I got a deal on G-games 2piece 77wolf 18x8.5 with a 40mm offset with Falkens 235/40/18 for 1472 shipped. Will this fit for my tc if i have Hotchkis springs?

 

I'm thinking MAYBE some rubbing in the rear. Not sure about the front. There should be someone with a similar setup though that can say something...

 

you will rub in the rear for sure. I have 18x8 with 40mm offset with hotchkis drop and i had SEVERE rubbing with 225/40/18's. I switched to 215/35/18 tires and no rubbing anymore, but the wheels you want are .5" wider than mine so.... i'm not so sure. Those are nice wheels by the way. I hope you can get them to work.

 

did you rub severly with people in the car?

 

well i never sat anyone in the back while I had the 225/40's on, but it rubbed even with just me in there. I even took out my sub to see if that made a difference. It helped, but it was still pretty bad. I only drove on those tires for about 30 miles before I couldn't stand it anymore. 30 miles was still enough to cut a circular groove around the outer wall of the tires though!

 

Well crap, i'm worried now. I already let the order go through, but they (discount tire) are letting me test out the rims and see if they rub or not. Free of no charge if i want to return them.

Can you tell me what the downfall of having a wider rim would be versus a 7.5 width? I haven't look at wheels larger than 7.5, but I just bought some 8.5s.. lol

 

just get them w/o the tires and get tires that work w/o rubbin

 

i dont want to do that because i'm getting the hook ups with tires from them because they didn't have the rim i was looking for. So this is a special order.

 

i see....soo get them, take the tires off sell those and get new ones that work better?

 

do you guys thing 8.5 would be too wide? like they would look weird?

 

8.5 isnt too wide. i've seen 9.5 fit in the rear without fender modifications.


if you get those 18x8 +40 with 235/40. you'll stick out an extra 15mm than if you had stock 17s

 

same size is available in a 42 offset, why not get those?

 

42 offset will deffinately rub. 40 offset in 8.5 width will have some problems.. I suggest getting 5mm spacers for the rear and front to help out.. 35 is a really good offset for our rides. 38 is pretty good. I will be getting a set of the G-games 18x8 in or around that offset in gold. These will be my regular rims and my show rims will be the Work VS-XX (XG) in 18x8... Where did you get your deal on the G-games??? Right now there is a wait on them, since they have to be ordered from Japan... 6-8 weeks wait time, and them a wiat time for delivery through customs. so 1-3 months. Make sure you ask them about the time frame....

 

I refused the rims when they arrived at my house, i had a chat with a fellow scionlifer that had the same setup i had ordered. She said it rubbed like crazy on her stechs. So now Im on a 45-60day wait on some gunmetal or gold.. I'm trying to decide again. I got them at discount tire direct with a discount cuz they promised me the 77w 1 peice in one week and couldn't fufill it.

 

yeah man thats pretty crappy... they should have known better.. Go to www.wheelsdirectonline.com , they have them but again you might have to wait... right now they have the 18x7.5 with tires for 1318 shipped.... here is the link

http://www.wheelsdirectonline.com/gg...iecesilver.htm

 

I was going to order at WDO but they never pick up the phone. I didn't want to deal with the crap but I guess it came to me anyways.

 

where did you end up ordering from?

 

I'm ordering from Discount Tire Direct, 2 piece GMM for $1472 wrapped in Falkans ZE-512 225/40/18

 

2 piece should look something like that. Kinda a bad chop, I did it in about 5 mins.