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Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 05:09:54 AM
does anybody know how offset rims have to be with 17x10 rims in the back? ive found 24mm and 25mm. i know its not a big change but i want to run the widest tires i can outback.
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 05:33:45 AM
like 315/35/17
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: vinnietbird on August 25, 2010, 06:45:35 AM
My 17'10's out back have a 25mm offset.I have 275 40 17's on them,and may go wider on the next set of tires.
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 01:50:20 PM
is there enough room for 315's do you think?
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: BlackCardinal on August 25, 2010, 02:48:55 PM
Check out this thread...I hope it's on the page I want, but if not, go to the third page. There's someone's pic of a 'Bird with 315's stuffed in the wheelwells... http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=15130&highlight=315+tires&page=3
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 03:08:03 PM
thank you for that. i guess im not going with the 315's after what they said. i was going to put nitto 555 on it but i guess their 315's are barely wider then 275's...  cant find any street tires from 285-315 besides the nitto 315's.
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 03:27:17 PM
i also just read on a mustang forum that nitto 315's fit on 9inch wide tires! im probably going to go with that
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 03:27:44 PM
http://mustangforums.com/forum/4-6l-general-discussion/387756-nitto-555r-on-9-inch-wheel-275-or-315-a.html
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: vinnietbird on August 25, 2010, 04:32:37 PM
I think that 315's will fit fine with the quads being gone.I still have room in there.The white car in the link has 5 lug rims,and,I'd have to question the offset of those as opposed to the 4 lug rims.
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: BlackCardinal on August 25, 2010, 04:45:14 PM
Sweet!:D
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: SR71blackbird on August 25, 2010, 05:05:42 PM
do turbocoupe have quad shocks?
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: kendoo130 on August 25, 2010, 05:16:32 PM
Ask thundr306 he had 305 or 315 on the rear of his TC
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: V8Demon on August 25, 2010, 05:28:51 PM
Nittos are known to run narrow.

Sumitomo makes a street tire in the size you mentioned.....
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Sumitomo&tireModel=HTR+Z&partnum=135ZR7HTRZ

$128 for a tire of that size isn't half bad either...


I don't know it it's possible to fit on a fox, but Toyo makes a 345/40-17.....
Title: 17x10 outback?
Post by: BlackCardinal on August 25, 2010, 06:48:22 PM
Yep. Turbo Coupes have the quad shocks.