I need another pair of these wheels, don't really need tires because the tires most mustang guys run are entirely too big.

 

Are those 17x8 or 9s?

 

17x9.

 

Whats the point of stretching a 235 tire on a 17x9 wheel? The correct size for 17x8 is 245 tire. The side wall should not be stretching to meet the lip of the wheels. When the rim is wider than the tread on the tire you have an incorrect tire size.

For cars with ABS,.. the following wheels are the correct diameter to prevent ABS failure.
245/45 R17 for 17x8 wheels
275/40 R17 for 17x9 wheels,.. (A 245/45 will work in a pinch)
315/35 R17 for 17x10.5 wheels

Thats it. Mixing and matching any other sizes changes the diameter and are incorrect width for the wheels.
A 225 or 235 tire would be better suited to a 17x7 wheel. My wife's Tiburon GT had 225 tires on 17x7 wheels.

Hurst

 

235s came on there, I run 215/45 on 17x9s.

 

Thats kinda crazy to put a tire that narrow on a 9" wheel. The rim is wider than the section width of the tire (The widest point). Basically your stretching the lip of the tire to meet the width of the rim.

I know your using these on a Nissan so I am not familiar with what fits and how tight different tire sizes will be. But perhaps a 17x9 wheel is a little much for a stock wheel well on your car? When the center section of a tire has to be stretched to make the bead of a rim I think that would be dangerous and risk the rim popping off the bead under hard cornering.

I looked up and compared tire sizes and seems a 235/35 tire will fit the rim better and still give you a low profile look (If thats what your after).

Here is a link.
---> Tire Size Calculator - tire & wheel plus sizing <---
Check it out and compare sizes. The sizes that I listed in my first post are for 79 - 04 Mustangs. They are the proper tire size for those rims and I have seen guys use the same size tires on the Nissan 240 and G35 cars. You can run different sized tires on these rims to meet fitment and clearance issues,.. but the center section of the tire should not be smaller than the width of the rim for proper fitment. If you find that the wider tires do not fit correctly then I strongly suggest going with a smaller wheel. You are not losing anything by going with a smaller wheel and the tire contact patch to the ground will be correct.

Hope that helps.

Also,.. you can buy those rims through OE Wheels brand new for pretty cheap. They are located in Sarasota and are usually cheaper brand new than what many people want for used wheels.
---> OE Wheels Rims & Tires ... OE Wheels Rims &Tires <---

Hurst

 

I have ran 215/45 on my 9" wide wheels for the last 4+ years, never lost a bead. And I push my car through the corners pretty hard.

I know I can get the wheels new, but I was aiming for a cheaper pair. I got these for rollers, until my new wheels come but that will be a couple months. So why not get another pair and have matching wheels.

 

I use a 255/45/17 on my stock 17X8 Cobra's, I tried 275's in the rear and it was a mistake, lateral handling was downright dangerous and there was a bulge on both sides of the rim...
And Hurst some brand 315's have a smaller width & contact patch and will fit on a 17X9 nicely..

 

A true 315 tire is designed for 10.5 - 12.5 inch wheels. A 275/40 tire will fit a 17x8 wheel better than a 315/35 tire will fit a 17x9. I dont know of any that will fit 'nicely' as you say.

Doing a 275/40 tire on a 17x8 wheel on the front is probably not very advisable. Though they do work nicely on the rear. I've done this with several brands. BFG's tend to run wider than Nitto's. A 275/40 BFG is almost at wide as a 315/35 Nitto. About an inch difference in the center section.

This is a 275/40 tire on a 17x9 wheel. Tires are Khumo Ecsta's.


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This is a 275/40 tire on a 17x8 wheel. Tires are Fuzion ZRi's (Slight bulge, work great on the back, excellent contact patch, but wouldnt recommend this on the front).
The fronts are 245/45 Fuzion ZRi tires.


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This is 245/45 on 17x8 wheels. Tires are Falkens,.. I forget the model. I just remember they were junk.


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These were 275/40 BFG DR's on the same 17x9 wheels that were on the white Cobra.


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This is a 295/35 tire on an 18x11 wheel. Tires were BFG KDW's. (Tire barely fit the rim)


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This is a 315/35 on a 17x10.5 wheel. Tires were Vredestein Sessanta's. (Great rain tire,.. shitty dry traction)


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What this guy is doing is taking a tire meant for a smaller wheel and making it work on a wider wheel. The complete opposite of what we're talking about right now. And personally a little worse IMO. I'd feel safer stuffing a larger tire on a smaller rim than the other way around. We do this all the time for drag racing. I mean 275/60 R15's stuffed on a Mustang 15x8 wheel,.. I have even seen them stuff on 15x7 10 hole wheels. They work great for the track. I wouldnt recommend it for hard cornering. The idea of having a tall soft sidewall to soften the launch for a drag car works great. But for cornering you want a stiffer lower profile tire. In either case you want as much of the tread to be in contact with the pavement as possible. The idea of using a smaller tire on a larger rim makes no sense to me from a performance perspective. The only reason I could see doing it would be for clearance. I can give a perfect example. My 93 GT has coil overs on the front. A 245 wide tire is the most I can use up front on this car with out the tire rubbing the spring of the coil over strut. With a stock suspension a 275/40 tire works perfectly fine up front. So I can understand if thats his reasoning behind it.

Hurst

 

Yes, running a smaller tire is for clearance. But also running a smaller sidewall, makes the tire more stiff.

But I know all about tires and traction, I used to run 275/40 on 10s. But I no longer even care how fast my car can go in a straight line.

Noone has a pair of these wheels?