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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Powdercoating would last longer than paint, from what I heard. But, it doesn't look as good as a decent paint/clearcoat job.
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Hmm, 55 series is quite a high profile these days.
Me personally, I would switch to a 225/50, it would give you 10mm more tire width, and it would lower the car by about 6mm (not a noticeable difference), and stiffen the sidwall a bit (since lower-profile tires are stiffer). Plus it's a more common size, so you would have more tire choices. |
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Over on the Maxima board I found a set of brand new 235/45-18 for cheap($400 OBO) I don't even know if 235's on OEM offset would fit in my wheel well. That would look sweet though. |
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I like to use tirerack's website to see whether a certain wheel/tire combination will fit, because they've already test-fitted everything and know whether it will work. When you enter your make and model, they only list stuff that will fit. Also they will include hub-centric rings with your purchase, to fill in the gap between your hub and the new wheels.
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Any change in handling? Should accel & brake better too because of the lighter wt.
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I haven't had a chance to open it up as the shop is only a few miles from work. I did notice though at moderate acceleration the RPM wound out a little quicker. Braking I didn't pay much attention. I'll take note on the drive home.
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Also if you're 225/50 now the diameter is less, so quicker to wind up
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I'm still on the 215/55 since the tires were still good. On the next set of tires I'll got 225/50. Also since the tires are non directional, I think they put a couple of the tires back on turned around so the old non armor-all'd side is facing out now. I'll have to fix that when i get home and treat it with some armor-all.
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Don't like.
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