New Tire Size-Are spacers still needed?

[Luftdad]

Does anyone have experience with this situation? I am currently running stock tires with 12mm and 15mm spacers front and rear. The car has H&R lowering springs I plan to install 275 /35-19 Front and 295/35-19 Rear tires soon. Will I still "need" the spacers? I don't want the tires to protrude from the fender. Anyone have experience with 305 rears.

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[MisterSkiz]

Running those tires on the OEM wheels seems like a bit too much, you will kill your handling response and it could end up feeling squishy.

 

[Luftdad]

Thanks

 

[mmspider]

I run a 265/35R19 front and 285/35R19 rear on stock wheels. I still see the need for spacers. But I won`t buy the same exact size spacer as with factory tires.

 

[Devleen]

Does anyone have experience with this situation? I am currently running stock tires with 12mm and 15mm spacers front and rear. The car has H&R lowering springs I plan to install 275 /35-19 Front and 295/35-19 Rear tires soon. Will I still "need" the spacers? I don't want the tires to protrude from the fender. Anyone have experience with 305 rears.

Moving up to a 275 front and 295 rear adds significant width and sidewall bulge.

 

[tracer bullet]

The assumption is you have OEM wheels but you didn't say. wheel offsets would be needed along with the tire and spacer info to really give a good answer.

There are a lot of cars with wider tires on the forum here with the info shared. You'll want to emulate their offsets if possible. Sometimes those offsets are built in to the wheel, sometimes they are created with spacers.

 

[ntfrendlyGR]

I run a stock wheel, Nitto 305, Swift springs and no spacers with ride on comfort with no rubbing. With 10mm spacers they rubbed when squatting on full throttle. If you’re going for handling stay away from a 305 on stock wheels

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