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Originally Posted by craig2859
Thanks Tony, very informative indeed, your post would be a good sticky actually?
So the biggest and widest I can practically go (not saying I will of course), without any work, ie Buy and fit would be this example you posted:
Example 3
Front - 8.5J x 20" = 235/30/20 tyre
with
Rear - 10.5J x 20" = 275/25/20 tyre
and if I where too stick with 19"
Example 1
Front - 8J x 19" or 8.5J x 19" = 235/35/19 tyre
with
Rear - 9J x 19" or 9.5J x 19" = 265/30/19 tyre
Both of these set ups would be a case of simply buying them and fitting them as normal (not to bothered about discussing ride quality etc - at this point, I will ask that question when I know what to go for) ?
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No not quite, I think you misread - Example 3 in all configurations will need major work, because in that example the rear wheels are 10J or 10.5J wide.
The key is the
width of the wheel, not the diameter. The wheels with the widths in Example 1 are the only ones that will definitely fit without need of, or with very little, thought, because they are either 8J or 8.5J on the front, and 9J or 9.5J on the rear.
So you look for wheels with that width, and choose a diameter thereafter. So you can use an 8J x 18" front wheel, or a 8.5J x 20" front wheel - it doesn't matter as long as the
width is within the specified range. Same thing for the rears.
Remember, the diameter of the wheel is unimportant - the issue is the
width