Tires and struts

[180sx]

Hey,

 

So I've been researching, and it seems that the main thing stopping people from running wide tires is the struts. My question is, is it rubbing the actual strut or the spring? I haven't had an oppurtunity to actually look under my Pathy to see.

[Simon]

The tires rub on the strut at the "spring perch" area.

[180sx]

Oh, ok...any one know what the spring rates on our R50's are? Or even the AC springs? I was thinking that if this is the main thing, maybe i could cut off the spring perches, and weld on some new perches, with a mod to the upper mount, and run some skinnier springs to run some wider tires...a possibility?

[Simon]

Sounds like FAR to much work, when the problem can be solved with new rims.

[180sx]

Yea, I guess, but to run run even wider would mean the wheels would have to stick out a little more than I would like, you know? And I'm just going through ideas to getr a feel of what I'll be doing this summer to the ol' R50.

[tmorgan4]

How wide of a tire do you want to run? I had my TrXus MT's on mine with 3.75" BS rims that were 13" wide without issues.

[180sx]

13" with 3.75 back spacing? Hmm...interesting...my buddy has some 14" wide rims that i want, but i need to check out the back spacing on them (how do i measure that on the rim? is it from the back of the hub to the end of the rim?)