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Had these for a 6 months or so. Rota Grid V's, 205/50 on eibach springs. I want it lower. Any advice?

 

 

 

 

You would probably want to swap out to coilvers. You won't get tire tuck on stock strut housings with that wheel/tire combo

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You would probably want to swap out to coilvers. You won't get tire tuck on stock strut housings with that wheel/tire combo

 

 

Coilovers won't move his wheels or tires in from where they are now. He would have to repalce the wheels with wheels of a different offset to have that make any sense.

 

FWIW, I run 225/50/16s on my 240Z and while they don't "tuck," because I'm not lowered that much, they don't hit or rub on the fenders or any other part of the suspension/chassis. I did have to add 5mm spacers to the rear wheels to move the tires away from the spring perches, but they are still within the wheel well. The funny part is that it was only one of my old tires that touched, the other (a different brand, although same metric size) didn't rub. I haven't checked since I got my new tires installed if that rubbing is an issue anymore.

 

These are the old tires, I really need to get some new pictures:

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I did the 5 lug conversion using the stock 300ZX hub and rotor, and drilling the stock 240Z stub axles for the 5 lug pattern. The wheels are stock Z31 turbo wheels.

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Coilovers won't move his wheels or tires in from where they are now. He would have to repalce the wheels with wheels of a different offset to have that make any sense.

 

FWIW, I run 225/50/16s on my 240Z and while they don't "tuck," because I'm not lowered that much, they don't hit or rub on the fenders or any other part of the suspension/chassis. I did have to add 5mm spacers to the rear wheels to move the tires away from the spring perches, but they are still within the wheel well. The funny part is that it was only one of my old tires that touched, the other (a different brand, although same metric size) didn't rub. I haven't checked since I got my new tires installed if that rubbing is an issue anymore.

 

These are the old tires, I really need to get some new pictures:

 

 

I did the 5 lug conversion using the stock 300ZX hub and rotor, and drilling the stock 240Z stub axles for the 5 lug pattern. The wheels are stock Z31 turbo wheels.

 

Tucking tire as i was using it generally describes getting much lower, which coilovers would absolutely address. He asked about going lower, i'm not at all talking about offset

 

In the name of vanity, here's a picture of my own car

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I have been looking for someone to post a pic of a z with the rpf1's do you have any more. Also which size and offset are you running?

 

I'm waiting until i make some time to weld up some brackets to get the bumpers back on and clean a few things up here and there to take pictures of it. Theyre 17x9.5, but i'm in a bit of an in between about the wheel and tire combo becuase there are other wheels id genuinely like to have for the car. Other things have greater priority in the mean time though.

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Tucking tire as i was using it generally describes getting much lower, which coilovers would absolutely address. He asked about going lower, i'm not at all talking about offset

 

I don't see what stock or modified strut housing have to do with getting the car lower.

 

Generally when someone says that a certain tire/wheel combo won't "tuck," it means that the wheel and tire won't physically fit into the wheel well. Knowing that many people go to coilovers simply for more room to fit wider wheels and tires it sounded very much like this is what you were trying to say.

 

I wouldn't make a blanket statement that X tire and Q wheel, won't tuck, simply because of unrelated K part. There's more than one way to skin a cat, and lower a Z car. ;)

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The stock strut housings are fairly tall. I'm not entirely sure how low he wants to get his car, but getting much lower (as a 205 50 on a 15 has a fair amount of gap) will cause the stock sus to bottom out or hit the bumpstops. A lot of people get coilovers to get the car lower and change handling characteristics, yet still retain shock travel. I'm not saying that its wrong for anyone to go with a spring and shock combo, coilovers can generally go lower without sacrificing as much.

 

 

In terms of the phrase tucking tire, it's pretty widely used in the fitment scene as getting the top of the tire into the fender at static height. I think it's fair to say that you and I use different lingo.

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