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Old 02-21-2017, 01:13 PM   #4426
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Anyone have pics of the 18x9.5 +38 rpf1's w/8mm spacers for clearing brembos? In particular, I'm looking for pics that show the flushness with the fender to see if it sticks out or not.
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Old 02-22-2017, 09:27 AM   #4427
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Thinking about running Ventus V12 Evo's on Enkei Raijins 18x9.5. Will I have an issue running the V12's with 265/40R18?
First, you haven't listed the wheel offset, so it's impossible to know if you'll have problems. Second, 265/40R18 is too tall. Choose a 265/35R18.

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Old 03-02-2017, 12:05 AM   #4428
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Mach help me out pls, I have a 2013 sti hatch, everything is stock except for rce sway bars, Can I run the Enkei PF07 18x9.5 +40 offset on 265/35 R18 BFGoodrich g-force sport comp-2 tires. Would I have to roll the fender and will there be any clearance issues with the strut or whatever? Hoping to get my summer setup ordered soon. Thanks
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Old 03-02-2017, 12:12 AM   #4429
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Mach help me out pls, I have a 2013 sti hatch, everything is stock except for rce sway bars, Can I run the Enkei PF07 18x9.5 +40 offset on 265/35 R18 BFGoodrich g-force sport comp-2 tires. Would I have to roll the fender and will there be any clearance issues with the strut or whatever?
Reading the very first post in this thread would tell you that that's a good tire size, it will clear the strut, and you will have to roll the rear fenders.

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Old 03-06-2017, 12:02 AM   #4430
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So even if I was going with 18x8.5 wheels +30 would be a bad idea?
I dont know much about wheel fitment.
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Old 03-06-2017, 08:29 AM   #4431
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So even if I was going with 18x8.5 wheels +30 would be a bad idea?
I dont know much about wheel fitment.
You would be fine, might have to roll rear fenders depending on tire choice.

This is an 18x8.5 with a +40 offset with 265/35 tires, so imagine an extra 10mm towards the fenders. There is almost an inch, and this is at basically full compression.
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Old 03-07-2017, 12:29 PM   #4432
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So even if I was going with 18x8.5 wheels +30 would be a bad idea?
I dont know much about wheel fitment.
From a wheel fitment perspective it would probably be OK ... may need to roll rear fenders.

From a steering response/feel perspective ... not very good. The further out you go from the stock offset the worse the steering feel/response becomes. The +30 offset pushes it out about 23 mm from the stock offset, and then the outer wheel lip is another 1/4 inch further due to the 0.5 inch wider wheels.

Are you really set on the wheel design? If not, consider a wider wheel with a lower positive offset. For example, an 18x9, +40. That will only be about 3.65 mm inward than the +30 wheels and the +40 offset won't degrade steering feel as much. Still a good idea to roll.
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Old 03-20-2017, 11:00 AM   #4433
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Hate to be "that" guy but im buying summer wheels and tires soon for my 2012 sti hatch. Im looking at 18x10.5 wheels. They offer +40 and +20. Im wanting ti stay with stock metal but rolling the fenders doesnt bother me, just dont want to have to pull. Stock height and im looking to run 255/40 or 265/35.

Its also offered in a 18x9.5 with either +35 or +20

Any help is appreciated

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Old 03-20-2017, 02:03 PM   #4434
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Hate to be "that" guy but im buying summer wheels and tires soon for my 2012 sti hatch. Im looking at 18x10.5 wheels.
Do you have a question? None of the options you give are good fits.

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Old 03-20-2017, 03:14 PM   #4435
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Hate to be "that" guy...

Then DON'T...it's not like you don't have a choice in the matter
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Old 03-20-2017, 05:32 PM   #4436
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Hate to be "that" guy but im buying summer wheels and tires soon for my 2012 sti hatch. Im looking at 18x10.5 wheels. They offer +40 and +20. Im wanting ti stay with stock metal but rolling the fenders doesnt bother me, just dont want to have to pull. Stock height and im looking to run 255/40 or 265/35.

Its also offered in a 18x9.5 with either +35 or +20

Any help is appreciated
Not going to happen unless you want to run some crazy camber or want your wheels to poke out an excessive amount.

I have 18x9.5 +38 with 265/35 and they already poke out a few mms. 18x9.5 +40 to +45 would probably be perfect and only need a roll.
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Old 03-20-2017, 06:55 PM   #4437
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Not going to happen unless you want to run some crazy camber or want your wheels to poke out an excessive amount.

I have 18x9.5 +38 with 265/35 and they already poke out a few mms. 18x9.5 +40 to +45 would probably be perfect and only need a roll.
Ok thanks for your help. I wouldnt want more than a few degress of camber. Not looking for crazy flushness just something more aggressive looking than stock.
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Old 03-20-2017, 07:05 PM   #4438
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Do you have a question? None of the options you give are good fits.

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My question was if any of those options would fit with those tire sizes lol
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Old 03-23-2017, 05:06 PM   #4439
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Old 03-24-2017, 12:51 PM   #4440
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Old 03-30-2017, 09:05 PM   #4441
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Just went with 18x8.5" +45 rota grids in gold for my black WRX hatchback. So excited.
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Old 04-02-2017, 11:13 PM   #4442
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Recently, I installed tein coilovers and white line adjustable LCAs on my 13 wrx. I'm on the stock wheel with a 245/40/17. Alignment from local shop was good. Yesterday, I tried to lower the car a little and I am having clearance issues on the inside, the tire rubs the coilover. Lifted it back up to previous height. Did I adjust the camber in doing so? Can I not go lower because of the wider tire on the stock wheel/offset?

I have a set of WedsSports sa-15R 18x9.5 +48 waiting to go on 265/35/18 Michelin as/3s. Will I have rubbing issues when installing these? I plan on getting another alignment the day I put them on, but need to be able to get to the shop without rubbing my way there.

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I assume this is on a sedan? Is the tire hitting the coilover body, or the lower adjustable spring perch?

If hitting the perch, you may need a different wheel offset, narrower perch, or shorter spring with a helper.

If hitting the coilover body, your camber likely changed and you need to change it back.

As wide as you are planning on going, you may need a shorter spring with a helper.
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Old 04-03-2017, 01:38 PM   #4444
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I assume this is on a sedan? Is the tire hitting the coilover body, or the lower adjustable spring perch?

If hitting the perch, you may need a different wheel offset, narrower perch, or shorter spring with a helper.

If hitting the coilover body, your camber likely changed and you need to change it back.

As wide as you are planning on going, you may need a shorter spring with a helper.
Yes, I'm in a sedan, sorry.
It was literally rubbing on the spring. It was fine before I tried to lower it a bit more. I think once I get my weds on, suspension set a right height, and alignment, I'll be fine. Just curious if it is because of the wider tire on the stock wheel/offset.

I'm getting the tires put on my weds tomorrow and hopefully an alignment Wednesday morning. Will let y'all know how it goes.
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Old 04-03-2017, 06:20 PM   #4445
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The 2011-2014 Subaru WRX has great big bulged out fenders, just like the STI has had since 2008. We've been getting a lot of questions about wheel and tire fitment on these cars, and I've seen a lot here on NASIOC, so I thought I'd address it.

The bigger bodywork allows for the fitment of wider wheels and tires. Wider tires look cool, and more importantly, they can help generate a lot more lateral grip. HOWEVER, a lot of the questions I get are asking about fitments that are either too low of an offset, too wide of a tire, or some combination of the two. Oh, and there's the bolt pattern problem, too.

First off, some basics: The WRX has a bolt pattern of 5x100 and a hub bore of 56.1mm. The stock wheel is a 17x8" +53 offset with a 235/45R17 tire. That tire size means the stock tire has a diameter of 25.3".

That 5x100 bolt pattern means factory STI wheels WILL NOT fit, since the STI uses a 5x114 bolt pattern.

Now, if you want to fit larger/wider wheels and tires, you'll want to try to keep the wheel offset as close as possible to stock. I'd generally try for an offset near the stock +53. +48 is very common. Depending on how wide the wheels and tires are, though, the offset will have to go lower, or the tire may bump into the strut in the front.

From experience, a 9.5" wide wheel will work at around +40 (give or take a couple of mm). The lower offset allows decent tire clearance on the inside. Steering feel is slightly worse from the lower offset, but it's not terrible. A 265/35R18 tire happens to be within 0.1% of the stock size, and that fits pretty well. (You may have to do minor fender rolling at the back if the car is lowered. It depends on the tire...not all 265/35R18 are created equal.)

Here's an example of this fitment:


18x9.5 +38 Rota Option, 265/35R18 Michelin Pilot A/S

The car above is lowered on Epic Engineering springs. We rolled the rear fenders.




18x9.5 +40 Rota D-Force, 265/35R18 Kumho V700

That's our shop car above. Rear fenders rolled, lowered on Cusco coilovers.

If you still want more meat under the car, you can run a 275 width. We've done several cars with 275/35R18. That's a tight squeeze if the car is lowered. Rolling is definitely required in back.




18x9.5 +40 Rota D-Force, 275/35R18 Dunlop Direzza Z-1 Star Spec

The gray car has Swift lowering springs.


Our shop car with Rays G-Games 99B 19x9.5 +40, Cooper 2XS 275/30R19.

We have not yet tried 285/35R18, for a couple of reasons. One is that the tire is 2.1% larger than the stock 2011-2014 WRX tire, slightly over our 2% rule of thumb in terms of variance from stock. The other reason is that since the diameter grows along with the width, the clearance problem will get worse. I think that tire would rub at all four corners with any amount of lowering or suspension compression.

I realize I've used some STI cars as examples above, but the WRX bodywork is identical, so for our purposes these are still useful comparisons.

If you want absolutely NO fitment problems, go with a smaller tire, like a 255/35R18. Given an offset between about +40 to +48, there should be no rubbing, even when mildly lowered. Stock STI tires, which are 245/40R18, are also an easy fit.

I mentioned rolling the rear fenders. Customers often ask me about rolling the fronts. They usually do not need to be rolled, but even if you wanted to there's almost no lip up there to roll, and what lip is there incorporates clips that secure the fender liner to the fender. Get rid of those clips and your fender liner is going to have to go. We suggest retaining your fender liners. They keep road debris and moisture out of your car's inner bodywork.

Note that the bigger tires may rub bit of the rear bumper cover. We trimmed that back on some of the cars with 275/35R18 tires.

I see some people with the widebody cars running lower offsets, sometimes much lower, like +30 or +25. I DO NOT recommend doing this. Sure, it looks kind of cool (if that's your thing), but generally you are going to have to go with a SMALLER tire size to alleviate fender contact problems. What's the point of having big wide wheels if your contact patch is the same as stock? Secondly, as the offset gets lower your wheel centerline is getting farther and farther away from the axis of your steering. The steering feel gets messed up -- to me it feels vague and it tends to want to steer left and right on acceleration or braking, due to the wheel trying to pivot around the steering axis. This effect gets worse with lowering.

So, that's my experiences with stuffing big wheels and tires onto the 2011+ WRX. I hope this provides some help when you are shopping for wheels and tires.

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Yes, I'm in a sedan, sorry.
It was literally rubbing on the spring. It was fine before I tried to lower it a bit more. I think once I get my weds on, suspension set a right height, and alignment, I'll be fine. Just curious if it is because of the wider tire on the stock wheel/offset.

I'm getting the tires put on my weds tomorrow and hopefully an alignment Wednesday morning. Will let y'all know how it goes.

Update: these weds sport sa15r +48 do NOT clear the Tein Flex Z coilovers. It rubs the collar under the front springs. Unfortunately, I am going to have to use a 10mm spacer and longer studs. I'm just hoping that they do not stick out past the fender.
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Update: these weds sport sa15r +48 do NOT clear the Tein Flex Z coilovers. It rubs the collar under the front springs. Unfortunately, I am going to have to use a 10mm spacer and longer studs. I'm just hoping that they do not stick out past the fender.
That basically puts you at 18x9.5 +38. At stock height, the wheels poke out just a little bit on the front, but looks very flush at the rear. Since you are lowered, it will probably be flush with the fender.
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What tire pressure do you guys run with the bigger setups? For daily usage, I've read people run the stock 33/32 PSI up to 40/38 PSI.

I have 18x9.5 +38 with 265/35 MPSS and do 35/34 PSI. Any higher and bumps feel very harsh, while the stock 33/32 PSI doesn't give as good of a feedback.
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Sorry. It's a problem with the hosting service, Photobucket. It would be huge work for me to migrate all the photos to a new hosting place, AND then to update all the URLs. Photobucket says they are working to fix the issue.

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Old 04-07-2017, 07:47 PM   #4450
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Hi,

I have a 2011 WRX hatchback, I am currently running the stock wheels and stock suspension with an STi brembo kit the previous owner put on the vehicle.

I am looking at buying some new wheels soon, a set of Enkei T6S, 18x9.5 +45mm offset. I have been trying to figure out if these will clear my brembos, and I'm not having much luck. I don't want to buy these and then find out they don't clear, so if anyone has any experience with this I'd love to hear it, thanks!

Also, will I need to roll my fenders at all? The tires i'm putting on are Hankook Ventus V12 Pros, 235/40/R18
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