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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 10:48 AM
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18x9 wheels in the rear

I'm a noob to this website and I have one question: Can the rl clear 18x9 (+38) in the rear without rolling and without them stickin out too much?

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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 04:17 PM
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Lol, I forgot to mention the car would be running 225/45/18 and lowered
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 11:04 AM
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I guess I'll never understand why people would want to run extra wide wheels while trying to fit some skinny tires on them. IMO, totally defeats the purpose of wide wheels. I've seen so many guys with 18x9 or 19x10 wheels but with 215 or 225 tires on them. I like the flush look, not an inch of rim sticking out beyond the tires. But that's just my opinion though...don't be offended.
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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Stay at 8 to 8.5. You will no extra work and you wont sacrifice your ultra-expensive tires. Im running 19 x 8.5 with a 1.5 inch drop. Just some advice.
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 08:28 AM
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I guess I'll never understand why people would want to run extra wide wheels while trying to fit some skinny tires on them. IMO, totally defeats the purpose of wide wheels. I've seen so many guys with 18x9 or 19x10 wheels but with 215 or 225 tires on them. I like the flush look, not an inch of rim sticking out beyond the tires. But that's just my opinion though...don't be offended.
No offense taken man I really appreciate the input. The only thing is that the front wheels are 18x8 and the rear are 18x9 and I really dont want to roll the fenders and ruin them. I might ask the company to sell me a set of 18x8https://acurazine.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 08:32 AM
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Stay at 8 to 8.5. You will no extra work and you wont sacrifice your ultra-expensive tires. Im running 19 x 8.5 with a 1.5 inch drop. Just some advice.
Thanks man the car is actually running the acura tl wheels 04-05 which are 17x8 but they kind of look small to me lol, and I hear you on the tires haha. Actually Ntb.com has the buy two get two free tire deal
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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No Prob. Also when I went with my coilover set up, I got about a half inch extra in from the the tire well. I think that was the fact that the original strut assembly was a lot larger than my coilovers. It might help in your decision on your rear tire width. I think I put pics in my album to show the difference.

Also Good to hear someone is still offering decent deals on tires nowadays.
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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No Prob. Also when I went with my coilover set up, I got about a half inch extra in from the the tire well. I think that was the fact that the original strut assembly was a lot larger than my coilovers. It might help in your decision on your rear tire width. I think I put pics in my album to show the difference.

Also Good to hear someone is still offering decent deals on tires nowadays.
I thought about going for the bwr or the tein basis coilovers but that will take some time setting some money aside. I'll take a look at the pics and yes everybody is in need of money these days thats why they are offering all these deals.

I was actually thinking about these wheels here's the info on the wheels:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-STAGGERED...#ht_9775wt_911
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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Those are nice. With those 18's you should be fine, my offset was +40 and with a full load your rub should be minimal. I had a some rubbing but nothing extreme.
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