i think i bought to wide of tires? did i? thanx for help

I have 255-45 17 on my 88GT.
The rim is 8 inchs wide in the rear with the stock offset of 35mm and 7inchs in the front with a 38mm offset.
The year of car, wheel off sets and width has alot to do with how it fits.

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Rickady88GT QuadCam 3.5 V6

you might be in trouble i have 225/45/117 on mine and it as big as i could go on a 7 inch rim accordig to the AVON site, i have avon ZZ1's and falken ze512's, if you take it to a tire shop to slid it on the rim they will tell you if it doesn't fit.

Good luck

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Calgary - August 1, 2004 Fiero Fiesta
@ SouthCenter Mall

i have 235/45r17's on the rear of my car, 17x7 rims also. Do it. You have them. They are Avon ZZ1

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I'm running 235-40-17 on 7" rims. Looks good and grips great! You're okay.

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-Chris

86 GT
***95 Camaro 3.4 swap, Ported and polished heads and intakes, CRX CAI, Custom Cam, steel vacuum lines, steel braided EGR tube, new Wire Harness, New Exhaust, No Cat, Flowmaster, polished poly dog bone. Isuzu 5 speed, Short through shifter
***Intrax 2" drop springs, Full Polly Suspension, Sencetrack Struts and Shocks, Grand AM brake upgrade, steel braided brake lines, 17" Gun Metal Wheels, Khumo Tires
***Racing Seats, SunPro tach w/ shift light, White face guages, carbon fiber Steering wheel, Carbon Fiber dash accents and custom sphere shift knob,

By way of example: Kumho MX specs call for a minimum 7.5" rim for their 235-45-17 while their 225-45-17 is spec'd for a 7" rim. However, I doubt that you couldn't fit the tires on your rims... might bulge just a little on the sidewalls though.

Check out the specs at:
http://www.kumhousa.com/Products/PtnDetails.asp?mainCatID=1&PtnID=KU-15

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FierOmar

Hi netpro5,

I can only recomend you to use them, with wider tires the Fiero handles a lot better and it looks a lot better too, I have 17 X 7.5 all arround with 35 positive offset with 235/45/17 front and 255/45/17 rear, doesnt rub anywhere and looks awsome.

BTW my suspension its totally stock (85GT).

Have Fun ...
Ales

hey thanks Ales
you pretty much answered a question I had started another thread for.
If you have any pix maybe you can post them or do a PM? or email them to me off site; whatever........
I would like to see how they look!
thx
gp

Hi fiero308,

I dont have a new picture of my car right now with this setup, I only have 1 picture of my car with the older tires 235/40/17 all around, if you like to see this one, I can post it for you, but let me try to borrow a digicam to take a picture of my car with the newer setup 235/45/17 front & 255/45/17 rear.

Have fun ...
Ales

If you go to a website like the TireRack they will tell you under Specs what size rims a tire should be used with, as well as what rim the tire was on when the spec dimensions were taken.

quote Originally posted by donk316: i have 235/45r17's on the rear of my car, 17x7 rims also. Do it. You have them. They are Avon ZZ1

I'll listen to the site, every tire manufacturer is likely different but with mine i couldn't do it
http://www.avontyres.com/us/en/ProductDetails.asp?ProdType=INTERNATIONALUHP&id=144
Also 225/45/17 does not change the speedos output.

[This message has been edited by Comealongway (edited 03-25-2004).]

I'm running 235/45-17s on 7" wide rims. No problems whatsoever. Kumho supra 712s.

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Raydar
88 3.4 coupe...........

Coming soon...
88 Formula, presently under the knife.

245/45/17's on a 7" rim, no problems here.

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3.4 DOHC Turbo swap in progress

[This message has been edited by Kameo Kid (edited 03-25-2004).]