Forgestar F14 in 17, new big tire option?

jbertino · 02-13-2015, 05:20 PM

17x9.5 et 60

jbertino · 02-13-2015, 09:47 PM

Going to try and get a 265 or 275/40 on there

jbertino · 02-13-2015, 09:49 PM

Here they are

Freon · 02-14-2015, 11:59 AM

Looks great, John! How is your clearance between the wheel/tire and strut on the front?

John_01 · 02-14-2015, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Freon

Looks great, John! How is your clearance between the wheel/tire and strut on the front?

There is a really big strut clearance, which may come in handy if I need to change to coil overs. From the rim to the OE style strut there is 9mm. My previous 17x8 ET45 wheel has 8mm gap. It indicates to me the front wheel offset may be closer to ET38 than ET40 that I asked for. When I first received the wheels I did a direct measurement of the wheel offset with calipers. I measured the front offset to be ET38 and the rear offset to be ET52. I figured the 2mm variation in the front offset isn't worth worrying about.

Nugget · 02-15-2015, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by John_01

Here are the pics now its been fitted up..

Front:
17x8.5" ET40
Toyo R888 235/40/17
-3.0 degree camber

Rear:
17x9" ET49 effective (ET52 wheel + 3mm spacer)
Toyo R888 245/40/17
-2.1 degree camber

Suspension mods: BMW performance suspension, M3 front wishbones and tension struts, E93 M3 front sway bar, ground control camber plates.

All fits nicely. There will be enough space for a 255/40/17 R-comp on the rear. 245/40/17 R-comp on the front will need a little more camber and a front fender roll.
It looks like there is No need to roll the rear fenders.

That looks great with the chunky tyres.
Wonder if the 17s will fit over stoptechs.

aloksatoor · 02-16-2015, 01:20 PM

Looks very good almost factory fit!

miggs · 02-16-2015, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jbertino

Going to try and get a 265 or 275/40 on there

Let us know what size you end up going with. Ive had my set sitting in the box for weeks!

Ginger_Extract · 02-18-2015, 05:21 PM

Any updates jbertino ?

jbertino · 02-18-2015, 06:39 PM

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Any updates jbertino ?

I'm still deciding what tire I want . I need something that I can hook with from a 40 roll with 600whp and I track days . So I'm choosing between re11 vs rs3 vs nto1 .

aloksatoor · 02-20-2015, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jbertino

I'm still deciding what tire I want . I need something that I can hook with from a 40 roll with 600whp and I track days . So I'm choosing between re11 vs rs3 vs nto1 .

Ra1 toyos maybe?

jbertino · 03-11-2015, 11:13 AM

235/40/17
265/40/17

Freon · 03-11-2015, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jbertino

I'm still deciding what tire I want . I need something that I can hook with from a 40 roll with 600whp and I track days . So I'm choosing between re11 vs rs3 vs nto1 .

Sounds like you actually need slicks.

miggs · 03-13-2015, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jbertino

235/40/17
265/40/17

Any rubbing? And how did you like the tire you went with?

jbertino · 03-16-2015, 05:55 AM

No rubbing and I got re 11s

Swimjim · 03-16-2015, 08:13 AM

please post front/rear pics...

miggs · 03-20-2015, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jbertino

No rubbing and I got re 11s

Do you think you'll be able to get away with a 275/40

andrey_gta · 03-20-2015, 09:13 AM

WOW @ 17's. I would love this beefy look.

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Originally Posted by jbertino

235/40/17
265/40/17

Wheel Offsets please

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aloksatoor · 03-20-2015, 12:39 PM

nice. The front looks great. The rears still got space for a 285

. Isn't the difference between f/r diameters a lot with those?

Ginger_Extract · 03-20-2015, 04:37 PM

jbertino , more pics from different angles, etc.

jbertino · 03-20-2015, 04:42 PM

It's snowing here is nj I'll try and get some tomorrow. And yea there is more room .

aloksatoor · 03-20-2015, 04:49 PM

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It's snowing here is nj I'll try and get some tomorrow. And yea there is more room .

nice to hear

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