225 40 18 tires will be mounted on them.
Thanks, but for me i am not into custting and grinding. I just want the wheels to fit right. JTViggen has OZ,s 18x8 38mm 225 40 18 and he has no rubbing with 4 people in the car. he has the stock 1999 viggen springs which seems lowers than the 2002 viggen almost as low as the koni springs.My 9000 with the inca's (18x7.5) rub something aweful on my aero with a 235/40. My spacers push them out about another inch so its like running a 18x8.5 wheel. It clears everything fine except the wheel arches on the inside. Instead of rolling the entire fender out I just took a air grinder and cut out all of the excess material from the wheel arch. The rears were the worst but the fronts are rubbing slightly.
Have you drove with that wheel/tire combo yet? Im guessing your going to need some cutting or you are going to shave your rubber over bumps and around corners! I drove my car like it was a boat for a few days so I didn't hurt my tires.![]()
so let me rephrase the question. any one put 18x8.5 on a 9-3 viggen with koni springs?
I don't know but when cutting things as closely as this is i would think that half inch makes a huge difference. i may be wrong but i would only spend the money if there is plenty (at least an extra inch to inch and a half) of clearence on the 18x8s..i'll get pictures of 225/40R18 on ronal r38 18x8 on the viggen with koni setup no rub
what wheels are getting? so i can copy you haha. kidding kiddingI'm putting 18x8.5 on my viggen, their is a guy with 17x8.5 and had no issues and his car was lowered.
I have yet to buy the tires just waiting on the right time and what size to get. If their is going to be rubbing then i plan on rolling the fenders just a little bit. The process is not that hard and really not that involved just a precaution. With 9k vs the 9-3 i don't think you can really justify saying its not going to work causeit did not work on the 9k.
I plan on putting Nicks coilovers on the vig so i can adjust the front to suite my needs. It will mostly be a track car with everyday driveability. I live in the City but as it is i really don't use my car at all during the week.
To say don't do... Have a open mind rolling the fenders a little bit is not hard at all. I wanted a wider wheel so thats what i went for.
Keep me updated on what you choose for a tire width. The rims i have are a offset of 35 and viggen wheels are ET of 42 my adapters are going to be 19 that will bring my ET back to 42. Might make it 20mm to gain a extra mm but not sure as of yet.
Keep me updated on what you choose for a tire width. The rims i have are a offset of 35 and viggen wheels are ET of 42 my adapters are going to be 19 that will bring my ET back to 42. Might make it 20mm to gain a extra mm but not sure as of yet.[/QUOTE said:adapters will decrease the offset. so the wheels will stick out more. so if you have 35mm. with 19mm adapters your offset will be 16 . lower offset sticks out and higher offset goes in.
Correct the outer lip of the wheels will stick out by 19mm and the inner lip will go further in by 7mm toward the strut housing. so adding an 19mm adapterwill make your wheel stick out 38mm compared to the viggen and your inner lip will clear an additional 12mm. the wheels will set way out.http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp
Input 7.5 et 42 for vig wheels and 8.5 36et for new wheels
Might have to run the wheels on the lathe to get my offset of different