# Think I can get a 305/30/18 to clear? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365 "2007-05-15T23:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365/1 "2007-05-15T23:33:50Z")
On my 18x9.5 NISMO LMGT4s I run a 275/40/18, well, Mike (MPD47) was co-driving and after NCCC, he and I got the brilliant idea to stuff a 305/30 Hoosier (lightly used) on the back since we had major wheelspin issues at the autox… granted that was more likely due to an over-enthusiastic throttle foot _cough MIKE cough_ but still. Traction is a good thing. Ordered up some cheap 2003-2004 Mustang Cobra rims, offset seemed pretty much perfect on paper, 18x9 ET 26 18x10.5 ET 27 and honestly, minus the stupid cobra center caps (buddy at a machine shop was gonna make ones with the Z logo for me anyway) they’re quite impressive quality / weight / finish. At least, IMO, but still who cares, they’re race wheels, might flat-black them anyway 😉 So the wheels came in today. Test fit a rear, I taped up the lug holes and the inside of the centerbore in case it was WAY off and I needed to send them back… put two 2x4 pieces stacked under the rim and several layers of a rubber mat and lowered the car’s weight on it to compress the suspension fully. Sorry about the pic quality, Pat (roommate / photographer) is a tard and under-exposed them and shot at ISO400, doh. ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back.jpg) ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back2.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back2.jpg) ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back3.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back3.jpg) ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back4.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back4.jpg) ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-side.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-side.jpg) ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-top.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-top.jpg) **So WILL THE TIRES FIT my bodywork?** ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365/2 "2007-05-15T23:55:22Z")
yes. then you’ll hit a bump and they will explode on impact. ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365/3 "2007-05-16T00:09:33Z")
heh, that was helpful. duh, I don’t mean sitting still. anyway … the “why” ![http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-why.jpg](http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-why.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365/4 "2007-05-16T05:22:48Z")
Here are 315’s on the same wheel. ![http://www.mustangmods.com/data/7844/5.jpg](http://www.mustangmods.com/data/7844/5.jpg) So 305s would stick out past the rim slightly less. Seems like they would work. EDIT: These mine be 17’s…it didn’t say. These are 18x10.5 with 295s in the rear ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/nitestalker002001/0325051456b.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/nitestalker002001/0325051456b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365/5 "2007-05-16T05:36:59Z")
^ Sweet off-roading kit! ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-can-get-a-305-30-18-to-clear/29365/6 "2007-05-16T05:38:24Z")
[quote=“LAFENGAS,post:5,topic:29365"”] ^ Sweet off-roading kit! [/quote] Yeah it’s pretty bad. Plus the stretch look doesn’t work for a domestic.