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245/45-16 tire a "no-no"?
Search of the Archives suggests the answer but curious if anyone has had this size tire, 245/45-16, on their SVX without a rub problem ?
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The archive is DEAD wrong.
I'm running Dunlop SP5000s in 245-45-16 on stock 16x8 rims (I know the specs say 16x7.5 they are wrong, we measured them at 8" wide @ the tire shop) So far put about 1500 miles on them. No rubbing, even under full load/full compression. You might even be able to fit some 255s if you rolled the rear fenders a hair. -mike |
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http://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
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Hi guys, no need to get upset here...... I've mentioned this before, and I can send pic's - You can run 245's on the 7.5 inch rim. That's the legal max for a 7.5 inch rim. I'm running 245/45 x 17's without a problem on a 7.5 inch rim, and I agree with the above post stateing that you can run 255's with a slight "massage-ing" of the rear inner fenders.... There is lot's of room on the front for 255's. I mounted a set on the front with no problems, however the back was just a hair to close for me. I wasn't keen on trying to massage the rear fenders.. So I went back to the 245's all the way around. Just my 7 cents worth....
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Has anyone rolled their rear fenders to fit larger tires? I'm curious to know how (bad) it would look.
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Sux for WRX owners cause they must have 6" wide rims then The place that measure/mounted mine used a caliper on the ourside of the rim (below the lip) which measured 8" then they stuck it on a WRX wheel which was 6.5" so that would mean theirs are actually 6" v. 7.5" on the SVX. Either way the 245-45-16s fit fine with no buldging on them and clear the fenders w/o issue. -mike |
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tsk, tsk...
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