Tirerack says Motegi MR131's won't fit

[GTI_Mitchell]

Well damn, wish I'd found this thread earlier... just tried to slap some MR131 17x7 on my PP car today and found they don't clear the calipers. Now I have to decide whether to try to track down some 17x8 or put spacers on these. I'm also trying to fit fat tires (225/55) on here, any thoughts on which would be better? It seems like getting the 17x8 would be better, because the more I push the wheel out, the harder it will be for a fat sidewall to clear the fenders. Damnit.

 

[daconchslop]

Monster truck problems.

 

[jimlloyd40]

Well damn, wish I'd found this thread earlier... just tried to slap some MR131 17x7 on my PP car today and found they don't clear the calipers. Now I have to decide whether to try to track down some 17x8 or put spacers on these. I'm also trying to fit fat tires (225/55) on here, any thoughts on which would be better? It seems like getting the 17x8 would be better, because the more I push the wheel out, the harder it will be for a fat sidewall to clear the fenders. Damnit.
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That's the exact wheel I got and used 10mm spacers in the front and 15mm in the back. With 235-45 tires they sit flush with the fenders.

 

[GTI_Mitchell]

That's the exact wheel I got and used 10mm spacers in the front and 15mm in the back. With 235-45 tires they sit flush with the fenders.

What spacers did you get? I know there's a million spacer threads but for that reason I'm hesitant to take the dive with them, I don't want to end up dealing with vibration problems. I've heard 42DD spacers are good? And I know I want to go with hub centric spacers.

Monster truck problems.

Hahaha yeah pretty much. I'm either building a sick rally car or a monstrosity, not sure which yet.

 

[jimlloyd40]

What spacers did you get? I know there's a million spacer threads but for that reason I'm hesitant to take the dive with them, I don't want to end up dealing with vibration problems. I've heard 42DD spacers are good? And I know I want to go with hub centric spacers.

Hahaha yeah pretty much. I'm either building a sick rally car or a monstrosity, not sure which yet.

Discount Tires ordered the wheels and they came with hub centric plastic spacers which have been fine for 120,000 miles.

 

[D.Gage]

What spacers did you get? I know there's a million spacer threads but for that reason I'm hesitant to take the dive with them, I don't want to end up dealing with vibration problems. I've heard 42DD spacers are good? And I know I want to go with hub centric spacers.

Hahaha yeah pretty much. I'm either building a sick rally car or a monstrosity, not sure which yet.

I’ve run hubcentric spacers from urotuning for a while now and they are great. As far as monstrosity, I had 2 lifted Subaru imprezas roughly 13 years ago on big all terrain tires and they were a ton of fun and people thought I was nuts. and a few years later Subaru came out with the crosstrek... go figure

 

[GTI_Mitchell]

I’ve run hubcentric spacers from urotuning for a while now and they are great. As far as monstrosity, I had 2 lifted Subaru imprezas roughly 13 years ago on big all terrain tires and they were a ton of fun and people thought I was nuts. and a few years later Subaru came out with the crosstrek... go figure

Good to hear haha. I got the Alltrack suspension (almost) fully installed this weekend, I'm getting excited. With these tires this thing is going to rip on dirt roads!