Some New Rims and an IAC Block Off Plate

hppwdn · Post by **hppwdn** » May 17th, 2009, 8:49 pm

225s weren't gonna cut it at the track for the new power and I needed to up the overall diameter of my rim/tire to stretch my traps in 4th so I went for about the widest tire you can fit in an mx3 wheel well. Rims are Rota Subzero 17x7.5 (16 lbs) and Yokohama S.Drives in 245/45/17 (24 lbs). I think it needs to be lowered a little more and get the wheel gap down to close to zero, but that'll be next time I take the wheels off. The higher stance gives me some much needed ground clearance. Some how, these look a lot bigger than my old gunmetal 17s.

Now for the IAC Block Off plate. I had one made since my IAC hasn't been hooked up in forever. It fits perfect and really fixed up the idle from the unhooked IAC.

projectzemx3 · Post by **projectzemx3** » May 18th, 2009, 1:02 pm

wow those tires are huge....

Mnemonic · Post by **Mnemonic** » May 18th, 2009, 1:26 pm

beefy!!!

hppwdn · Post by **hppwdn** » May 18th, 2009, 2:08 pm

projectzemx3 wrote:wow those tires are huge....

Function over form. I'm amazed they fit in the wheel well. They stick out a tad, but not really any worse than my old set. I would be afraid if I saw a little econobox with tires like that in my rearview.

seboroth · Post by **seboroth** » May 18th, 2009, 5:30 pm

Are those the Yokohama S-Drive's? I've got a set on mine and love em.

RS_OBD'oh_2 · Post by **RS_OBD'oh_2** » May 18th, 2009, 5:46 pm

seboroth wrote:Are those the Yokohama S-Drive's? I've got a set on mine and love em.

hppwdn wrote:Rims are Rota Subzero 17x7.5 (16 lbs) and Yokohama S.Drives in 245/45/17 (24 lbs).

Sexy car btw

seboroth · Post by **seboroth** » May 19th, 2009, 12:38 am

sorry, didn't read the whole post, pictures to good looking. lol

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » May 19th, 2009, 4:24 pm

whats the offset on those wheels ?

hppwdn · Post by **hppwdn** » May 19th, 2009, 8:44 pm

+45 offset, 17x17.5.

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » May 19th, 2009, 11:24 pm

any rubbing issues yet ?

hppwdn · Post by **hppwdn** » May 20th, 2009, 7:08 am

Nope. It was a very precise project to make tires that big fit. You can't do it without a full coilover suspension, and even then you have to set it up properly so the perches sit above the widest part of the tire. It took a lot of adjusting to get it lined up.

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » May 20th, 2009, 1:06 pm

hppwdn wrote:Nope. It was a very precise project to make tires that big fit. You can't do it without a full coilover suspension, and even then you have to set it up properly so the perches sit above the widest part of the tire. It took a lot of adjusting to get it lined up.

Ok, that explains it. I was gonna be like, Holy buckets!!! How did you get those to work without rubbing!!

225 is the widest you can go with spring/strut setups, and then it rubs just a tad....

!vtec-this! · Post by **!vtec-this!** » July 10th, 2009, 7:12 pm

so theirs no way to fit 245's with the regular struts on the car??

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » July 10th, 2009, 8:04 pm

225 45 17 was the biggest tire I could get on my fronts and even then I had to bang the bottom of the strut just a bit to clear the right strut. Somehow the driver side strut fit fine, about a millileter or so in clearance.

!vtec-this! · Post by **!vtec-this!** » July 10th, 2009, 8:58 pm

iam not worried about the tallness iam concerned about the with

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