mpesik

You know Chuck Z. Youv'e done better than the factory! That is something! I love that car!

redidrum

Check out the Turbo Twist that I just got from Mark at 928Intl. They're a little tight in the rear. I need help raising the rear quarter ppanel an inch. Any ideas? They sure look great! 245/40/18's and 265/35/18's.

mpesik

No ideas, but looks damb good!

blau928

Um Redidrum,

The tires are on the wrong way, the tread pattern on those are unidirectional, and should be pointed in the forward direction. You need to flip them around, or the tires could malfunction, and you could get hurt....

redidrum

Richard,

Are you serious? I went out and looked at them again. Made me look! They all have the bottom of the "V" facing forward. They are the Bridgestone "SO-2". Am I an Idiot? They do have a spacer with the studs attached that may be able to be removed. I'm only seeing 5 studs and not 10 like the spacers I've seen.

Let me know if you're bluffing?

Thanks,

Ron

Tony

18" SSR GT3's that accomodate 335's in the back

I should'a brought my camera.

SharkSkin

Tires like that are designed to pump water from the center out to the sides to prevent hydroplaning. The way you have them mounted, they will pump water to the center instead... If you hit a 1/2" deep puddle at speed you'll probably be hydroplaning and out of control before you can do anything about it.

Look at the sidewall if you still have any doubts at all. Somewhere on the sidewall it should indicate the direction of rotation with an arrow, something like this: >>Rotation>>

Garth S

Absolutely correct! Easily corrected - just swap assemblies side to side (I say that, because I saw one tire shop trying to correct their error by demounting the tires and reinstalling ).

blau928

Ron,

look for the rotation marks on the sidewall, or an easy rule of thumb with V groove tread is that when the tires are viewed from the rear, the tip of the V should be towards the top of the car. This is to channel the water away from the tread as Dave mentioned.

Some tires such as the Conti Sport Contact II that I run are unidirectional as well, but instead of a rotation arrow, they say "Outside" on the outer sidewall. The Conti Tread pattern is easier to get confused, as they have straight grooves.

As Garth mentioned, just swap L/R, and all would be fine. I don't ever bluff about safety, people could get hurt seriously. A simple thing like that, and driving in the rain, you would definitely wreck it....

I always check the tires when being mounted, one shop I went to years ago thought I was a pain, as I made big fuss when they goofed, and then told me "no customers in the work area per insurance regs" blah, blah, blah... I changed to nother place, and I am allowed in the work area, can watch the mounting, and even when they do my alignment etc. and they are fine with me being picky...

Safety First, Fun second.. You can get hurt or killed mixing that up...

Ok, enough of me babbling... Enjoy your new wheels

Cheers

kshipp

I found this pic posted from nicobel and really like these wheels.
Anyone know what these are?
https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...tid=6553&stc=1

Chuck Z

Kelly, I think its an RH Alurad wheel, similar version to what I have on my GTS. RH web site

Scott M.

I agree w/ pilotboy...GT3's on a GTS. Here's my 93...



And here are my Favorite rims... Moda's on my89GT



Scott

Lagavulin

Sterling, great subwoofer grill!