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Originally Posted by Skimmer
Hey HEMI: How did you like the handling with 225s on those Saturn wheels -- aside from the weight? Any rubbing?
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I took some photos of the setup, but haven't uploaded them to my website yet. Here's the general scoop...
I tried two types of tires, because I didn't have a whole set of 4 that were nice enough to test with... these were my left-over autoX and street tires from my old Daytona. Fronts were an off-brand tire that was pretty wide in the tread. The rears were some old Sumitomo HTR 50H's that were narrower through the tread. The front is more tolerant of wider tires than the rear, in my experience, so that's why I set it up the way I did.
With +50mm offset, the 225's in front would rub OCCASIONALLY on REALLY hard bumps, but I could never find where exactly. The rears with the narrower tires would also only rub occasionally, but a little more often than the fronts. However, I COULD see where it was rubbing. There is a small tab on the INSIDE of the wheel well, towards the back end of the car. This little tab showed some "polish" marks, so on a hard compression, it would rub. There are also some rub marks on the plastic shock dust cover.
I'll post those photos in one of the "shoes" threads, along with the dimensions of the tires I used - can't find that data at the moment. The result of my little experiment is that if you have to find a narrow 225, it's hardly worth the effort and weight just to say you've got 225's on the car. Sure, they look nice, but I can find 205's that have nearly as much rubber on the ground as a narrow 225 without the weight penalty.
HF