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Old 03-17-2009, 11:04 PM
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This wheel selection problem keeps evolving. I did some searching for tire availability, and ended up in a slightly different place than I started.

Here is where I am now.
Front: 19x9 +30, I want 6.2" backspace.
255/30/19 tire

Rear: 20x11 -20 I want 5" backspace
305/25/20 tire

I saw Yokohama Advan Sports, Pirelli P Zero Nero, and Michelin PS2 in these front/rear matching tire sizes.
The fronts will be 25" tall, the rears 26" tall. I wanted to keep the sidewall sizes the same in the front and rear. This seemed aesthetically important after looking at some pictures here and other places.

How do my wheel and tire width's sound? I was shooting for a wheel width 1" narrower than the tread width. Is that going to look bulged? Right on? Stretched? I know how to do the math, but things are not always how they seem with tire widths.
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