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Aggressive wheel fitment thread/stance
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NoNpLuS
Ready to race!
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- cincinnati
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- 2016 golf R base
255's are the way to go. still trying to extract every millimeter of wear outta last seasons nitto nt05'sGetting it dialed in with the new 255s
"Lord Vader, your car is ready."
Nice wheels, got the same set. What are the specs?
NoNpLuS
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- cincinnati
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- 2016 golf R base
17x9 +45 w/5mm spacers 255/40/17 Nitto nt05. on coilovers as well.
swapping the Nitto's for Accellera 651's (same specs) as soon as the weather gets a little nicer. a set of 4 tires with tax only cost me $375 shipped to my front door. the reviews on the 651's are really, really good!. if anyone is looking for a good extreme performance summer tire for low $ they're gonna be your best bet.
I was using the same tires at Lime rock last week. The felt good, although grip falls off after about 15 minutes. I did experience a lot of front tire wear, although that may have been the fault of my driving style.
NoNpLuS
Ready to race!
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- cincinnati
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- 2016 golf R base
the accerelra's? it seems like its really hard to find an optimal tire for under $200 a corner for hard core track use. i have high hopes for them however, i need a dual use summer tire atm and that fact is always gonna have limiting factors. unfortunately my car see's more back roads and car meets than track days. i need to do something about changing that. however i am super excited to be going to my first wookies.
Yes, i have the acceleras in 200tw. For the price, I'm impressed. However, they do make a lot of noise while driving in the highway. For dual use you might be better served by a 300TW.
Will_
Autocross Champion
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- SF Bay Area
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- 2017 GTI S DSG
Since we’re all posting 255 setups here’s mine. 18x9 ET45 with 255/35/18, 3mm rear spacers to clear fuel filler neck. No rub even when tracking. 2.5f/2.0r camber.
El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
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- Las Vegas
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- 2019 GTI bunny
It’s always funny to read this...
The 35 is a aspect ratio number, therefore its height changes based on the width of the tire, to blanket say “a 35 aspect sidewall is smaller than a 40,45, etc” is incorrect.
Simply put - the 35,40,45 is a percentage based on the width of said tire so it changes.
Factory tire on a GTI is 225/40/18, at 255/35/18 is 2mm shorter, completely negligible.
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JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
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- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
I always thought the 35, 40, or 45 was the height of the tire from the rims lip, regardless how wide the tire is.
StorableComa
Autocross Champion
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- SoCal, USA
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- 17 GSW S FWD
It's based on the cross section:
Aspect Ratio
Is the ratio of the height of the tire's cross-section to its width. The two-digit number after the slash mark in a tire size is the aspect ratio. For example, in a size P215/65 R15 tire, the 65 means that the height is equal to 65% of the tire's width. The bigger the aspect ratio, the bigger the tire's sidewall will be.https://www.goodyearautoservice.com...igit number after,the tire's sidewall will be.
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
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- Virginia & NC
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- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
That's what I was getting at. The bigger the number, the bigger the sidewall will be and vice versa.
StorableComa
Autocross Champion
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- SoCal, USA
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- 17 GSW S FWD
Yes, in theory - But you still need to take tire cross section width into consideration. If we wanted to compare two extremes to highlight this we could compare a 125/65R18 vs 295/45R1812 where the latter is taller from rim to tire end:
Though more to the original sizes that started the topic:
Both clock in around 3.5" from lip to tire end.
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