225's on a 6" wheel

JamesShort · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:59 pm

Ram is in an interesting position because the wheels he wants are out of stock and after destroying his star specs at the school this weekend, he has nothing for the 5/22 event so it's either find used 15x7-8s fast and get the 225s or put 205/50 on his 15x6. Main point is to get some race rubber asap so he can start showing Rob/Graham how it's done

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Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

15x9 6ULs are in stock at 949, but you should probably wait because 15x10s are in development.

JasonWatts · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:45 pm

I thought the 15x10's from 949 have been in the works for awhile... with no firm set date yet, then again I dont pay too much attention to the 15x10's

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

From a news post last week: Q3, 2011

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:19 am

ya but the 949 10's you know they are gonna be later than originally expected. Emilio is good but sometimes his shipping estimates stink

RobLupella · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:01 pm

Andrew Jonell wrote:

15x9 6ULs are in stock at 949, but you should probably wait because 15x10s are in development.

Might have to do a fender roll on the 15X9's and 10s

RobLupella · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:03 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Ram is in an interesting position because the wheels he wants are out of stock and after destroying his star specs at the school this weekend, he has nothing for the 5/22 event so it's either find used 15x7-8s fast and get the 225s or put 205/50 on his 15x6. Main point is to get some race rubber asap so he can start showing Rob/Graham how it's done

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I have some original 14 X 6 Daisy's he can have for cheap

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:10 pm

He should be good with 15x9" and 225/45. We ran 225/50s on a 15x9 last weekend and we only had some minor rubbing in the front. His car being a NB helps a ton, I had to roll my rears with the same wheel/tire combo.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:35 pm

JamesMilko wrote:

He should be good with 15x9" and 225/45. We ran 225/50s on a 15x9 last weekend and we only had some minor rubbing in the front. His car being a NB helps a ton, I had to roll my rears with the same wheel/tire combo.

You guys figure out what exactly was rubbing? I felt the inside lip of the wheel and it didn't feel rough or gouged.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:48 pm

Wheel on the fender liner somewhere, it was only when the wheel was partially turned and the suspension wasn't loaded. I never heard it happen on course when Ram was driving only in the paddock.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:50 pm

JamesMilko wrote:

Wheel on the fender liner somewhere, it was only when the wheel was partially turned and the suspension wasn't loaded. I never heard it happen on course when Ram was driving only in the paddock.

I heard something when the wheel was near lock when I rode along with Ram when he was coming out of the C box turnaround. It sounded like it was hitting the LCA, but maybe it was the fender/fenderliner.

The 225/45 might be fine due to the smaller diameter.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:28 pm

It was the inside lip of the wheel against the LCA. I'll likely end up throwing a spacer on and rolling the front fender lip to stop that from happening. Unless I need new studs to get enough thread on the lugs, in that case It'll likely wait till my wheel bearings need replacement.

RamVennam · **Joined:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:31 pm **Posts:** 132

Lot of great information here guys! Thanks! Especially you Graham

Based on what I read on the miata forums, I shouldn't have had any problem with 15x9's +36. So, the control arm clearance problem this weekend was kinda strange. Maybe the lip of the wheel was hitting my springs? We didn't ever go full lock...at least I don't think we did.
I'm sure I lost a lot of time at the C box because I purposely drove it super wide and slow. It still made a lot of rubbing/scraping noise.

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:12 am

i have a very minimal rub on my front sway bar with my 15x9's but that is prob gonna be the normal. I dont think it happened while out on course but more of when i was going full lock and parking.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:20 am

So it seems that there are 13x8 that will clear the 1.8L NA front brakes, but will they clear the 1.8L NB front brakes?

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