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Can I mount 245/45/17's on 17x9's?

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97mustang82

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Just what it says up there. I have 245/45/17 tires and am looking at these 17x9's. Right now the 245's are mounted on some stock 17x8's. Will they work?
 

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Yes they will work. That's what i have, but only because i bought the tires just before i got the wheels. Some tires fit better than others. My tires stick outside of the wheel which is good. But there are some where the wheel sticks a little outside of the tire, and can get damaged easily. It will work for now, but when you get new tires, get wider ones.
 
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96BlueStangGT said:
Yes they will work. That's what i have, but only because i bought the tires just before i got the wheels. Some tires fit better than others. My tires stick outside of the wheel which is good. But there are some where the wheel sticks a little outside of the tire, and can get damaged easily. It will work for now, but when you get new tires, get wider ones.
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Thanks, you've been helpfull today. First the chop and now this.

BTW, there are these 40mm offset 17x8's. They're regularly aftermarket rims for 05-06's. I'm trying to rack my head to see if these rims will work for my 97GT withou problems.

What I did was convert the 40mm to inches and subtracted that from the entire wheel width to get the back spacing size. Is that correct?


17x9 40mm offset rims
40mm = 1.5748 inches
9 inches - 1.5748 = 7.4252 (backspacing)

Is this right? And would I have any issues? The rims I have are the stock split 5 spoke 17x8's.

DISREGUARD. I GET IT NOW \/
 
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/\ NEVER MIND. Offset is from the hub to the centerline of the wheel. I kinna get it now. It all makes sence
 

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I am runing 245/45s wanted wider but i'll get wider for the back here soon..But for now they work..
 
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