to that point), I started mods with the suspension. TEIN Flex coilovers about $1,800.00. You'll notice once you lower it you may not want big ass huge bling wheels (those are mostly show for pimps) get something functional...probably 17"/245 front, 18"/245 or 255 rear MAXIMUM.

I'm going to look into more HP next with simple external mods like intake and exhaust. Probably another $2,000.00 for about 40 to 50 more HP.

Don't be fooled by the bad ass load mufflers. If you don't have big straight air coming in, big air going out is only load, not faster. (sometimes slower)

Take your time, do your research, save your money, and do it right. Respect your ride and have fun.

Cars that look slow but go fast are better than the opposite.

Also, you MUST try and race or drive on track. If you can't in your car, do some go-kart racing. There are lots of good arrive and drive programs around the country. That will put your mind and heart in the right place.

[Isphius]

I was in a locally set up go kart racing league when i was younger(13-15), And you seriosuly do learn a lot of driving skills from that. I won most of the time cause everyone else didnt know how to build motors, But everyone wasnt bad. Then one kid had to crash and brake his leg, And that was the end of that. I always wanted to dyno one of the briggs motors i built. It was one of the rules, You could do whatever you wanted to the motor, But you had to use all the original briggs parts. So i spent hours building them lol. Some of the ones I built were a lot faster on my gokart than the stock motor, But none lasted long. I had bored out carbs, Modified cams, Shaved heads and decks, hours and hours of port work, including making my intake and exhaust ports look like mirrors. I found later that this is useless, But it still looked cool. But you learn a lot from driving anything in competition, and anything where your trying to get around the track as fast as possible. You will really learn a lot about how your car handles and responds.

[Spudboy]

All I can say...and I think I'm one of the old and wise guys (48)...TAKE YOUR CAR TO THE TRACK!!! (Road course...drags are for wimps)
It's the most fun you will ever have and make you realize street racing is gay.

[turbo soup]

How do you know what offset will work for you on the MKIII?
i got 17x9 in the rear with +35offset you guys think ill have problems getting them on?
with 255/40/17 yoko's i dont think it should br a problem

[tellfromchico,ca]

hey soup, the offset for the 18x8 is 32 matched with 225/40 was perfect, the 18x10 is 35 with 275/35 it sticks out about 1/4 in which is okay because i don't plan on dunking it(comfort reason) but theres still room height wise to drop about 3/4 in the front i dropped 2inany tire wider than 275 on a 35 offset wouldn't work on my mk3 / same wheel and offset with 305s would fit perfectly on later soupras.