Wide Rear Tyres?

[Dan H]

Hiya all, hope all is well!, Ive got some jap rim which are 17x8JJ and was wondering how wide gcan i go concerning rear tyres (coz everyone likes abit of girth), Cheers, Dan

[mattmr2]

You could get away with a 245 on an 8" rim....

[urotsukidoji_badassdemon]

I got 245's on my 16's rears, an there is abso loads of room there yet.

[Dan H]

Cheers guys, there some yoko A539's on eBay, 235/40/17 for only 60 odd squid, might go for them. Surprised i couldn't go wider tho, porsche territory 315's etc!!

[Jimlad]

is it wise to have wider tyres on the rear ?? I was under the impression that 215/40/17 and 235/40/17 were the best options to go for ? (front, rear)

unless you have a mad drag machine obviously.

[Dan H]

i like the wide boy girth look. One of the guys at work has a 993 with mahoosive alloys, something crazy like 345/40/18, look proper mental oriental.

[jaxx]

ive just got some 8J rims with 235 boots

loking pretty phat at that :D

[shaf2000]

on my 18x8inch rims i had 255/35/18 tyres on the rear and they were absolutely fine.... although the best size would be 235 or 245 for that width of rim.