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      Thanks for the info! I'm gonna have a shop stretch the tires, local place around here does stuff like that. And I seen a pretty sweet yaris they did, stances and stretched.



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      This is the amount of camber im looking for



      Also, got the spacers today, everything should fit at stock ride height, and it might even fit lowered. I took some pics but im at work now and cant post them

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      a 165/45r15 is a tiny tire. had a set of them on my rabbit. if was was to swap those onto my old wheels i could have easily went down another inch or so.

      edit to reminisce:

      Last edited by petrified.rabbit; 03-09-2013 at 04:41 AM.


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      Nice! Also one more question
      The factory tire size is 185/60 R14
      Im putting a 165/45 r15 tire on a 6.5" rim
      when calculating the speedo difference, should i calculate like 165/65 (for the rim size) or 165/45 or somewhere in between?

      EDIT: after googling, im so confused, 45 is the height? I always thought that was width, and the 165 was height
      Last edited by Pickles; 03-13-2013 at 02:37 AM.

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      the 165 is the width of the tire. the 45 is the % of width that makes up the sidewall..

      so, height = rim size plus the % of width times 2..

      a 165/45r15 is 15" + (165 x .45 x 2) = 15" + 148.5mm

      there are 25.4mm in 1" so 148.5/25.4 = @ 5.85"

      Therefore the tire is 20.85" tall..

      using the same math a stock 185/60r14 tire is 22.75" tall. So your looking at almost 2" less overall height and 1" less radius.


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      to add, unless width is an issue with height, a 195/45r15 tire (which i ran) is 21.9". a little more the 3/4 " less height than the stock 14", but also 10mm wider for performance.


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      went ahead and ordered the tires today, everything is coming together! YIPEE





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