Need snow wheels - good deal on a set of tri-bars 94-95'.............94-04' will fit on s197 right >>>>> no probs? Just need confirmation guys! TIA!!!
OEM wheels should be fine as they are usually 8 or 8.5" wide and along with mud flaps in the back, you should get adequate protection. I had a mix up with the 18x10 rear wheel offset and didn't know it until the tire was already mounted and we put it on the car and it stuck WAAAAY out! It was a 22mm offset wheel in a correctly marked 40mm offset box That's not a good combo at all when you consider the tire is 29.2" tall and the car is lowered 1.5" in the rear It all got taken care of and I now have the correct wheel
I couldn't even get my fingers in between the tire and fender!!!!!
I've been running the tall and wide rear tires for a few year now. With the 4.10s and the tall rear tires my mileage was right around 18-20 MPG mixed and as high as 25 MPG highway. I've only had the wide front tires on a few months now, but I don't believe my mileage is any different due to it. Also, I don't feel where the 275 tires handle or feel any different from the 255 tires on a daily basis. The combo is highly streetable with no ill effects...other than a slight acceleration drain due to the larger diameter and added weight. I ran the 255/45 and 285/50 setup at the track one day and was still able to get consistent 8.70s in the 1/8 mile in the July heat and humidityKool, did you see an effect in your gas millage when you went to the wide front and rear tires?