Tire width

[rollbonez]

What's the widest tire size (contact patch) you can put on a 99-03 GAGT, regardless of sidewall size and/or rim size?

So far, I have seen 235/XX-XX.

Has anyone ever tried 245mm wide tires?

Is that even possible without damaging anything?


tom

[sunrunner_pei]

You may be able to fit 245's, but probably not with the stock rims. You'll need to change to a different offset to move the tires away from the struts, as even with a 225, they're close to rubbing. But then you may end up rubbing on the inner fenders in turns. :shrug:

[MJE95GAGT]

theres someone over on GMP with 245s and also claims there is enough room to fit 255s in there too

[sunrunner_pei]

Originally posted by MJE95GAGT
theres someone over on GMP with 245s and also claims there is enough room to fit 255s in there too

With what offset of a rim, do you know?

[MJE95GAGT]

I cant remember, I'll try and find it

[rollbonez]

Originally posted by sunrunner_pei
With what offset of a rim, do you know?


Shawn,

The offset of the rims I am looking to buy are +38 and are 18s.

Here's an interesting question:

Does it make a difference if the wheel is listed as 18x7 as opposed to 18x8?

I would think an 18x8 wheel would need a wider tire to cover it so that the wheel rim doesn't scrape anything.

Is my logic flawed?


tom

[sunrunner_pei]

The width of the rim will have an impact on rubbing, for sure. To some extent, using a wider rim will give you a wider contact patch with the same size tire. Only to some extent though.. go with too wide of a rim for the tire width, and you will just end op haging the rims wider than the contact patch.

Conversly, using a rim that's too narrow will bulge the sidewalls (common with off-roaders), but give you a narrower contact patch.

Stock rims are 16x6.5" on the GT with a 225... I wouldn't go any wider than a 7" rim.