Rim suggestions??

Durandal · 06-17-2010, 08:05 PM

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Please keep in mind you're driving a high horsepower RWD vehicle, especially after you take it to bpu+++ and beyond. As such, your first criteria must be to *proportionally* upgrade the *width* of the tires beyond stock. Styling, diameter, and even how they look lined up with the fenders are all secondary considerations. The oem rims are 8" wide on the front and 9.5" wide on the rear. An example of a 'bad' upgrade (one that I see over and over again) would be 10" wide on the rear and 9" wide on the front. This would increase the width of the front tires by a full inch, but the rears by only 1/2"??? ...doesn't make sense.

Interestingly enough my JDM Supra's stock wheels are 16x8 in front and 16x9 in the rear. I wonder if the people using 18x9 and 18x10 are using rims designed to be upgrades to the JDM models. Volk japan recommended 18x9 +40 and 18x10 +43 for me.

pwpanas · 06-19-2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Durandal

Interestingly enough my JDM Supra's stock wheels are 16x8 in front and 16x9 in the rear. I wonder if the people using 18x9 and 18x10 are using rims designed to be upgrades to the JDM models. Volk japan recommended 18x9 +40 and 18x10 +43 for me.

On a percentage-of-width basis, just adding an inch to each rim isn't a balanced upgrade. You also need to to take horsepower increases into account before you decide on rim width.

TurboSupera · 06-21-2010, 05:10 AM

I bought my supra with 18" rims on them. I like the rims but personally I would've gone wider in the rear as well. If this helps, the current set up is.....18x9 41 offset in the front and 18x10 45 offset in the rear. When the car was lowered on eibach springs the front would rub on a u-turn. No issue in the rear. 18" rims look fine imho even at stock height. If I had to choose I'd go with 18x9 in the front and 18x11 in the rear or 18x12 in the rear if it would fit. But like the other person said....I would make sure the rim place knows what they're doing and give me a guarantee in writing. The correct offset makes a difference.

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06-21-2010, 05:10 AM	#3
TurboSupera 3" Exhaust Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 106	I bought my supra with 18" rims on them. I like the rims but personally I would've gone wider in the rear as well. If this helps, the current set up is.....18x9 41 offset in the front and 18x10 45 offset in the rear. When the car was lowered on eibach springs the front would rub on a u-turn. No issue in the rear. 18" rims look fine imho even at stock height. If I had to choose I'd go with 18x9 in the front and 18x11 in the rear or 18x12 in the rear if it would fit. But like the other person said....I would make sure the rim place knows what they're doing and give me a guarantee in writing. The correct offset makes a difference.