Brakes Wheels 2nd Gen Tires Most liked posts in thread: Anyone running 215 tires?

I haven't run the team dynamics wheels, but I run 215/45/17 on the street and 225/40/17 on 7.5 inch rims on the track. I only used the stock 205s for my first set in 2002/2003. Never went back to 205s.

I hope that helps!

 

I'm running 215 45 17's on my lowered JCW without any rubbing issues.

 

Been running 215/45R17's for about 60,000 miles and 4 sets of tires. Love 'em. No rubbing on my 1st gen car lowered about an inch all around, even when fully loaded with four people and gear.

 

i'm running 215/35/18s. i havn't had any issues rubbing....

 

I have 215/45 17's on 17x8 TD Pro 1.2 wheels. Offset is 38mm

 

215/35/18 no issues here, stock ride height.

 

am running 215/45R17's on a TSW lowered 05 MCS
only a tiny rub with 2 people on an extreme bump.
barely noticeable.
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I have 215/50/16s and have no rubbing issues. I also have a very worn set of 6 205/50/16s that I plan to burn off this year at the track...then, it will be 215s from now on.

 

Not sure, mine is a first gen and as mentioned it has no rubbing issues.

 

2nd gen runs about 10mm higher than 1st gen. My 1st gen car is on coilovers and 215s with 15mm lower than 1st gen stock. No rubbing.

 

hey monica,

i had 215/40/17's and did have a rub on my front strut body, 5mm spacers fixed that, but then i had a rub on the rear wheel well/trim which quickly burned itself clearance. i'm lowered about 1.5 inches on bc coilovers with swift springs.

 

You will be fine on a 2nd gen, there's plenty of space. On a 1st gen it would probably depend on the tire model and the height of the tire wall (45 vs 40 for our application).

It is important to recognize that the same measurements actually vary between tire models. For example, there are those than can run on lowered cars with 215/45's and have no rubbing. I have a stock sport suspension (1st gen facelift 2005 R53) and run on the Dunlop Star Specs with 215/45's with some rubbing on the outside of the tire during high compression loads (high speed bumps, for example). I used to have the Dunlop Direzza's Z101 in the same size and had no rubbing whatsoever. The Star Specs are known to be a wider tire for the same width measurement.

 

Yep - tire profiles vary pretty significantly. The Tire Rack site has pretty good measurements for "overall width" and "tread width", etc. But that still doesn't account for some tires that have a "squarer" profile than others.

 

Monica,

I've run both 215/35/18 and 215/40/18 on my R56 and even with TSW springs that lower the car about 1" I've had no issues with rubbing.

I have a set of wheels that have a 42 offset. I'd double check on the offset of the Team Dynamic wheels but unless they are really extreme on the 'depth' of the wheel you should be OK

Personally I'm wondering if I can go 225

 

using the first choice as a example-the "7.0" is the width of the wheel, the "14" is the diameter of the wheel, the 12.5lbs is the weight of the wheel, the 'e+" is the offset I refer to above

 

if you'd like to study up on this, here is a awesome site that one of the guys shared with me

Car Bibles : The Wheel and Tyre Bible Page 1 of 4

 

The numbers you are asking about are the offset of the wheel. Front Wheel Drive cars such as our MINIs us a positive offset, meaning the mounting surface of the wheel is offset from the centerline of the wheel towards the face. The offset measurement is displayed in mm.

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The closest to OEM in your case would be the 17x7 with an ET45. With the 215 you could also fit the 17x8 wheel. This would give the tire a more square looking profile and may even, depending on the tire choice, provide what the cool kids call stretch and poke.

Stretch and Poke...note how the wheel rim sticks out. To many this looks good, on a daily driver if not careful one may curb the wheel causing wheel rash.



Your best bet would be the 17x7 ET45 wheel, maybe with a pink stripe around the outside edge for some detail.