Tire and wheel combo. Will it work?

[cperrine]

New to the forum, hello everyone...

My question is will this combo work on my 2008 Mazdaspeed3 GT

This wheel...

http://tinyurl.com/37rcpf

And this tire...

http://tinyurl.com/38usc8

Also can someone inform me what (blank) inches of offset is?

Thanks in advance!
CP

 

[ill_eagle94]

I went to the manufacturers web page for you and they do not offer an offset close enough to what you'll need. You need a 50 and the closest they offer is a 38.

Wheels would not look right on an MS3 IMO.

 

[cperrine]

Thanks

Thanks for the heads up anyone want to give me a list of recommendations that would work?

 

[SwampAss]

no, but these guys can:


www.tirerack.com

 

[Craighjr]

I hope this is only a winter tire package. Those tires are considerably less capabile than stock.

 

[crystalmeth3]

cperrine, i just started a thread in the wheels and tire section on how to fit a wheel that does not have the correct offset. if you really like those wheels then contact the web page you found them and ask if they can machine the wheels down to +50mm offset and see what they say. post in that wheel and tire thread and lets see if we can open up the range of wheels that fit on this rare offset.

i really dont like many of the wheels on tirerack, maybe you will. but i do use tirerack for tires cause they have customer evals and the tire you named finished 16 out of 19 in the high perf all season category with a 2.7 out of 10 on "would you buy again?" if you really want an all season tire, and only looking at tirerack, i see the kumho ecsta ast, size 225/40r18 ONLY $80, and much better reviews. slightly thinner sidewall should still give much better ride than stock if that is your concern.

 

[ill_eagle94]

cperrine, i just started a thread in the wheels and tire section on how to fit a wheel that does not have the correct offset. if you really like those wheels then contact the web page you found them and ask if they can machine the wheels down to +50mm offset and see what they say. post in that wheel and tire thread and lets see if we can open up the range of wheels that fit on this rare offset.

i really dont like many of the wheels on tirerack, maybe you will. but i do use tirerack for tires cause they have customer evals and the tire you named finished 16 out of 19 in the high perf all season category with a 2.7 out of 10 on "would you buy again?" if you really want an all season tire, and only looking at tirerack, i see the kumho ecsta ast, size 225/40r18 ONLY $80, and much better reviews. slightly thinner sidewall should still give much better ride than stock if that is your concern.

I messaged Subydude about machining a 48 offset wheel to a 50 and they would not even shave off 2mm of wheel. They claim it will compromise the integrity of the wheel too much.