How much you all wanna bet that....

[Crazy_pilot]

Originally Posted by svxual

yea yea the wheels look the same to me and to fit 255s the guards would have to have been pulled and rolled!! i couldnt fit 245s to mine

There are a few people running 255/35/18's without rolled fenders or problems.

[PaulDexler]

Who got the idea that that shopping cart handle spoiler on his car is from an Alfa Romeo? No self-respecting Alfa (and I know a lot of them) would let anything that ugly be stuck on their butt.
Paul

[Tim]

Originally Posted by sicksubie

I dunno, but I DO know who gave him tire advice

I wonder if it's optimal for the svx or a lotus espirit v8

[porschekiller]

255/50wr16s are on my car and running. fyi: the audi rs4 has 255/35yr19 with the same dimensions, but that's even under tired for that weight. i would put 245/45yr19 on the rs4.

Originally Posted by TE1221

I wonder if it's optimal for the svx or a lotus espirit v8

[svxual]

does look like the spoiler of the Lemans 24hr alfa

[porschekiller]

245 what? 60/16?

Originally Posted by svxual

yea yea the wheels look the same to me and to fit 255s the guards would have to have been pulled and rolled!! i couldnt fit 245s to mine

[svxual]

Originally Posted by Crazy_pilot

There are a few people running 255/35/18's without rolled fenders or problems.

what brand?? love to know because biggest i could fit on mine was 235/40/18s my alloys have a +42 offset , would that make a difference??

[porschekiller]

how's this. the dodge charger srt-8 awd has 245/45yr20 tires!

Originally Posted by sicksubie

I dunno, but I DO know who gave him tire advice

[porschekiller]

do you have the stock ride height? is it plus 42 on a 7" rim. i hope it's not an 8.

Originally Posted by svxual

what brand?? love to know because biggest i could fit on mine was 235/40/18s my alloys have a +42 offset , would that make a difference??

[porschekiller]

ideally, try 245/45-18. think jag xk.

Originally Posted by svxual

what brand?? love to know because biggest i could fit on mine was 235/40/18s my alloys have a +42 offset , would that make a difference??

[Hondasucks]

I'm surprised though, most people around here with a name like Sergio Sanchez, their cars have chrome on things I didn't think you could get chromed! (I've seen, among other things, a 94 Honda Accord with those goofy window guard things (the things that go around the top of the window, I guess they're more of a wind deflector?) that hung down 2" from the top of the window frame, with chrome trim, gold wire wheels, big ass fin, DUAL chrome fart cans (4 cyl..), chrome grille, chrome strip on the windshield, velour top (with chrome trim) and whitewall tires, with chrome fender flares (The wheels were like 12 or 13 inch and hung out of the fender wells like 4")

So in comparison that SVX isn't so bad, aside from the wing...

[svxual]

Originally Posted by porschekiller

do you have the stock ride height? is it plus 42 on a 7" rim. i hope it's not an 8.

just ran out and checked 18 by 7.5j

[svxual]

yep ride is stock, but with my current configuration i can drop it the .75 rear and 1.5 front without any rub ( i checked that before buying the 18s)

[Crazy_pilot]

Originally Posted by svxual

what brand?? love to know because biggest i could fit on mine was 235/40/18s my alloys have a +42 offset , would that make a difference??

Check out this thread: http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...tribeca+wheels

18x8's with an offset of about +49mm (give or take a couple mm, it gets very close at that point) are well suited to a 255/35/18. A nearly identical fit is a 245/40/18, but the 255's come more comonly with an XL (Extra Load) rating, allowing them to safely carry the weight of the SVX.

[Crazy_pilot]

Originally Posted by porschekiller

how's this. the dodge charger srt-8 awd has 245/45yr20 tires!

What does that have to do with anything?

Poschekiller, you have to realize that the SVX doesn't take kindly to tires of different diameters than stock. It's recommended that in no case should a car tire be more than 3% from the OEM fitment, but this is especially true for us. Most of us who have stock transmissions are, unfortunately, vulnerable to trans failure, largely caused by heat buildup. Obviously, an auxiliary trans cooler can mitigate the problem, but running larger diameter than stock tires places more load on the trans, causing more heat buildup. You've repeatedly suggested odd tire sizes, and even running different sized tires front to rear, which leads straight to transfer death. I don't know where you draw your information from, but it confuses me. I do have some experience in tires, so I'm not completely ignorant to what I'm saying here.