Front fender/wheel gap question

[cashcorn]

My car is on order & I've been looking at a lot of photo's lately. (30 days so far. lol) I always though there is to much gap with the front fender/wheels (18in with low profile tire). Would it be possible to narrow a 19in rear Sidewinder wheel from 13in down to 8.5in and use on the front? I think 19's all the way around would look awesome!

[Jack B]

Lower the front, imho you do not want raise the cg.


My car is on order & I've been looking at a lot of photo's lately. (30 days so far. lol) I always though there is to much gap with the front fender/wheels (18in with low profile tire). Would it be possible to narrow a 19in rear Sidewinder wheel from 13in down to 8.5in and use on the front? I think 19's all the way around would look awesome!

[ViperSmith]

The car settles a lot once you drive it, IMHO

[1Koolasp 16ACR]

I tell Yeh , On My TA , The Wheel Gap Is Kinda Nil, The Stance Looks Great ,Not Sitting High At All, It Seems To Fit Well.

[Nine Ball]

It is because of the puny 25" tall tire they put on the Gen V front. Previous gens had 26" tall tires, which look a lot better. It is almost like they set the spring height for the previous gen tires, then just used the Pirelli tires because they had to. Pirelli didn't offer a 295/35-18 size. I went back with a 26" tall Michelin on my car, now the front and rear gaps are uniform. Also went with 19s front and rear.

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr29/ynotdv8/2013%20Viper/spoiler02.jpg (http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/media/2013%20Viper/spoiler02.jpg.html)

Before:

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr29/ynotdv8/2013%20Viper/DSC05951.jpg (http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/media/2013%20Viper/DSC05951.jpg.html)

[Jack B]

What tire did you use on the front?

I have the MCS shocks on my car, therefore, the lower was easy. As you pointed out though, the oem front tire does have some limitations. If you do not intend to race there is probably very little downside, however, if you autocross or road race, that 25" tire gets abused/worn very quickly.


It is because of the puny 25" tall tire they put on the Gen V front. Previous gens had 26" tall tires, which look a lot better. It is almost like they set the spring height for the previous gen tires, then just used the Pirelli tires because they had to. Pirelli didn't offer a 295/35-18 size. I went back with a 26" tall Michelin on my car, now the front and rear gaps are uniform. Also went with 19s front and rear.

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr29/ynotdv8/2013%20Viper/spoiler02.jpg (http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/media/2013%20Viper/spoiler02.jpg.html)

Before:

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr29/ynotdv8/2013%20Viper/DSC05951.jpg (http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/media/2013%20Viper/DSC05951.jpg.html)

[Nine Ball]

My car has Michelin Pilot Super Sports on it. 295/30-19 front and 345/30-19 rear. We run a 19x11.0 front wheel and 19x12.5 rear wheel for those tires.

[cashcorn]

Nine Ball, Really like the aggressive stance on the 19's. It still has the factory looking rake to it! Is it possible to narrow a rear Sidewinder down to 8.5 or 9in and use it up front? thanks