18x9.5 +60... will they fit?

[mdchan84]

Those are +55

Thank you. I'm really considering BC and would like to go 19 X 9.5 +55 with 255/35/19 tires. Based off your current wheels with the 2mm spacer and the offset of the 19 X 10 +55, I shouldn't have any problems

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[BlinkerBeat]

Thank you. I'm really considering BC and would like to go 19 X 9.5 +55 with 255/35/19 tires. Based off your current wheels with the 2mm spacer and the offset of the 19 X 10 +55, I shouldn't have any problems

Their customer service was awesome. Those specs will fit perfectly. The only reason I had an issue was the smaller diameter (closer the knuckle).

If you're debating tire size, I run 275/35/18 Michelin PS4s on 18x9.5 and the tire sits square on the rim.

 

[mdchan84]

Their customer service was awesome. Those specs will fit perfectly. The only reason I had an issue was the smaller diameter (closer the knuckle).

If you're debating tire size, I run 275/35/18 Michelin PS4s on 18x9.5 and the tire sits square on the rim.

Thank you for your help.

 

[jmark]

In the past I have used this brand of wheel on track with no issues. But don’t take my word for it. The $90,000 Honda Civic Type R TC turn-key race car that Honda offers comes with Forgestar F14 wheels. If these cast wheels with flow formed barrels are good enough for Honda to put on a $90k civic, then they are good enough for me.

Anybody tried these rims on their street Type R?

Type-R-TC-Sell-Sheet.ashx (honda.com)

 

[jmark]

In the past I have used this brand of wheel on track with no issues. But don’t take my word for it. The $90,000 Honda Civic Type R TC turn-key race car that Honda offers comes with Forgestar F14 wheels. If these cast wheels with flow formed barrels are good enough for Honda to put on a $90k civic, then they are good enough for me.

Has anyone tried the Forgestar rims? I know they are used on the Type R TC race cars.

 

[Glowzzy]

Has anyone tried the Forgestar rims? I know they are used on the Type R TC race cars.

nobody but Honda has installed Forgestar wheels, people are mainly using BC forged for a custom offset wheel or Titan 7 for wide lightweight wheels.

 

[jmark]

nobody but Honda has installed Forgestar wheels, people are mainly using BC forged for a custom offset wheel or Titan 7 for wide lightweight wheels.

Do we know what the offset is on the Type R TC race cars?

 

[Glowzzy]

Do we know what the offset is on the Type R TC race cars?

honda has not released that info, but we do know that they are 18” semi-concave forgestar f14’s and by looking at the offset ranges on their chart we can make some good guesses. Im thinking it’s probably an 18x9.5+60 or an 18x10.5 +55, as Honda is using coilovers on the race car so it has more inner clearance than the stock suspension would.

 

[jmark]

Based on this it is a 9.5 inch wide rim.

Type-R-TC-Sell-Sheet.ashx (honda.com)

 

[metal_driver]

The Forgestar F14 was a fairly popular option with the 2010-2014 GT500. You have a lot of size options at a reasonable price. +55 with a deep concave seems like a pretty good option..

 

[Florence_NC]

Really? First time I’ve heard that from a driver. Everyone else with wide (265 or more) tires says they don’t notice it on track - some are running +45 even. Was this car that you drove wearing 8.5 inch wide tires?

Really? First time I’ve heard that from a driver. Everyone else with wide (265 or more) tires says they don’t notice it on track - some are running +45 even. Was this car that you drove wearing 8.5 inch wide tires?

Most owners of performance cars lack the skill, experience, and technical understanding to even know/identify torque steer when it is happening. People are not going to want to admit it, but it is nevertheless the truth.

 

[Florence_NC]

You make a good point, however, your tires are the same width as factory but at a +42, so with your setup the entire contact patch is pushed out towards the fenders 18mm, which is going to result in a massive difference in how the car feels because you’ve greatly altered where the tire grip is positioned at. The setups we have been discussing in this thread sit a few mm further to the inside of the car than stock - as well as a good bit outside compared to stock tire as well, so I imagine if torque steer was induced by a 18x10 +50, it would be far less torque steer than you are experiencing with your 245’s that are +42.

The width of the tire/wheel is irrelevant to torque steer. The relationship between the location of the steering axis and the center of the tire contact patch is the only thing that matters, and this is solely the function of offset. A +42mm (or any other number) setup has the same torque steer whether it is an 8in or a 12in wide wheel.

 

[Glowzzy]

The width of the tire/wheel is irrelevant to torque steer. The relationship between the location of the steering axis and the center of the tire contact patch is the only thing that matters, and this is solely the function of offset. A +42mm (or any other number) setup has the same torque steer whether it is an 8in or a 12in wide wheel.

Yeah, thats exactly what I'm saying but with different words. LOL. As you can see I was talking about the movement of the of the tire contact patch with different offsets

 

[Glowzzy]

Most owners of performance cars lack the skill, experience, and technical understanding to even know/identify torque steer when it is happening. People are not going to want to admit it, but it is nevertheless the truth.

Such a Myth - I experienced torque steer in my nearly stock, 140hp, 2 door 1995 Acura Integra LS back in the day. I didn't even know that torque steer was even a known thing with a name back then, but I knew there was a direct correlation between the gas pedal and the steering wheel tugging on my grip!

 

[AlphaDigital]

LOL a stock B18B with torque steer FFS

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