zhuonanli 14 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Looking to swap out my tires to the PS4s. As rear tires are wearing out. However when I bought my car, the wheels were staggered, 18X8 front and 18X9 rear. running 225/40/18 and 255/35/18. I do feel my car tends to understeer and 255 feels very wide for my car's power, (Tuned NA) My options are 1Change tire size on the rears. I know people run 235/40s on 9.5 wheels. but what will 225/40 looks like on 9 inch wheels? 2.Swapping all wheels to a squared set up (but short of fund at the moment and can not be bothered to sell the current wheels) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tareim 343 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 225 is a little narrow for a 9 and will definitely be stretched 1 zhuonanli reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas 244 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 @zhuonanli I think that the best thing to do is having 225 on all four corners to keep it alive, especially with stock power, but you have to know what you use it for, if you track a lot, you might want a bit more grip? 225 on 9j won't be that bad. https://tyrestretch.com/9.0-225-40-R18/9.0-225-40-R18-Zeetex-3/ 1 zhuonanli reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zhuonanli 14 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, Lucas@PartBox said: @zhuonanli I think that the best thing to do is having 225 on all four corners to keep it alive, especially with stock power, but you have to know what you use it for, if you track a lot, you might want a bit more grip? 225 on 9j won't be that bad. https://tyrestretch.com/9.0-225-40-R18/9.0-225-40-R18-Zeetex-3/ Thats what im intending to do, but some picstures people provided look soooooooo stretched though, for example this https://tyrestretch.com/9.0-225-40-R18/9.0-225-40-R18-Falken-452-2/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas 244 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 1 minute ago, zhuonanli said: Thats what im intending to do, but some picstures people provided look soooooooo stretched though, for example this https://tyrestretch.com/9.0-225-40-R18/9.0-225-40-R18-Falken-452-2/ That's alright, it's just a matter of you liking the way it looks to be fair.. If it wasn't for the suspension I went for, i'd be on 9,5s with 225s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Church 209 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Long time ago when tire choice and performance was rather limited, tire stretching was cheap-man-hack to stiffen tire sidewalls/eliminate cheap street tire sidewall flex for performance use. These days when one can choose tire of his liking with needed grip/handling without resorting to such hacks, here are no more practical reasons to do so. I guess people still doing something like hella-stretch do so for reason as it may look cool in eyes of some limited niche community .. but just as with hella-camber crowd personally i would never care of opinion of that niche weirdos that may consider as cool and follow their taste to make car worse and less safe. Eg. it's not that hard for overstretched tire to dislodge from the rim in addition to MOT failure depending on local regulations and possible problems with insurance. There might be also more edge wear. I guess nothing wrong with slight stretch, but 225 on 9" (with 235 minimum, ideal 245-255 and maximum 265) seems going overboard with cons outweighting pros. Hella-stretch won't make one famous drifter of 30 years ago. So won't hella-camber. Imho it's not "cool", it's "stupid". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTR 509 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Just check the tyre size to rim width manufacturer recommendations. I ran a 235/40/18 PS4 on a 9.5" wheel on track and road, it was fine. Little bit more stretch than I would've liked, but I thought it looked cool after a while tbh. 1 Lucas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinA 695 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 18 x 9 et35 with 235/40/18 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ade 517 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 235/40/18 et35 on 18x9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ade 517 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Better pic Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTR 509 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 44 minutes ago, Ade said: 235/40/18 et35 on 18x9 Shed 2 Varelco and Ade reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob275 1817 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Having ran both 225/40 and 235/40 on my car albeit with 17" wheels, I preferred 225/40 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Church 209 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 rob275: but on which wheel width? As for tire sizing choice, i guess - for a bit more playfulness & a bit better acceleration? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ade 517 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Upload fail before. Here's a better picture: Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinA 695 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Ade said: 235/40/18 et35 on 18x9 What wheels are they Ade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ade 517 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Ade said: 235/40/18 et35 on 18x9 What wheels are they Ade. 720Form GTF2 Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob275 1817 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Church said: rob275: but on which wheel width? As for tire sizing choice, i guess - for a bit more playfulness & a bit better acceleration? 9" Wheels, I wouldn't have joined the conversation otherwise Yes you are correct, 235 was a little too docile for me and I was far quicker using 225's. That said, they were both entirely different tyres to take that with a pinch of salt. I felt they worked betterand overall it was noticable. It's very much a preference thing though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zhuonanli 14 Report post Posted August 22, 2017 Update for this post;) well i bought Ben's CE28s so the question is gone haha. 17/8 wheels i think 225/45r17 is great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Church 209 Report post Posted August 23, 2017 And as side gain right size wheels will also be lighter. ESPECIALLY in form of very light forged ones like CE28 1 zhuonanli reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites