Make stock wheel wider?

[A John In NJ]

I figured out that i want to go with 295/45 18

how much wider should I go? and is the diameter right?

 

[don_w]

3.73s for me... What does that mean?

Well, IMO it means you want to stick to a tall tire.

I figured out that i want to go with 295/45 18

What brand?

 

[A John In NJ]

Nitto NT555s

 

[don_w]

Nitto NT555s

Those should be nice... 28.3" dia, 11.54" overall width. Nitto recommends a rim width of 9.5" to 11.0", with 10.0" being the width they use for sizing. I'd say that's the width you want... 10".

 

[don_w]

Oh, I should add... there is still no guarantee that you'll get traction on the street. It's the curse of the twin screw. LOL

 

[retfr8flyr]

Don I don't remember for sure as it was quite a while ago but when I talked to Weldcraft I was told $200 per wheel and they could only narrow them to 5 inches because of the shape of the wheel or something.

Earl

 

[don_w]

Don I don't remember for sure as it was quite a while ago but when I talked to Weldcraft I was told $200 per wheel and they could only narrow them to 5 inches because of the shape of the wheel or something.

Earl

Thanks. I wouldn't want to go any less than 5 inches anyway. I have been thinking about having my front 17x9s narrowed so I could run a "quasi"-skinny on the street. Not as small as a front runner, but something that would appear to be skinny when compared to the rears. I'm getting a little bored and tired of the 255/50-17s up front right now. I haven't really looked at the available tires yet, so I can't say how narrow I'd want to go for sure, but I'm thinking maybe 6-7 inches.

 

[stkjock]

Those should be nice... 28.3" dia, 11.54" overall width. Nitto recommends a rim width of 9.5" to 11.0", with 10.0" being the width they use for sizing. I'd say that's the width you want... 10".

John,

Don's - dead on with the specs... I'll just throw this out as an fyi - the tire is gonna look fat on the rear. Something like this....

 

[A John In NJ]

THAT PICTURE IS EXACTLY HOW I WANT IT TO LOOK! I'll have the 255/40s in the front and and with those in teh rear i'll be in heaven... Thanks for the pic! and the advise to everyone!

 

[don_w]

Yea, yea, yea... I'm old school... but dayum fat rubber looks sooooo good.

John,

Don's - dead on with the specs... I'll just throw this out as an fyi - the tire is gonna look fat on the rear. Something like this....

 

[ArtQ]

Don I don't remember for sure as it was quite a while ago but when I talked to Weldcraft I was told $200 per wheel and they could only narrow them to 5 inches because of the shape of the wheel or something.

Earl

I had my stock 17" Bullets done about a year ago for 150.00 a piece.
The problem with them is the taper. They could only get mine down to 6.5" Don must have after market 17X9's which may be better. It mostly depends on how much taper the rim has. If you E-mail them pictures of the rim without tires and use a tape measure or ruler in the pic they can give you a real good idea of what they can cut them down to.
Show a cross section with taper, then one of the inside of the wheel.

 

[don_w]

They could only get mine down to 6.5".

That might actually be fine... what size/brand tire are you running on that?

 

[A John In NJ]

Just spoke to James at weldcraftwheels and he quoted me 225 per wheel to widen and theres a 3 week waiting period... and 125 per wheel to get narrowed about to 6

 

[don_w]

Thanks...

 

[ArtQ]

That might actually be fine... what size/brand tire are you running on that?

Mirada 215/55/17

The pictures are with the M&H 275/50/17's

 

[don_w]

Mirada 215/55/17

The pictures are with the M&H 275/50/17's

Nice!!

 

[don_w]

Just spoke to James at weldcraftwheels and he quoted me 225 per wheel to widen and theres a 3 week waiting period... and 125 per wheel to get narrowed about to 6

BTW, if you're ever in the market for a drag radial for the widened wheels, you might look at M/T 305/45R18. It's about 1/2" bigger than the Nittos.

 

[A John In NJ]

Im debating if I should go with those... Im just worried about the rainy days... here in NJ it rains whenever mother nature wants to

 

[stkjock]

if you need to drive the car in the rain.... go with the Nitto DR - its much better in the rain then the BFG/MT from all I've read

 

[don_w]

if you need to drive the car in the rain.... go with the Nitto DR - its much better in the rain then the BFG/MT from all I've read

I would agree... the Nitto DR is best for rain (but it's still a DR, so it's not great). But its also probably one of the worst at the track. It's defnitely not in the M&H or M/T league.