I am looking to buy a set of VMR csl reps. 19x8.5 ET35 Fronts and 19x9.5 ET 40-45 rears. Do any of you know if I will rub and if I will need to get my fenders rolled?
I am looking to buy a set of VMR csl reps. 19x8.5 ET35 Fronts and 19x9.5 ET 40-45 rears. Do any of you know if I will rub and if I will need to get my fenders rolled?
- Any drop on the coupe or plans to?
- Give a concrete number, are the rears ET40 -or- ET45?
- What tire sizes do you plan on running? (aka, normal 265s or are you going to do a 'stretched' look?)
My novice take on it is that you will likely see more chances of rubbing on the inner-fender well than the outside lip, with those rears. Front's are fine.
As of right now I have stock sports suspension. I have no plans on dropping it anytime soon. I'm leaning towards the ET45 for the rears. With that set up i'll be running 225/35/19 front tires and 255/30/19 rears. At least thats the plan.
Here is my rear setup with 19x9.5 ET 35 - 265/35s.
Rubbadub rub...every small bump. When I was researching mine, I noted another gentlemans here who has the same setup but running an ET 45 and he was running into inner-well rubbing issues. ET 40 with a 255 tire might be spot on or require just a little bit of rolling to make all work nice.
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Thanks for the pic. It'll probably be safe to get them rolled either way. Doesn't cost to much. I'll see what happens once I get them installed. Is your car dropped at all?
You will not have to roll your fenders with that offset. But once again if you get beast tires like a 255/35 then yes it will rub.. I have a 20 offset with 225/35 on a ten inch rim. Depends on what style you go with. Stretched tire? Tucking rim? Or just closing the tire gap
In that picture, I have H&R Sport springs and Koni shocks installed.
I tried going back to my stock sport supsension on the rear to see if it'd help with clearance, but it didn't. I bought some 255's for the rear...still rubbed. Some more negative camber and I would've been good, just didn't feel like messing with it any more (and fender rolling wasn't something I cared to do...northern climate, snow/salts....corrosion).
The thing is, already with 19's the ride is gonna be rough. So I wanna have a little rubber to cushion as much of the blow as I can. If I need to roll my fenders in order to handle a 255/35 tire, then I think it'll be worth it.
Not too sure about that. I just swapped my 19x9.5 ET45 V701's with 265/30/19 from my coupe to my new 330 vert. Not sure why, but my vert is lower than my coupe (both have stock sport suspension) and I rub on my vert now whenever I hit a small bump or corner hard.. Now need to get the rears rolled on my vert or swap wheels back... :tsk:
Well I am sure OP will be more than happy to purchase whichever sponsor gives a better deal! :eeps:
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