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Yeah! Those are some fat meats! 285/40x18...

 

What brand tires are those? They look nice!

 

nice

is that your real license plate?
if it is, I know a guy here that has the same one

 

Those look sweet! Mean!!

 

Nope, not the real plate. I just did that in the picture.


The tires are Pirelli P-Zero Nero's. I'm using 2 stock tires up front on Konig Imagine 17x7 wheels, and these two 285/40's on 18x8.5's out back.

 

How do the 285s work on an 8.5 inch wheel? Do they bulge much? I was concerned about putting even 275s on an 8.5 inch wheel and went with 255 for my first set of rubber but would like to go bigger.

 

WOW, those rear meats make the rear look really good.

 

I think the 285's look real good on the 8.5 - I'll get a decent shot of the rim/lip for you after I get home from work.

 

Beautiful car!

 

AWESOME

 

Kickhiney!

Can you post some pics from the sides and three-quarters view as well?

 

Now that's some tofu! Thanks!

 

17x7 in the front?? Thats down an inch from stock, doesn't that look odd?

 

uhm please take the support our troops magnet off your car before it ruins the paint....i understand you want to show your support for our guys, i support them as much as anyone, but im pretty sure every car guy over there would cringe if they saw that. Put it on the mini-van or daily driver...

 

Its not that bad move it around every few days or so and take it off when you wash it and the car will be fine. I've had mine on for a while and no problems.

 

I can't believe you would even say that.

 

I have to say either this post is BS or the guy is insane for risking his life by putting 285/40/18's on a 8.5" wide rim.

The correct width of a 18" rim with 285/40's should be no less then 9.5" and no more then 11", with an ideal fit at 10". (btw, that is from pirelli)

If you really bought and installed the wrong tire size for your rims be very carefull it can be potentialy very dangerous and under hard turning the tire can easily come off the rim


Please be careful and always read the tire manuf. recommended rim width before buying tires.

 

Wow, there's alot of haters on here...

Anyway, I'll try to get some side shots tomorrow.

 

Where'd you get that info?
I'd like to know what they recomend for the 255's.

Madhouse
What's the offset on the rear's?

 

Where'd you get that info?
I'd like to know what they recomend for the 255's.

Madhouse
What's the offset on the rear's?
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I use tirerack.com's recommendations on tire/rim widths. For 255/45/18s, they recommend 8-9.5. For 255/55/18s, they recommend 7-9.