Anyone having any problems with a 19 inch wheel and tire combo on their TC. What offset wheel and what size tire is the best setup to prevent any problems?

 

A minor one: i used to get about 30 mpg highway with stock wheels; now i am getting about 26 mpg with 19 inch trd wheels.

 

yeah that's the trade off getting big a$$ wheels that's why im looking more into performance rather than looks. i might just go for 18" and try to find the lightest amongst them

ANyhow u can get a light 19's though but u have to cough up some $$$$............

 

you're abs. right...trading $$$ for the look....my car has been THE talk of the office for 2 months....people are more interesting in my tC than my boss's porsche 911

 

what kind/size of rims u have in ur car?

 

19" R/H evolution pro with Pirelli P-Zero Nero 225/35/ZR19 tires.

 

One of the local speed shop says that with the RH C2's I ill have to run a spacer to clear the caliper. Racing hart says that it should be all good. What offset are you using. Will a 235 35 19 tire fit. Any pix of your ride?

 

it will look like this after i install TRD springs...

 

sure does make your disc look tiny...

Big brake upgrade

 

Must be a fairly heavy wheel/tire combo if you lost 4 mpg. Try to find some 19s that are lighter than the stock 17s and provided you keep the overall rolling height the same (get the right size tire) you shouldn't lose any mpg unless of course you're just concerned with the look.

I'm with mksm2000, looking for 18s because it's easier to find a lightweight wheel in them and I'm not willing to trade off performance for looking "cool", but the J5 TRD is OEMing is a nice wheel. It's a shame they don't have it in the black chrome for the lighter cars.

 

Got my wheels. I went with the 19 inch Axis Hiro Anthracite wheels. Springs are on order. Will post pictures after springs are on. Hopefully gas mileage doesn't drop too much. Still has to be better than my 04 Avalanche.

 

19X8's with a bolt pattern of 5-100, and an offset of 45mm and either 215/35R19 or 245/30R19's will work without any problems.

 

i've searched a lot but haven't found very much info from people running 18's on their tC's...was going to get 19's but local roads are too bad...i dont like the tucked look so i'd like to go with a lower offset to push out the wheels...any suggestions on offset for 18X8 or 18X9 wheels...tire width doesn't really make a difference..just whatever will work best...any info would be appreciated...
thanks

 

Here's pictures of my Tc before and after installing H&R springs.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/05tc916

 

Alex has 19 inch staggered fit wheels on his white tC. And he's dropped on prototype Goldline springs.

 

here's the wheel Brad is talking about...

i'm running 19 x 8.5 in front and 19 x 9.5 in the rear. Both with +37mm offset...

no rubbing at all in the front ... slight rubbing in rear. I had to roll the fenders half way to counter this. All in all..wonderful ride.





to see more ... look at my link below under "my ride"

 

i've seen those pics before. those are really nice wheels. they look BMWish. too bad they only come in 19".

 

Those rims are badass!! they look like those $10,000 Karllsonns, or Alpinas that they put on the Beemers, and Benz's.

 

I told Alex how nice they looked in the pics, and how they looked even better in person.

 

:ries:: Stil my favorite tC.