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How Wide Of A Tire On A 18x9 Wheel?

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Venom351R

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How wide can you go before it will bulge or not properly fit?
 

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285 would be my guess
 

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I agree, maybe even a 275. It really depends on the brand of tire, as they are a little different from brand to brand.
 

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i have a 285 on my 18x9, it fits fine, there is a little tire roll when cornering HARD but other than that its fine. i could have fit a 300 or 310 on there with a lot of bulge
 

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I know nitto 315 drag radials go on 9 inch wheels just fine. Have a couple buddies who have ran them for years with good looks and performance.
 

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Hmm interesting about the nittos. I knew they ran narrow but not so much as putting a 315 on a 9" wheel. Just planning ahead for what tires I want to put on. I'm getting a set of 18's even if they don't get put on the car this year. I might wait until It gets new paint before I actually put the new wheels on when I do get them
 

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Just for reference, I had Sumitomo 315's on a 10.5" wheel on my '95, and they had a slight bulge. I'd be interested to see how much of a bulge those nittos have on a 9" wheel.
 

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I run 315 Nitto's on my 10.5" rims now and they sit pretty flush with the rim on the wheel so I know they could be on a more narrow tire. Not even sure I would put nitto's on the new wheel just trying to figure out how wide I can go for the most part. Was thinking of going with some BF Goodrich DR's for something different.
 

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Depends on the brand to be honest. I have 17x9's in front and I was running a 275 from Sumitoto and it sat flush and put a set of Michelin Pilots that are 285 and it bulges too much for me.
 

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wish they had universal sizing for tires. They are worse then jeans.
 
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a little buldge looks good, i have 315s on a 10 inch rim look awsome, but they probably would be as wide as a 295 on the same rim because it sucks the tire in
 

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Here is my buddies car with 315 nittos on a 9 inch wheel. It looks great.

[img}https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/196357_883781103645_6798236_n.jpg[/img]
 

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Another

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267318_10100209843004955_3318932_n.jpg
 

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thats not bad at all, might stick with the 315's then when I switch wheels
 

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Both of those pictures appear to be with 17" rims. It's going to be different with an 18" diameter rim.

Kurt
 

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yeah good point, are you sure those are pics with 18's?
 

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Looks good. I might have to rethink the 315's on my 17x10's when I wear out the 275's they installed on the rims when I bought them.
 

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315's will deff fit on a 17X10 rim. I run the Nitto 315's on my Cobra R wheels they are 17X1o.5 in the rear.
 
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