rallysquirrel Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 FYI 07' SpecB with SSR GT2's 18 x8.5" +48 offset rubs with Falken 452. Time to roll my fenders on a car with less than 500 miles on it. Rubbing: Really bad with 4 people in car. Hit a bump and can't even make a turn without rubbing. Not so bad with 2 people in car. Have to be going fairly fast around turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyd2005 Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 What size tire? 245/40/18? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted September 5, 2006 Author Share Posted September 5, 2006 Sorry, yes 245/40R18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 you just need some fender rolling, it cant be THAT bad, I think you are just barely rubbing, do you have a picture of where you are rubbing on the tire?? Nevertheless, the tire is somewhat tall, even for a Spec B. Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted September 5, 2006 Author Share Posted September 5, 2006 25.7" OD on RE050A 25.7" OD on Falken 452 overall increase of 0% OD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 25.7" OD on RE050A 26.4" OD on Falken 452 overall increase of 2.7% OD. Thanks for reminding me. I had done that research, but forgot about it when I went to buy, cause what stuck in my head was it being .4% off using tire size calc. Did you reset the NAV when you put the larger tires on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 nope. I probably will during lunch now that you told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 I didn't have to do anything. The actual OD is the same as per bridgestonetire.com for RE050A and fk452.com for Falken tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Update No rubbing after I rolled fenders. Yeayyy. After I put on whiteline RSB last Friday, I went for a sprited drive in the boonies at 10pm. I was in the middle of a long sweeping turn and THUMP, I guess I hit a pothole (I couldn't see what it was) and bent my front passenger FORGED rim. It's pretty wobbly. That'll teach me. I'm glad I originally ordered 5 rims as they're now discontinued and if I can get 1 it's $450. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreoSTi Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I was in the middle of a long sweeping turn and THUMP, I guess I hit a pothole (I couldn't see what it was) and bent my front passenger FORGED rim. I've seen my share of bent forged wheels. Hit something hard enough... Also, aren't the SSRs semi-solid forged, which isn't as strong as a forged wheel from Volk/BBS? Keefe can probably chime in here. -Mike- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 strong or not, show me a forged rim that can hit a curb straight on at enough speed and still have the ability to hold air and still be striaght, any rim will break. strength also comes in many forms and factors (from spoke design to aluminum grade and quality)... SSRs have been fine for me throughout all sorts of driving, the problem that most rims get is the fact that people dont check their tire pressures or use incorrect tire sizing that doesnt support the load capacity of the car. As technology moves on to reduce mass, forging and semi-solid forging was the way to go.. even today's casting technologies have improved, so it's really making a move. Some of the newer casted rims are still stronger than forged rims at the sacrificed mass. Remember, F=MA and if have enough mass, there's more total force involved, so the next weakest link in the whole scheme of things is the tire blowing out or getting sidewall bubbles. Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 I'm getting no sidewall bubbles at all which is good, but at the price of a bent semi-forged rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I saw (on this board), many reports of cast wheels crack, including stock LGT wheels. I understand forged wheels can be bent, but they should be less if at all suseptible to cracking, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallysquirrel Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Forged should be have less give at the expense of greater crakcing suseptibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Oh, my. I noob, hence the q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legasee Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 nice wheels...245/40's are pretty tall wheels...you musta hit the pothole pretty hard. In Taiwan now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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