v7 wheel size

[Pappu1]

does anyone know what the standard wheel size is for the v7 sti

is it 215/45/17

or

225/45/17

thanks

[Tony]

Its 225/45/17

[newsuba]

You mean tyre size ?

;D

STi v7 sedan got 17x7.5 wheels with 225/45-17 tyres.

Hatches got short-changed with 17x7 wheels, 215/45-17 tyres.

[funkytown]

but 225/45/17 will fit on a 7" rim, as will a 215 fit on a 7.5" rim..

or even a 215/40/18 on an 18 * 8" rim like mine - Rubberband look!!

Just to confuse the matter...

(and my 205/40/17 R888's fit on a 7.5" rim)

confused much?

[Pappu1]

will 255/45/17 fit on a 7.5 inch rim?

[Guest loren]

 funkytown said:

but 225/45/17 will fit on a 7" rim, as will a 215 fit on a 7.5" rim..

or even a 215/40/18 on an 18 * 8" rim like mine - Rubberband look!!

Just to confuse the matter...

(and my 205/40/17 R888's fit on a 7.5" rim)

confused much?

verbal diarrhoea much?

[pl0x]

 pappu said:

will 255/45/17 fit on a 7.5 inch rim?

thats pretty wide for a 7.5 i think?

mite work but doubt it would be ideal?

235s like on the dtms is prolly the widest i would go 7.5" rims

[Pappu1]

i think the rims i have are 7.5 inch.. thinking if will fit on that...

255/45/17 are bloody wide for one thing...lol..

on a lowered v7, the 235/40/18 i had once wud rub on the back.. under hard connering or with load on the back

i dont think it would happen on a non lowered setup.... ???

[Guest loren]

search the net, there are plenty of tyre/wheel sizing guides... 255/45 will not work on a 7.5 wheel IMO

http://www.toyor888.net/racing/index.htm

[Pappu1]

yea bro..the size recomended is 8-9inch rim for 255/45/17 tire

question tho - will it fit on a 7.5 inch rim? what are the implications...

lol.. i have heard of stretching the rubber over wider rims but what of wider rubber on thinner rims

(the rim on which i want to put it may be 8 but i have a feeling its most likely 7.5)

[pl0x]

i think it could be to wide and make it handle worst? as the tire would kinda roll id assume?

yea the 235 rub on mine and was going to swap them for some smaller tires when they needed new tyres haha guess thats not going to happen now :'( think my car is sold :'(

[Guest loren]

I think your handling would be sh1t house with a 255/45 on a 7.5.

255mm is 10 inches. So the tyre is 64mm wider than the wheel and would stick out 32mm on each side... on

truck tyre not so bad... on a 45% tyre? CRAP.

[Tony]

Personally, 255s are even a bit wide for 8 inch rim width, you would want 8.5 inch wide at the very minimum. They get too "balloony" on anything smaller IMO.

There is no point having a tyre that wide if you dont have the rim width to back it up, you wouldnt be doing your handling any favours.

[pl0x]

if your talking about my old rims, yea there 7.5 haha

[Pappu1]

 pl0x said:

if your talking about my old rims, yea there 7.5 haha

yup was thinking of putting them on your rims all right...

oh sucks...why did i even buy 255/45/17 tires in the first place...grrr.. the unknown forces of life at play...

anyone wana buy a set on 255/45/17 tires - decent tread..

PS. outta curiosity, will the balloned up tires be ok for normal road driving - non performance style of course..

not going in my wrx but on a mazda lol

[pl0x]

i think you would get alot of tyre roll? would look kinda wierd to lol? how much would it be for some 8.5" rims?

[Pappu1]

 pl0x said:

i think you would get alot of tyre roll? would look kinda wierd to lol? how much would it be for some 8.5" rims?

who knows how much they will be but dont think will be getting any 8.5 inch rims no more..

lol.. wud rather sell the tires...

or make do with a bit of roll..haha

[Simon C]

Wouldn't you be in danger of rolling your tires right off the rims in a hard corner?

[Pappu1]

 Simon C said:

Wouldn't you be in danger of rolling your tires right off the rims in a hard corner?

yea possibly i guess..

hmm.. better revise the plan then..lol

[DPI]

255/45R17 should be fitted to a 9 inch or 9.5 inch rim...

Good luck getting those under the guards...

Rule of thumb: 215 - 7 inch, 225 - 7.5 inch, 235 - 8 inch...

That is to get similar fitting to factory...

I did run 235/45R17's on my factory 7.5's with no problems, but the 8's are a way better fit.

[funkytown]

+1 there are boundries either way which you can push though.. Hence my first post.

255 would just look awful

they just wudnt fit

they'd be dangerous as hell