What do you think is the biggest wheels possible? I want to rock some 18's on my air suspension setup, but not sure how it'll do. Anyone seen 18's before and what it looks like? And what the ride was like?

 

did you get your retrofit from bitoy?

 

yes i did

 

actually i want to ask what is the widest that the wheels can be? the wheels i want are 8.5, and just seeing if anyone rocked that wide of a wheel yet?

 

We slapped an 18x7" with 185/35x18 tires in place and they fit. The diameter of the tire is 23.1", about .3" less than stock. Looked like a farm wagon though. And would probably ride like one; the tire sidewall is only 2.5". 185/40x18's probably ok too with right wheels. 195/40x18's trifle risky. 205/35x18's likely to work too. On right 7" rims wheels of course, with 42-46 mm offset. And sufficient caliper clearance.

Sorry, guys, I misunderstood Andy's answer. It was a 215/35x18 tire, and I still didn't ask what brand it was. So I corrected here. Shoulda known anyway that there would not be a 185/35x18 tire.

 

Anythings possible if youre willing to MAKE them fit.

 

thats some rare tires youve mentioned. never heard 185/35/18 in aus, who made them btw?. smallest i know was 205/35/18 and that was a rare as hens teeth.


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18x8.5?? goodluck. the ride? say like riding with rubber band haha.

 

[quote=mimpi;408079]thats some rare tires youve mentioned. never heard 185/35/18 in aus, who made them btw?. smallest i know was 205/35/18 and that was a rare as hens teeth.


Sorry, but I misquoted my shop 4man. The tires were 215/35x18 and are slightly larger than stock but did fit on a stock ride height car. Unfortunately I didn't ask the brand. Should have known better. Good eye.

 

[quote=mimpi;408079]thats some rare tires youve mentioned. never heard 185/35/18 in aus, who made them btw?. smallest i know was 205/35/18 and that was a rare as hens teeth.
Where'd the 18x8.5" come from?

 

yea i'm going with the 18x8.5 with +25 in front and +20 in back and we're going to hack up all the fenders! lol

 

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Blue car, pic #1858, 1859, 1880 and 1861 are 18 inch.

 

do it!, i want to see a widebody vip fit ey on bags.

 

I am and than eventually do some custom moldings in a couple of months...hopefully it's going to be badddddd!

 

Yeah, stick those wheels out the body so you can stress your brakes and axles until something breaks. Yeah, cool!

 

There was a yellow fit/jazz for somewhere in asia on here that was running a wide body kit with 19x8.5 fronts and 19x10 rear (I think). It looked pretty nice.

 

hmmm...

All I have to say. Don't hate because you're not willing to try it.

People do this with other cars and have no problems. All my xB buddies do this on the daily and drive their cars daily. No problems.

ANYWAYS...

Khanhdom: You are going to need some rear camber as well to help make these fit and look absolutely amazing. I wanna see pics of the wheels please.

 

yes chamber

 

actually I decided on against going with 8.5 on the front and going with 7.5 on width and +36 in offset in the front, on the back it will be 8.5 with +20 offset on 18" rims. They are going to be work euroline dh



can't wait hopefully be here by next week!

 

18's?
i wanna see this get pulled off!

 

Boo on the wheel choice. :-/
Glad you arent afraid to make it fit.