That's pretty much the question. I'm worried to do all the work for the end result to be putting the stock stuff back on and something to put on eBay. Lol

Anyone done this?

 

99% yes. Your wheels won't go higher up into the body than they do now. The suspension will just have less travel.

 

Thanks for the reply. But if I lower the car the wheels have no choice but to get closer to the body.

 

Whats the width of the 20" wheels, offset, and tire size. These will have more influence than just up sizing to 20" wheels with the same dimensions as stock. Putting larger width wheels on doesn't yield as much handling gains as a properly set up suspension. If I had a choice, I'd stick closer to a stock spec and keep the money in suspension upgrades.

 

I think what he meant was it does not matter if it is 20's, 19's or 18's. You still are keeping the overall diamter within 1/2" of each wheel size as you lower the profile of the tire with each incremental increas in wheel size.

Are you sold on 20's? Each increase in wheel diameter also decreases your performance and increases your cost for tire replacement. 18's are the best overall solution. They perform better than 19's or 20's, and the tire choices are much better and less expensive.

 

yeah i already have them. vossen 20x9 and 20x11 with stock offset... im hoping for the best

 

Dubs are normally not purchased for vehicles destined for the track, in my experience. Usually for cars that are going to shows, or a Fast and Furious screening. (Just a joke) Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

 

Seth. I don't track my car. I'm not a "race car driver". Different strokes for different folks huh.

Don't try to tactfully "rag" on me.

Just asking a question. Not for pithy comments.

Back to my question. Has anyone done this and got away with it

 

What you may run into is an issue with square shoulder tires. You may end up having to go just slightly small on the tire and stretch it to get some radius on the tire. I'd test them at the tire shop before leaving with them mounted up and non-returnable.

The other solution is to purchase your tires through someone like Wheel Enhancement that has a lot of experience with this and see what they say.

Are you just dropping the car with lowering springs or are you going to have some ride height adjustment? In cases like this, it can come to millimeters making a difference between epic win and epic failure.

Jim

 

A good suspension shop can do this pretty easy. A super stretched skinny tire, and a pack of 3,5,7,10,15 mm spacers to bump it out perfect. There are a number of forums dedicated to this like stanceworks.com that can help with a bit of tuck and poke, if that is your cup of tea.

Tom

 

The wheels simply "start" closer to the body when you lower. The point is that if you go over a speed-bump, the suspension will have less travel in a lowered car and will simply stop where the stock suspension would have stopped. Your wheels will not get any closer to the body than they would with the stock suspension with the suspension compressed.

 

Thanks I'm going to check that page. Hopefully it works