Which is better 18x8.5 or 9.5 for 3g

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Old 08-08-2010, 02:51 PM
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Which is better 18x8.5 or 9.5 for 3g

I will be purchasing some new wheels. i know offset matters but which is better for our 3gtl. Will a 18x 9.5 wear out the wheel bearings faster than a 18x8.5?
or is it only having an lower offset than designed for our cars which is et 45 going to wear the wheel bearings?
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whats wrong with the 19's you have now?
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need a change,looking into the te37's. my 19's are 9.5. I thought i would have better performance going into turns going wide. didnt feel like much of a difference
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I have 18x9.5 +35 all around, I'm about 95% happy with it. I think I'm gonna push the rear to +30 soon. These are good specs if you do not have your fenders rolled and you don't want any rubbing. You do have to run 235 tires tho.
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Old 08-08-2010, 07:28 PM
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Subscribed, we're looking at the same wheels, lol.
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Originally Posted by DeathMetal
Subscribed, we're looking at the same wheels, lol.
whats your input?

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Old 08-10-2010, 01:53 PM
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Depends. I'm all for putting all the rubber to the ground that you can for performance. Only thing is, are you going to be running a 265-275 to take advantage of the wider rim, probably not. 8.5 will easily accept a 255 or slighlty wider so I say go for the 8.5 as far as peformance is concerned.
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