Bigger tires on m parallels

[clarkitect]

I buy from www.bestusedtires.com quite a bit, particularly after two seasons on the rear tires and they are completely bald.

[nmlss2006]

Oh they LOOK stretched. Because tires are there to LOOK RIGHT.

285 on 9.5 is a bad idea - and having 285 in the rear with 235 in the front is also bad, are you that fond of understeer?

But it will look right. To each their own - I was afraid that was the answer.

[clarkitect]

Oh they LOOK stretched. Because tires are there to LOOK RIGHT.

285 on 9.5 is a bad idea - and having 285 in the rear with 235 in the front is also bad, are you that fond of understeer?

But it will look right. To each their own - I was afraid that was the answer.

Dude what is your deal? You sure seem contrarian and interested in conflict based on several recent posts. I have 235 front 285 rear and they perform just fine. Never understeered once. If you’re not interested in using a wider tire then don’t, but maybe some people like to play around with different ideas, that’s their choice.

But I guess you are smarter than everyone else.

[purplecty]

Dude what is your deal? You sure seem contrarian and interested in conflict based on several recent posts. I have 235 front 285 rear and they perform just fine. Never understeered once. If you’re not interested in using a wider tire then don’t, but maybe some people like to play around with different ideas, that’s their choice.

But I guess you are smarter than everyone else.

235 50 and 285 40 are the perfect setup IMO!

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[oldroller]

Quick question: Any ABS concerns with this setup, given the rear tires are a full inch less in circumference?

[clarkitect]

No concerns at all. 285/40-18 is amost exactly the same circumference as 255/45-18.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc...5r18-285-40r18

[haynes740]

On the subject of a 285 series tire on a 9.5 inch wheel .I had my rear wheels off today to change my rear brakes and I was shocked at how wide the tire is leaning up against the side of my other car looking at it while I was working on those brakes. I see now why I have so much traction on my rear end. of course I live in a part of Southern California that sees no snow as that would be the other side of the coin


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[nmlss2006]

My deal hasn't changed in a long time, clark: I don't like - I have never liked - stuff changed 'just because' or 'because it looks good' to the detriment of functionality.

While I appreciate - like everyone else to a greater or lesser degree - that there is a looks component to most choices on cars, I have always maintained that form should follow function, not the other way around.

What most of these 'bigger tire' choices end up causing is more understeer and, in a fair number of cases, more suspension wear together with a less effective suspension/tire coupling (if you make the sidewall stiffer but you don't change the suspension, you will end up in a worse place, past a certain point - and if you stiffen the sidewall and the suspension on a 17' 2 ton sedan, you will end up in a bad place, period - think slip angles and load transfers - which is why apart from looking ridiculous 'coilovers' on an E38 really don't belong from a functional POV). All this, mind, in cars meant to be driven on public roads, mostly in the US, which makes the entire discussion rather surreal.

What compounds it is the fact that both here and on Facebook when you actually start asking for reasons you either get no replies or stuff that has happily left physics to someone else. After 24 years of arguing about it, my temper is starting to get a little short, especially because things are getting worse not better.

To each their own, sure. But at least 'their own' should be informed and in an amazing and increasing number of cases it is not.

And I've always had a temper anyways.

[DorinDav]

I agree with "to each their own"

As for your anger issues, it's never too late to get help with whatever is bothering you. I wish you the best.