Hey guys, have a quick question about possible fitment issues. I would like to put Pro-Kits with KYB AGX's (1.4 in drop) on my Sunfire, nothing crazy. The only thing I am worried about it the tire rubbing. The tire size I have is 215-60-15 and it is relatively wide compared to stock.
I know it will fit fine in the rear (that's what she said?) but I'm not too sure on the front. I have seen hardly anyone with this size tire on here
and I'm just not sure how it will fit, so I figured it would be better to ask.
Here is a shot of the front drivers side wheel. Sorry for the small crappy dirty picture, I don't wanna post photos of my whole car car until it is done
The roads around here aren't too bad and I know how be careful driving a lowered car.
But it is my daily driver, and if it ends up creating a lot of issues I might just say screw it.
If the answer to this is painfully obvious I apologize in advance, suspension is not my thing.
Thanks!
PS: It rides just fine with this tire size now
rkm1989 wrote:If the answer to this is painfully obvious I apologize in advance, suspension is not my thing.
ding ding.
searching and you'd prob find your answer.
i had 225/40/18 on a pro-kit suspension. no problems. ever auto-x w/ it. tryin to remember what my stock ls chrome rims had on them.
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s1lver_N1p wrote:rkm1989 wrote:If the answer to this is painfully obvious I apologize in advance, suspension is not my thing.
ding ding.
searching and you'd prob find your answer.
i had 225/40/18 on a pro-kit suspension. no problems. ever auto-x w/ it. tryin to remember what my stock ls chrome rims had on them.
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Yea, I did search, thanks for that...
But if you read my post, I said not a lot of people had that size tire from what I've seen and I hardly found anything (WITH THE SEARCH BUTTON).
God, I'm usually the one telling people to use it...
But thank you for answering the question none the less.
The 225/40/18 is probably the most common choice for 18" tires on the J, and works with a minimum of fuss. I get minor rubbing on the front-left inside during a full-lock turn. Your 215's would be a touch narrower, and should have a very close overall diameter for comparison.
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Geeky wrote:The 225/40/18 is probably the most common choice for 18" tires on the J, and works with a minimum of fuss. I get minor rubbing on the front-left inside during a full-lock turn. Your 215's would be a touch narrower, and should have a very close overall diameter for comparison.
Thank you, that is good to know. I see you're on Sportlines too so that makes me pretty confident it will fit.
I ran 225/40/18 on an 8" wide wheel with 42mm offset on the prokit and AGX combo and had no problems. I wore away a fine layer of under coating on the inside during sharp turns and thats all... your good to go bro.
I had 225 50R 15s on the front for drag racing.
rubbing wasn't that bad.. I never noticed until I saw the paint on the inside of the fender wells missing.
and I was dropped about 2.5" in front, so I think you'll be fine.
Thanks guys, I'm pretty sold on it now. After Christmas I'll be buying this setup.
225/40/18s over here on a 8" wide rim. no rubbing at all on my pro-kit drop!
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02 redbadged (now premium) wrote:225/40/18s over here on a 8" wide rim. no rubbing at all on my pro-kit drop!
Cool. What struts are you running?
MadJack wrote:rkm1989 wrote:... I would like to put Pro-Kits with KYB AGX's (1.4 in drop) on my Sunfire, nothing crazy.
Ok...that's what I said I'm going to use?
I was asking what 02rebadged was running because I didn't see any struts listed in his profile.
^stock struts for 40k+ miles!
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02 redbadged (now premium) wrote:^stock struts for 40k+ miles!
Nice. You are a braver man than I sir.
