Winter wheel setup for an 08 ISF

[samplify]

Hi all,

I've got my eye on some wheels with winter tyres, for those that have a better idea of fitment on these cars, do we think they'll fit?

18x8j ET30 225/45 on all 4

Thank you!

 

 

[Jgtcracer]

1 hour ago, samplify said:

Hi all,

I've got my eye on some wheels with winter tyres, for those that have a better idea of fitment on these cars, do we think they'll fit?

18x8j ET30 225/45 on all 4

Thank you!

 

 

I always ran same wheels all year round so can’t comment on choice over winter but 225 feels narrow at the rear.  

Could always go with a wider rear or just move to winter tyres on the original ?

[Killysprint]

when I had my ISF I ran an all square 10x19 with 255/35/19 Bridgestone blizzaks. Wheels were Lined Corsa LC818.

I bought the wheels from the guy (IIRC) from Fensport who had them on his car. Ran with no spacers etc, and were fine, no rubbing catching on lock etc.

Car was my daily at the time - coped great in all the crappy winter weather.

 

 

[ubersonic]

For what it's worth, the other year I needed new tyres on my stock ISF wheels and so knowing I was going to be getting a set of Rays for summer use with their own tyres I opted to fit the stock wheels with a set of "Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3" (all season tyres) in stock sizing/rating that way I could run the Rays over summer and the stock rims in autumn/winter (UK winters aren't severe enough to warrant full winters over all seasons due to how poor winter tyres perform in rain).

Due to delays with the Rays not arriving until the autumn I ended up running the stock rims with the Goodyears over a summer, and in all honesty they are so good I would go as far as to say that if you have no plans to run your car on track regularly then just get a set of the Goodyears all seasons and don't bother with the faff off winter tyres/wheels.

They are a flat out better tyre in all weathers than the Bridgestone Potenza's Lexus try to push on us, and compared to the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S I used before and on my Rays they're so close in good weather that the only way you would notice a difference on the road would be if you were driving so irresponsibly that the police would arrest you on sight.  I actually ran the car at Santa Pod with the Vectors while waiting for my Rays and again with the the MPS4S on the Rays and over a 1/4 mile the difference was margin of error territory.  Obviously it goes without saying that the Vectors were in a different league in the two days of snow I had to deal with.