New wheels for my Tig

[Suffolk]

Good choice going with 245.45.19
I'm running the same specs and it is flush, no sticking out. Only thing to be aware of, curb rash! My wife drives my TIG daily, and had to re-furb my rims due to wife hitting the curb daily. Get some rimskins!

[MGV]

Yeah, they will look great! You ended up going with 8.5 wide?
Mind you, my earlier post wasn't speculation... I have 19x8.5 ET35 w/ 245/40/19 Bridgestones, lowered & flusher than Dr Freedom's dunny!

[Tiggy155]

New wheels for my Tig

Yeah, they will look great! You ended up going with 8.5 wide?
Mind you, my earlier post wasn't speculation... I have 19x8.5 ET35 w/ 245/40/19 Bridgestones, lowered & flusher than Dr Freedom's dunny!

Yeah mine are also 8.5 with ET35. And the speculating was more that I wanted to hear from ppl that actually run the wider tyres. Can't wait to fit them this weekend,.. Just gonna have to stay clear of those curbs!

[Dr freedom]

My dunny has issues.. maybe its the user , I dunno, but one things certain, the rubber brand is what will determine whether you are sticking out or not. Obviously Bridgey, Kuhmo, Dumblop etc treat tyre sizes like shoe manufactuers do, one brand of size 12 fits, the next brand of size 12 doesnt.

My personal pref is wide like an M5, for me 245 is too narrow & makes it look anemic.. this is my opinion tho, so if you like the 245 size, then you should get them. Ride for me is a no brainer.. Ive spent most of my life on hard/lowered springs, I prefer less roll, but my tiggy has the adaptive chassis control so if I ever start to dislike bumps, I press the button from sport to comfort.

[99Reza]

I agree with Dr freedom, I found that Yokohama brand has a very square edges whereas Toyo or Falken has more rounded edges, ideal for wider or aggressive offset rims. No experience with other brand.

[Tiggy155]

New wheels for my Tig

[aussietig]

FWIW, don't think your current pics do the wheels any justice.

Kinda has this effect at the moment:




Perhaps re-take them on a sunny day and out in the sun, to show off that gloss finish and detail?

[Tiggy155]

New wheels for my Tig

Your right,the photos don't do them justice, they look great in the flesh but every pic I took just wasn't coming up good.
Will re take them when we get a nice sunny day.cheers

[MGV]

Hmmm, i've been struggling with this dilemma for 2 years now! Camera adjusts exposure settings to the white (silver in my case) & the black wheels (matte i my case) disappear into a black hole... I don't think the sunny day will work in my case, maybe will with the gloss black though.

Still happy with how mine look (yours look great, btw) in person, just a difficult photo situation. I think last light with strategic illumination would work?