Hey everyone,
I just spent the last two days going through just about all of the "big wheels" threads and could not find any previous examples of my situation. I've recently taken the plunge after two years of owning the Spyder with the stock wheels and purchased a set of SSR GT1 18x7.5 +40mm offset painted white for under $500. The wheels are forged and weigh only 17.5 lbs compared to the 19 lbs for the 16" stock rears that I have, which I got from a '03 spyder. This should roughly translate to only slightly heavier wheel/tire combo's, and of course the weight is now further from the center of the wheel, requiring increased rotational force, which is going to hurt performance. So for people that just want to tell me its going to kill my accelaration, I have already considered that factor :wink: .
Here's my dilemma. TireRack only guarantees fitment of these wheels on the Spyder with 215/35/18 all around. I'd like to stagger the sizes to 215/35/18 Front and 225/40/18 Rear. I've gone through some old posts of people with 16x8 wheels w/ +42 offset and running 225/45/16 without any rubbing. I'm guessing, 225/40/18 shouldn't rub either, since its only slightly larger and especially since the suspension is still stock (waiting on more savings to get Sportivo, and will deal with the larger wheel-gap until then). Has anybody run this size tire on 18's with or without lowering springs and run into any rubbing issues? I'm hopeful to have the tires ordered by the end of the week so I can recieve them by end of next week and have them mounted. Thanks for any help in advance.
- James
I just spent the last two days going through just about all of the "big wheels" threads and could not find any previous examples of my situation. I've recently taken the plunge after two years of owning the Spyder with the stock wheels and purchased a set of SSR GT1 18x7.5 +40mm offset painted white for under $500. The wheels are forged and weigh only 17.5 lbs compared to the 19 lbs for the 16" stock rears that I have, which I got from a '03 spyder. This should roughly translate to only slightly heavier wheel/tire combo's, and of course the weight is now further from the center of the wheel, requiring increased rotational force, which is going to hurt performance. So for people that just want to tell me its going to kill my accelaration, I have already considered that factor :wink: .
Here's my dilemma. TireRack only guarantees fitment of these wheels on the Spyder with 215/35/18 all around. I'd like to stagger the sizes to 215/35/18 Front and 225/40/18 Rear. I've gone through some old posts of people with 16x8 wheels w/ +42 offset and running 225/45/16 without any rubbing. I'm guessing, 225/40/18 shouldn't rub either, since its only slightly larger and especially since the suspension is still stock (waiting on more savings to get Sportivo, and will deal with the larger wheel-gap until then). Has anybody run this size tire on 18's with or without lowering springs and run into any rubbing issues? I'm hopeful to have the tires ordered by the end of the week so I can recieve them by end of next week and have them mounted. Thanks for any help in advance.
- James
