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Know that threads on tyres for the mr2 are all over the place and I have looked at these and the tyre calculator app.
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I ahve just got a set of Super Advans SA3R 17x8 and 17x9
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Looking to put 225/45/17 front and 255/45/17 rear will these work?
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Thanks
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dazzz wrote:I'm no expert but
basch32 wrote:Know that threads on tyres for the mr2 are all over the place and I have looked at these and the tyre calculator app.However I am still struggling to find out if a 45 profile tyre will work or not on an mr2.
I ahve just got a set of Super Advans SA3R 17x8 and 17x9
Looking to put 225/45/17 front and 255/45/17 rear will these work?
Libertine wrote:im about to fit some 17" to my car
205/40/17 fronts, 235/40/17 rears.
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im hoping they fit flush and no work will be needed.
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the car is standard at the moment
Ryan6926 wrote:Libertine wrote:im about to fit some 17" to my car
205/40/17 fronts, 235/40/17 rears.
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im hoping they fit flush and no work will be needed.
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the car is standard at the moment
If I were you personally I'd be looking into 205 45 17 as opposed to the 205 40's in order to try and keep the rolling radius closer to each other with the 235's
If not then the rear tyres will have a bigger radius so it won't look right IMO
shinny wrote:Ryan6926 wrote:Libertine wrote:im about to fit some 17" to my car
205/40/17 fronts, 235/40/17 rears.
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im hoping they fit flush and no work will be needed.
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the car is standard at the moment
If I were you personally I'd be looking into 205 45 17 as opposed to the 205 40's in order to try and keep the rolling radius closer to each other with the 235's
If not then the rear tyres will have a bigger radius so it won't look right IMO
That's a really common setup that Libertine is suggesting.Personally, I wouldn't make the fronts more wrong just to get them to match up with the suboptimal rears.
Instead, if you have 8J rear wheels I'd fit 245/35/17s back there to get an almost perfect match for the stock 225/50/15s and then go 215/40/17 at the front to keep the stagger to 30mm.
Ryan6926 wrote:I maybe wrong but if you do stick with the smaller profile on the front the rear of the car would then be sitting higher than the fronts due to the height difference in the profiles unless I've read into it wrong?