Same here. 16" Konig Holes with Toyo T1R 225/40-16s on a lowered 96. I have Koni Yellows and FMs springs. No rubs.
Ken Bogart ----------------------------------------------------- 96 Montego Blue FFS Coldside (His) 97 Black & Tan (Hers) 90 Crystal White (sons) ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.miatacare.com http://www.cincimiata.com On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Skip Cannon <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been running 225/40-16 tires on my lowered '92 for years with no > rubbing or other problems. The wheel offset is either 43 or 45, I can't > recall which at the moment. > > Skip > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Cardell > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:13 PM > To: Bob Bundy; [email protected]; Keith Tanner > Subject: RE: Elvis and his big wheels!! > > What offset did you use, Bob? > > > TurboDog's Dad > Bill Cardell > www.flyinmiata.com > 1-800-FLY-MX5S > 970-464-5600 tech support > Don't miss our Open House! August 14-17 > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Bundy > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:46 PM > To: [email protected]; Keith Tanner > Subject: Re: Elvis and his big wheels!! > > Wow when I put the 225/50/15 tires on I have rub marks on the top of the > inner fender both front and rear rubber to metal at full bump. Id have to > loose bump travel or tub the fenders front and rear to go any bigger > diameter tires rolling the lips doesn't help that. Maybe my custom shock > tops give more bump travel than anybody else or something. Its a 90 with > Koni sports and custom spherical ball shock tops made from NB tops it has > more bump travel than Fat Cat. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Tanner > To: Kandasamy, Thuwaragan ; Miata Power List > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 2:19 PM > Subject: RE: Elvis and his big wheels!! > > The car hasn't been back on the suspension with this setup yet, I'm still in > the middle of completing the work. Tire sizes are 235/45-17 front, 255/40-17 > rear, on +45mm wheels. I've got the springs off so we can run the suspension > through the full range of travel. > > All four fenders have been rolled but not pulled out much. On the right > rear, I had to cut out part of the battery box and move it back to clear the > tire. Left rear was almost perfect out of the box. We still have some > interference between the sway bar and tire in the front when we try to wind > on some steering lock. In the other direction, the tire goes into the > control arm just barely at maximum lock. I suspect that with an MSM steering > rack the latter problem would be solved. I'm going to see how it drives > right now, then probably do some work to increase the sway bar clearance. > Thanks to the V8 conversion, Elvis' front sway is further forward and this > is not ideal for tire clearance. > > Keith > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Kandasamy, Thuwaragan > Sent: Fri 2/13/2009 9:43 AM > To: Miata Power List > Subject: Elvis and his big wheels!! > > Bill and Keith, > > > > What all did you guys do to fit those massive meats under the fenders? > I know when I threw the 245\40\17 on 17x8 with +36mm offset, I had to > pull the fenders out ... but I still have rubbing issues with the Aero > kit's side skirts ... and the setup that Elvis has is almost 8mm bigger > in diameter. Just wondering if your setup rubs against body while > taking corners or driving through lil potholes? 245\35\17 tires are > kinda rare to come by cause Goodyear stopped making em. :-( > > > > The fronts on mine are 215\45\17 on 17x7 with +40mm offset and I don't > really have any rubbing issues, just the rears are being a PITA. > > > > -Thuwa > > > > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
