Steeda Silver Ultra-Lite and Nitto tires.

[gmantheman]

Steve,
I am interested in the Steeda Ultra-Lite Wheels 18x9.5 and 18x10 and Nitto NT555 tires. I see that you have the 255/45/18 and I plan on putting those on the front, but I didn't see the 295/45/18 for the rear. I want a little taller tire in the rear as I have 4.10s and my go T/S in the future. Can you get the Nitto NT 555 295/45/18? Also I plan on purchasing these around Oct as I am deployed now. Thanks.

 

[Rangersfan]

Why such a narrow tire in the front? You can go to a 275/40/18 in the front with no rub, and it will help the handling and fill out the wheel wells.

As for the rears, keep in mind that tire widths and heights are proportional, the wider you go, generally the more narrow the tire gets to keep the overall diameter the same.

Nitto diameters:

295/45/18 is 28.31 inches tall and 11.54 inches wide
285/40/18 is 26.97 inches tall and 11.42 inches wide

If your car is lowered the 1.5 inches might rub the fender in the rear.

 

[Steedman07]

I have Steeda Ultralightsin 18".And I have 275's up front, and like Steeda Steve said, it does fill out the wheel well nicely, just my opinion though..And a 305/40 DR fits very nicely out back

 

[gmantheman]

Why such a narrow tire in the front? You can go to a 275/40/18 in the front with no rub, and it will help the handling and fill out the wheel wells.

As for the rears, keep in mind that tire widths and heights are proportional, the wider you go, generally the more narrow the tire gets to keep the overall diameter the same.

Nitto diameters:

295/45/18 is 28.31 inches tall and 11.54 inches wide
285/40/18 is 26.97 inches tall and 11.42 inches wide

If your car is lowered the 1.5 inches might rub the fender in the rear.

Car is not lowered and no plans to. 275/40/18 in front and 285/40/18 in the rear would be better than 275/40/18 front and 295/45/18 in the rear?
Would having the 295/45/18 in the rear negatively affect handling?

 

[gmantheman]

If I purchase the wheels and tires can you mount them and ship them together or will the be shipped separtely?

 

[Rangersfan]

If I purchase the wheels and tires can you mount them and ship them together or will the be shipped separtely?

We can mount and balance them if you want. if the car is a 2007+ though, we will have to address the air sensors then.

If you aren't lowering the car, then you could go with the the 45's I guess, but it might look "odd" compared to the fronts with such a tall tire in the rear.

 

[gmantheman]

Thanks. I was thinking that the 295/45/18 would fill in the rear fender gap.

 

[gmantheman]

If the car on the homepage is psfracer, then it has 295/45/18 on the rear.