Can't answer your other Q's, but I am running a 17 x 7" wheel with a +48 offset, and they fit just fine. Offset for the stock MS3 wheels is +52 or thereabouts.
Minimum reccomended rim size for 235/40/18 is 8". Stock ms3 rims are 7". You can get them on, but they won't work very well. Sidewalls will be pinched and tread will bow out reducing traction.
so the biggest tire we can get on our stock is 225/45/18..?
thats weak
Rotus8 said:
Minimum reccomended rim size for 235/40/18 is 8". Stock ms3 rims are 7". You can get them on, but they won't work very well. Sidewalls will be pinched and tread will bow out reducing traction.
I know this doesn't answer your question, but there is at least one thread on this forum (I cannot locate it now) which discusses at length the maximum width tires which can fit on the stock wheels. It's not much more than 225 or 235 because the wheels themselves are not very wide. To get more width, we need to go to a wider wheel and different offset ... but then we start to get close to the struts or the wheel well. There just is not much room to play with.
I will likely stay with the stock width (for stock autocross class - DS), but get lighter wheels and better rubber.
I will get new wheels aswell but i want to have a wider contact patch... i will wrap them with hoosier A6, they will be sticky as hell, i'm not sure they are produced in 215 tough... thats why i asked for info on 225/40
I will get new wheels aswell but i want to have a wider contact patch... i will wrap them with hoosier A6, they will be sticky as hell, i'm not sure they are produced in 215 tough... thats why i asked for info on 225/40
