Autox Tire Fun (245's fit like a champ)

[bluesunit]

Check this out:



Those are 245/35 Hoosier R6s on a 7.5" Breyton. No spacers, no rubbing. All within stock limits.

Meaty:




Totally room for *at least* two sheets of paper in there:

[Hairy]

What's the offset?

[bluesunit]

They are listed at +46mm . . . stock is +49, I believe.

Stock rules allow for a 6.3mm (1/4") offset difference from stock rims . . . which means you could technically put a 10mm space on there.

[Amalfitano]

So long as that meaty tire doesn't spill past the fender.

It all looks good, let us know if you run into any dynamic rubbing!

[lithium1330]

Originally Posted by bluesunit

Totally room for *at least* two sheets of paper in there:

What's the white trim/stringy looking stuff around the tire (next to strut)? Looks (to me) like tire has rubbed against strut. You may want to double check as safety precaution.

[nordique14]

Too small a rim for that wide a tire. Hoosier does not recommend 245/35/18 size on a 7.5" rim. They recommend a 8"-9.5".

http://www.hoosiertire.com/rrtire.htm

Also, unless you are running more than stock camber then those will rub either on the strut or on the wheel well when the suspension compresses.

[bluesunit]

Originally Posted by lithium1330

What's the white trim/stringy looking stuff around the tire (next to strut)? Looks (to me) like tire has rubbed against strut. You may want to double check as safety precaution.

It's not, that's just a reflection from the flash.

As for it being too wide of a tire, remember that autocrossers are mentally handicapped and will do stupid crap such as:

-Put a 285 series tire on a 6" rim
-Spend exorbitant amounts of money to make a street tire class car slower than it was in stock form.
-Stand around in the sun/rain/etc for 8 hours for the chance to drive around a parking lot for 3 minutes

I've got the pins removed for the extra camber. I've done a bit of driving on the slicks (no competition yet) and I don't detect rubbing. If it does rub it will be *rub* not *RU-OH-SHIT-THERE-GOES-MY-FENDERLINER*

Recall that someone was running a 275 on the stock rims at last years nationals. I wouldn't run it on the track or on the street, but for autocross, it should be fine.