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Aggressive wheel fitment thread/stance
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herbert6368
Go Kart Champion
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- Winterpeg, Hong Kong
Darthyota
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Sherwood Forest AB Canada
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf Sportwagen
Which fender?
herbert6368
Go Kart Champion
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- Winterpeg, Hong Kong
Muecke
Are you running camber? I'm entertaining the same tire size, but don't want to mess with camber
TheContender09
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Car(s)
- Golf R
Yes I have a little bit of camber up front. And a little caster as well due to my control arms
carmenjeff
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- los angeles. ca
Hello everyone, I have enkei rs05rr in 18x8.5 et45 running a 6mm spacer up front to clear my macan brake calipers. I'm lowered about an inch all around on kw coilovers and 225/40/18 indy 500's. What size michelin ps4s would fit and have a meaty look 245/40/18 or 255/35/18? Thanks
MonkeyMD
Autocross Champion
For meaty & comfort, 245/40, but feel suffers just a bit.
I think 255/35 is the sweet spot, but would be better on a 9" wheel
carmenjeff
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- los angeles. ca
I’m assuming to have 1 to 2 finger gap with such wide tires in combination with the spacers, supposedly 8.5” et45 is flush with the fender without spacers my et is now 39. Will I be able to have that stance without camber plates or other means to adjust camber beyond the oem range of movement and not rub the fenders. Thanks for replying by the way.
MonkeyMD
Autocross Champion
No.
You're going to need camberI’m assuming to have 1 to 2 finger gap with such wide tires in combination with the spacers, supposedly 8.5” et45 is flush with the fender without spacers my et is now 39. Will I be able to have that stance without camber plates or other means to adjust camber beyond the oem range of movement and not rub the fenders. Thanks for replying by the way.
carmenjeff
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- los angeles. ca
Is there a way to determine how much I will need after installing the tires? A formula or maybe an online calculator. I’m familiar with the options I have to adjust camber, just trying to figure out how to measure and determine how much I need? Thanks
ChristopherNeil
Autocross Champion
- Location
- San Diego
- Car(s)
- MK7 GTI
Lower control arms, adjustable ball joints, and upper camber plates will get you to at least 2.5° of negative camber to fit something like that. Consider the sidewall profile of the tire because it differs from brand to brand.
carmenjeff
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- los angeles. ca
Thanks for the recommendations, is there any way to measure at home how much neg. Camber I need, maybe a digital level on the hub any suggestions are welcome? I was thinking of starting off with white line knuckles, and lower control arms. Since I already installed the coilovers and don’t feel like doing it again.
MonkeyMD
Autocross Champion
There probably is, bit I don't know of it. I will say at -2.4 camber with 245/40R18 at 25.5 fender to ground height, I had no rubbing
ChristopherNeil
Autocross Champion
- Location
- San Diego
- Car(s)
- MK7 GTI
I just calculated all the specs together and know from previous cars what ~2.5-3° negative camber looks like. Dialing in the geometry first was more important than everything else, *then* I decided what wheel specs and tires I could fit that met my requirements. I did that by using both wheel offset and tire size calculators based off my previous 17x8 +45 wheel/tire.
Going in reverse order and starting with wheels might be a little more of a cross-your-fingers situation.