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Tire Width #49994 Oct 1, 10:53am Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8 Woodbridge, VA. celicadude76 New Member 2000 Toyota Celica celicadude76 New Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8 Woodbridge, VA. What is the maxium tire width you can put on a 7th Gen with a 17X8in wheel? 225/40 215/45, etc...

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #49995 Oct 1, 10:55am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA my friend has a 245/45/17 on his celi...but its huge...looks sweet and he scraps here and there ...

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #49996 Oct 1, 11:03am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 That's the first I have heard of that tire scraping. Where does he rub? What's the rim offset? Is the rim 17X8 or X7? Is he lowered?

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #49997 Oct 1, 11:07am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA his tire rubbed the actually fender..not inside the wheel well

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #49998 Oct 1, 11:24am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 So he must have a unusual offset to have his rims and tires out that far.

Re: Tire Width cooltoy2000 #49999 Oct 1, 11:25am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA Originally Posted by cooltoy2000 So he must have a unusual offset to have his rims and tires out that far. Nooo it was normal...i don't know how he did it

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50000 Oct 1, 11:36am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 Weird. Spacers maybe? It's just that I have never heard of that tire size rubbing, and I want to get the same size, so I just want to be sure there is nothing unusual in his set up. Last edited by cooltoy2000; Oct 1, 2003 11:42am.

Re: Tire Width cooltoy2000 #50001 Oct 1, 11:37am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA Originally Posted by cooltoy2000 He must have an unusual offset to have his rim and tires stick out that far. I think that with a normal (or close to it) offset there would be no problem. i don't remember sorry man

Re: Tire Width cooltoy2000 #50002 Oct 1, 11:43am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 Originally Posted by cooltoy2000 Weird. Spacers maybe? It's just that I have never heard of that tire size rubbing, and I want to get the same size, so I just want to be sure there is nothing unusual in his set up. Sorry double posted by accident. This is the edited version.

Re: Tire Width trog2233 #50003 Oct 1, 11:44am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 Originally Posted by trog2233 i don't remember sorry man OK thanks. If you ever find out, would you mind letting me know? Last edited by cooltoy2000; Oct 1, 2003 11:45am.

Re: Tire Width cooltoy2000 #50004 Oct 1, 11:45am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA Originally Posted by cooltoy2000 Originally Posted by trog2233 Originally Posted by cooltoy2000 He must have an unusual offset to have his rim and tires stick out that far. I think that with a normal (or close to it) offset there would be no problem. i don't remember sorry man OK thanks. If you ever find out, would you mind letting me know? Sure...no problem

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50005 Oct 1, 11:51am Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 923 Likes: 1 So.Cal CID498 ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT CID498 ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 923 Likes: 1 So.Cal 245's are too big without flaring the fenders I have 225 45 17's and they barely fit. "They don't make no seatbelt for the mind. So I can't buckle up for this ride!"

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50006 Oct 1, 12:36pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ 225 is the maximum I think you should go.. 215 is good. SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Tire Width CID498 #50007 Oct 1, 8:24pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 Originally Posted by CID498 245's are too big without flaring the fenders I have 225 45 17's and they barely fit. Sorry, you are confusing me - are they too big, or do they still fit? If they fit without rubbing, then that's OK is it not? Last edited by cooltoy2000; Oct 1, 2003 8:25pm.

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50008 Oct 2, 3:57am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 669 Pittsburgh, PA Jamey Sara Sucks :P Jamey Sara Sucks :P Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 669 Pittsburgh, PA Trogg's friend has 245/40/17's. Joe (Troggs Friend) and i are actually good friends too. He has 17x8 rims and i can't remember his offset. They rubbed because they are to wide of a tire. His tire scaped the innner fender wall. You need a super stiff suspension to pull 245's off. Last edited by Jamey; Oct 2, 2003 3:59am.

Re: Tire Width Jamey #50009 Oct 2, 4:01am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA Originally Posted by Jamey Trogg's friend has 245/40/17's. Joe (Troggs Friend) and i are actually good friends too. He has 17x8 rims and i can't remember his offset. They rubbed because they are to wide of a tire. His tire scaped the innner fender wall. You need a super stiff suspension to pull 245's off. Thanks jamey...i didn't know the exact size

Re: Tire Width cooltoy2000 #50010 Oct 2, 4:06am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 669 Pittsburgh, PA Jamey Sara Sucks :P Jamey Sara Sucks :P Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 669 Pittsburgh, PA Originally Posted by cooltoy2000 Weird. Spacers maybe? It's just that I have never heard of that tire size rubbing, and I want to get the same size, so I just want to be sure there is nothing unusual in his set up. No spacers or anything. Just a super wide tire.

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50011 Oct 2, 5:20am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 Would't the fact that he has 17X8 cause a problem too? The rim is wider too. I am buying 17X7.

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50012 Oct 2, 6:00am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA Yes definitely ...the widest you can go is a 215 on a 7 inch rim

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50013 Oct 2, 10:48am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 222 NJ trdcelica13 Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT trdcelica13 Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 222 NJ can someone tell me which tire would be better, i'm getting 18x7.5's and i was thinking either 225/40/18s or 235/40/18s. My car also has an inch drop, could somebody pm me and tell me if the 235's would be ok or should i go with the 225s?

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50014 Oct 2, 1:38pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 517 Pittsburgh, PA Krayze Senior Member Krayze Senior Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 517 Pittsburgh, PA the car that both jamey and nate(trog ) are talking about is joe's celica. He has 17x8 rims with a 35 mm offset. You can fit up to a 235/45/17 tire on a 8 inch wide rim wiht absolutely no probs. the reason he scraped was a combination of a panic stop and a pothole. under normal driving and racing it will not be a issue. 67 mustang fastback 289 v8 soon to have 5 spd

Re: Tire Width Krayze #50015 Oct 2, 2:18pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 Originally Posted by Krayze the car that both jamey and nate(trog ) are talking about is joe's celica. He has 17x8 rims with a 35 mm offset. You can fit up to a 235/45/17 tire on a 8 inch wide rim wiht absolutely no probs. the reason he scraped was a combination of a panic stop and a pothole. under normal driving and racing it will not be a issue. I understand now. The combination of 35 mm offset and 17X8 rim puts his tire close to the fender. Does not give him much room for error. In my case with 40mm offset and a 17X7 rim I should never have any scraping problems. Thanks for clearing the issue. I was all concerned. Last edited by cooltoy2000; Oct 2, 2003 2:20pm.

Re: Tire Width cooltoy2000 #50016 Oct 2, 2:55pm Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,154 Guam, U.S.A. Street Prototype ECelica Staff 2002 Toyota Celica GT Street Prototype ECelica Staff 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,154 Guam, U.S.A. i have 205/40's

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50017 Oct 3, 8:25am Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 17 Charlotte, NC Rich99GT Member 1999 Ford Mustang GT Rich99GT Member 1999 Ford Mustang GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 17 Charlotte, NC i have 265/35/18 up front and 285/40/18 out back.

Re: Tire Width Rich99GT #50018 Oct 3, 11:04am Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 673 Hartsville/Greenwood, SC XxMerlinxX Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica XxMerlinxX Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 673 Hartsville/Greenwood, SC Originally Posted by Rich99GT i have 265/35/18 up front and 285/40/18 out back. Good lord.

Re: Tire Width XxMerlinxX #50019 Oct 3, 11:06am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,424 pennsylvania IcEd blUe King of the Hill 2003 Toyota Celica GT IcEd blUe King of the Hill 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,424 pennsylvania Originally Posted by XxMerlinxX Originally Posted by Rich99GT i have 265/35/18 up front and 285/40/18 out back. Good lord. then again he has a mustang gt...but...wait is that possible...

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50020 Oct 3, 12:52pm Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 608 South Sweden Spread Eagle Senior Member Spread Eagle Senior Member Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 608 South Sweden 17" and 225/40 sounds good to me

Re: Tire Width IcEd blUe #50021 Oct 3, 1:06pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 17 Charlotte, NC Rich99GT Member 1999 Ford Mustang GT Rich99GT Member 1999 Ford Mustang GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 17 Charlotte, NC Originally Posted by IcEd blUe Originally Posted by XxMerlinxX Originally Posted by Rich99GT i have 265/35/18 up front and 285/40/18 out back. Good lord. then again he has a mustang gt...but...wait is that possible... yes it is. the wheels are 9 inches wide all the way around. 285's buldge a little on my 9" wheel. im thinking of getting a new rear set that are 10"+. some people have 11" wide wheels out back and are running 315s without any fitting problems.

Re: Tire Width celicadude76 #50022 Oct 3, 1:08pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 335 Raleigh, NC swthrtracer Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT swthrtracer Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 335 Raleigh, NC you and your mustang

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