Best I have at this moment. Still haven't been able to get the car out of the garage to fine tune the suspension settings. Hopefully I'll get the interior finished up later this week and have it back on the road next week...

 

I appreciate the effort but could you have at least gone up a little closer? LOL

 

So... I finally got the interior done and took the car out for a test drive last night. I'm running a 19x9.5 et45 and had put on 15mm spacers. That fit works perfectly in the rear with no rubbing at all. The front on the other hand unfortunately had some major rubbing issues. I pulled the spacers off the front and ran it again with no rubbing at all. I have not rolled my fenders yet. I think to put the spacers back on I would definitely have to roll the fronts and probably do a little pulling... At this point I'm just going to leave the spacers off the front.

Excuse the dust; here's a few pics before I pulled the front spacers off. Sorry still no close-ups. I'll work on that as soon as I can get the car detailed!!!

 

Really liking the dark theme you have going. Tint 3rd brake light as well when you get a chance. As far as spacers go on the front, you may want to try a 5mm. That 15 is way to aggressive for your setup. I could've told you sooner but i guess missed it. I ran 245's with the 19x8.5 +30 and rubbed every now and then and that was also with the CF fenders which are 10mm wider than stock.

 

i'm running 235's 19x8.5 +30 (also five axis) and its a perfectly flush as-is...no spacers or fender rolling needed

(Troy kind of did that size on purpose for a reason...the reason why the rear doesn't get flush on that fitment is an issue with the tC and not wheels)

 

I'm definitely planning on tinting the 3rd brake light and also the signals in the mirrors... And thanks! I'm definitely stuck on the sleek black look! I might try 5mm spacers on the front but for the meantime I'm going to get a few more miles on the suspension to get it fine tuned... I am definitely loving the R5:F's!

 

12BlacktC2 you need to also leather or vinyl wrap your rear seats

 

Yeah I know... The only part left of the backseat is the base cushion. The uppers are already gone and replaced with the custom sub box/amp rack. I just haven't come up with a good design yet... Still a work in progress

 

Guys, I could really use some assistance here. I'm looking at Enkei RPF1's. I can't for the life of me figure out if a 17x8.5 with a +40mm offset will fit. I'm lowered all the way down on KSport coilovers.

I'm already planning on rolling my fenders. So that isn't an issue. I just want to make sure I'll be sitting flush and not poking out of the wheel well. Please help!

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tire size?

 

That was going to be my next question is what size tire should I go with. Ideally I'd like to keep the same sidewall height as the stock tires. But I couldn't figure out what size width tire I should go with

 

are you saying you stepping down the rim size from 18 to 17?
and you wanna keep the overall rolling diameter the same or you want to keep the same sidewall height?

 

Yes I am stepping the size of the rim down to 17". And I'd like to keep the same size sidewall

 

okay this means you will decrease the overall rolling diameter and this will mess up your speedometer and odometer reading
odometer will have higher reading than actual and your MPG will go down

 

That really isn't that big of a concern to me in all honesty. And truth be told I can't afford 18 inch rims or the tires

 

you wont be flushed with that size tire or tucked, you wont even have to roll the fenders bro. you should be all cleared with 17s though

 

Okay so what size/offset would set me flush? I've tried and tried to figure out the numbers but can't figure it out.

 

well 12BlacktC2 has it pretty flushed if you look at the pics on top, his is 19x9.5 with a 15mm spacer and his offset is 45...so if you dont want spacers and if you wana stick to 17s your looking at around 17x9.5 with around a 35 offset =) but you would still have a lil gap between your tires and the fender because you are lowering the wheel size from 18 to 17s

 

Will I run into caliper clearance or anything?

 

it would be like 30 offset...