265S All Round Work On Fg Xr6T Sedan? Or Waste Of Time On Daily?

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Hey peeps....not sure if this has been answered but I think it should be ok?

Looking at running 265/35/18 all round on an fg xr6t sedan and just want to confirm if it will work WITH NO MODS AND NO RUBBING AT ALL I.e. at full lock, etc

Rims will be 18x9+29 all round..currently stock suspension but will run ssl all round eventually...I've seen a few with 9.5" fronts and saw the 275s all round...but pretty sure ppl are doing major mods like camber kits and stuff to make it work, but I'm poor and prefer not to have to do much...

is there any advantage to having larger fronts? Or am I just wasting coin? The main reason I want 265 all round is so I can do tyre rotations again...I should get better turn in yeah?

The car is a daily...so no track and prefer not to have to run crazy camber to make it all work

I was considering going 19s but pretty sure that would be a negative in trying to obtain grip..also tyres I'm looking at are goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric 2 all round

cheers for any help possible!

[nelsonian101]

I'm pretty sure "Scatterbrain" runs 265's all round with a +30 offset on a BF no problem.

As you know, my track wheel/tyres are 275/35 18 all round and I say go for it if it works on the street.

These cars are way under tyred front and rear in my opinion.

Your power steering pump may need to work a bit harder but change/upgrade the fluid more often and you'll be fine.

With 265's on the front, braking and aquaplane resistance is improved greatly which I see as important for the street.

Rarely will you be going quick enough legally in corners on the street to push the limits of a 265 , but its all about having a big safety margin.

I'd say you'll fine with fitting with that offset.

Any chance you could get a 265/35 18 on a +30 offset to test fit. This seems to be a common size on the rear.

Maybe put the word out and see if anyone near you will loan you a wheel to test fit.

I test fitted the same size (R888) and was all good on my car a few years back before I rolled guards too.

Each car is different though.

Great Choice with the Good Year Assym 2. Best street/wet tyre by miles in my opinion.

Edited 10/04/14 02:41 AM by nelsonian101

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Hey man! Thanks for the reply

I was about to ask mods to delete thread, as I kinda think I CBF doing it anymore (purely because of the cost involved, plus the risk factor of rubbing).

I have a feeling that stock adjustment is very minimal in terms of camber I.e. maybe can run -1.0 degrees or something? And that to make it work I would need 'track' levels of camber, which for fronts requires shims? but rears would need rear cradle dropped and aftermarket arms purchased and cause I've done diff bushes already (around 15,000kms ago) .... I dunno if I want to do that, but I may be off with my understanding of how camber/caster/toe works lol I'm still a noob

I think I read BA/BF has more room and the ability to actually roll the guards, but not 100% on that...do you have a BA/BF or an FG? Cause 275's all round would be interesting...when I had a quick look today at full lock to the right, there was maybe 10-20mm clearance to the inside before it hit something (not sure what the part is called but yeah), and that's with my 8.5" + 35 offset, so I'm thinking by going 9" + 29, calculators said 3 mm or something more inside clearance and 12mm more towards outside guard...so that would suggest 265's or maybe 275's should work on the front...

You mention power steering pump working harder, never even thought about that lol How much more often would that need to be done? I think its supposed to be done every 2 years like brake fluid? Or maybe its once a year

And I like your explanation about having a big safety margin ... plus I assume it will also help having the wider tyres when it comes to braking fast as well...

In terms of test fitting, I think what I might do is ask the tyre shop to put the 265 tyre on my rim and test fit it onto the front before they fit it to the rear. This way they should be able to do full lock and see if it will scrub, without actually needing to test drive the vehicle. I don't know anyone in Perth that would have the same tyre and same wheel size/offset, so I think this test fit option @ tyre shop will be my best option. Most people have 275's (which I currently have) but the asymmetric's aren't made in 275 for 18's and apparently I would be better off going 265 in that tyre rather than a 275 in other branded tyres (plus for wet grip, I never even thought to think that a larger width will actually have higher chance of aquaplane/sliding out).

What I will probably end up doing is keeping my goodyear directional 5's in the front (245/40/18) but also test fit rears to see if they fit, if its does then next year when I need new tyres, I will purchase a full set of asymmetrics (if I like them, which I'm thinking I will) and I will buy them from goodyear cause they have a buy 3 get one free at the moment, and I have a feeling that will be a yearly offer they do (if not twice a year offer) I'm hoping anyways lol.

I'm just getting the 2 rears for now from Kmart Tyre and Auto Service as they have them for $467 fitted each, with goodyear selling them $550 each....but with the free 4th tyre is makes it $412.50 each, but for now it might be better just paying the extra $109 cause if they don't fit, then trying to sell the spare set on gumtree, etc is always harder cause of all the lowballers out there

Ok, I think that's enough talking on my end! Cheers for your input and I guess I will see how it all works out for me lol