RoadHog Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Hello I have some new wheels coming in the coming weeks: Cosmis XT-006R - 18x9.5ā ET10 (Front) - 18x11ā ET8 (Rear) And 15mm spacers to clear brembos on the front Being new to custom wheels and getting the right fitment I'm after some advice on what tyre sizes I can or should run (bearing in mind I will also be lowing on tein coilovers in the next couple months) I'm thinking 255/35 front and 285/35 in the rear (so I'm not running too much stretch) but can still lower nicely (rears are already rolled) Will these work / look even? 285 sounds huge to me but they probably aren't in the grand scheme of things. I want a good look but I also don't want to be running extra weight where I don't need to Sorry for the newbie questions and thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurez33 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Iām literally running similar sizes for alloys apart from 10.5s on the rear and Iām running the same widths just different profiles, just Defintely check your clearances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPAXY Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 stunning wheels ,definitely get some photos up when they are on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 What tyres are you planning on using in those sizes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 09/02/2022 at 21:47, Azurez33 said: Iām literally running similar sizes for alloys apart from 10.5s on the rear and Iām running the same widths just different profiles, just Defintely check your clearances Expand Thats good to hear. I have checked measurements and looks like the should fit, also did a comparison table (attached) On 10/02/2022 at 09:52, Ekona said: What tyres are you planning on using in those sizes? Expand I'm thinking 255/35 front and 285/35 in the rear (so I'm not running too much stretch) but can still lower nicely (rears are already rolled) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 08:48, SPAXY said: stunning wheels ,definitely get some photos up when they are on. Expand Thanks! Will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 12:02, RoadHog said: Thats good to hear. I have checked measurements and looks like the should fit, also did a comparison table (attached) I'm thinking 255/35 front and 285/35 in the rear (so I'm not running too much stretch) but can still lower nicely (rears are already rolled) Expand Sizes I got, but which tyres??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 12:55, Ekona said: Sizes I got, but which tyres??? Expand Ahh sorry Not 100% sure yet iI have a good tyre guy that will guide me though the best options, budget vs high end etc once I have chosen the sizes, but leaning towards either Kumho all round PS71s and PS91s Though I may push the boat out and go for Michelin Pilot Sport 4's on the fronts any reccomendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurez33 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Match all your tyres mate best thing to do and itās good practice too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 13:42, Azurez33 said: Match all your tyres mate best thing to do and itās good practice too Expand Thanks mate, appreciate the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 08:48, SPAXY said: stunning wheels ,definitely get some photos up when they are on. Expand SPAXY - Just seen your thread on looking for some new wheels, if you like the style of these cosmis im getting highly recommend checking out the other colours or the Cosmis 206Rs as well if you want multispoke They do loads of colours, including bronze and hyper bronze, as well as machined lip or machined spoke options couple links below for you (i havent filtered these down to vehicle or specs just for the photos but have a gander hope it helps https://www.fitmentindustries.com/buy-wheel-offset/XT206FF-1895-38-5x114+3-BHB2/cosmis-racing-xt-206r-ff-18x95-38 https://www.torqen.uk/wheels/cosmis/cosmis-xt006r/15924-cosmis-racing-xt-006r-black-with-machined-lip-20-x-95-10-offset-5x1143-bolt-pattern-731mm-hub-xt006r-2095-10-5x1143-bml.html https://www.torqen.uk/wheels/cosmis/cosmis-xt006r/15939-cosmis-racing-xt-006r-bronze-18-x-95-10-offset-5x1143-bolt-pattern-731mm-hub-xt006r-1895-10-5x1143-br.html https://www.torqen.uk/wheels/cosmis/cosmis-xt006r/15937-cosmis-racing-xt-006r-hyper-bronze-18-x-95-10-offset-5x1143-bolt-pattern-731mm-hub-xt006r-1895-10-5x1143-hbr.html https://www.torqen.uk/wheels/cosmis/cosmis-xt006r/15961-cosmis-racing-xt-006r-black-with-machined-spokes-18-x-11-8-offset-5x1143-bolt-pattern-731mm-hub-xt006r-1811-8-5x1143-bms.html https://www.torqen.uk/639-cosmis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPAXY Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 ROADHOG-thanks bud will have a look,much appriciated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 13:42, Azurez33 said: Match all your tyres mate best thing to do and itās good practice too Expand This. Always this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 MPS4S are the "go to" tyre on this forum ... yes, they're expensive but they last a long time ... I expect mine to out-live me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) I ran MPSS for the last two years before replacing them with MPS4S @ October last year. The MPSS replaced P Zeros, which on or in a warm climate were a fantastic tyre, get close to their minimum temp range and I mean within above 7 or 8 deg and they were a danger to life! The MPSS performed superbly, again in dry/warmer temps and were only marginally better than the P Zeros but there was a significant improvement over the P Zeros in colder, damper weather. The MPS4S are no doubt a great summer tyre (not ran them in the summer yet), but over the winter thatās just past theyāve only just very slightly been better over what I felt with the P Zeros, not a great improvement at all. i know theyāre all primarily summer tyres but when the question is ā wallet friendlyā who can afford two sets of wheels with summer and winter tyres? I think thereās probably better, cheaper all rounders out there that donāt suffer the catastrophic fall off of P Zeros and or the MPS4S. unfortunately when youāre talking 19ā with the type of width and profile that the 350/370 requires, none of them are that āwallet friendlyā for this category. Just my most recent experience, Iām no tyre guru..... Edited February 12, 2022 by The G Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 09:39, The G Man said: I ran MPSS for the last two years before replacing them with MPS4S @ October last year. The MPSS replaced P Zeros, which on or in a warm climate were a fantastic tyre, get close to their minimum temp range and I mean within above 7 or 8 deg and they were a danger to life! The MPSS performed superbly, again in dry/warmer temps and were only marginally better than the P Zeros but there was a significant improvement over the P Zeros in colder, damper weather. The MPS4S are no doubt a great summer tyre (not ran them in the summer yet), but over the winter thatās just past theyāve only just very slightly been better over what I felt with the P Zeros, not a great improvement at all. i know theyāre all primarily summer tyres but when the question is ā wallet friendlyā who can afford two sets of wheels with summer and winter tyres? I think thereās probably better, cheaper all rounders out there that donāt suffer the catastrophic fall off of P Zeros and or the MPS4S. unfortunately when youāre talking 19ā with the type of width and profile that the 350/370 requires, none of them are that āwallet friendlyā for this category. Just my most recent experience, Iām no tyre guru..... Expand Wow. Thanks for the info and experience advice that's great. That's some huge tyres man. What car you running them on? Have you got a super wide kit? Any thoughts about pros and cons going for a wider tyre on stock performance? You may have actually helped me lean even more towards the Kumhos now as they are a bit more "wallet friendly" and have great wet weather performance (apparently) haven't experienced them myself before but they are better rated than what I have been using on stock which are the Apollos (which I highly recommend for a budget tyre) Used 2 sets of 4 in last 4 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) PIām no expert by any manner of means, I run MPS4S on my present Mustang, Iāve used MPSS on both my 370ās, GT and Nismo, as well as the Mustang. i Donāt think you can get them any more but I ran Ultrac Sessanta (Vredstein) on the GT as well. The Nismo came with Bridgestones IIRC but in any case I only ever used Bridgestones on my RX8, they were superb (REO55), many haters off them on here tho, but my experience on track, multiple alpine passes, Euro roadtrips was a good one. Still an expensive tyre. Bear in mind, no matter the tyre, if you donāt drive to the conditions, even Lewis Hamilton will end up backwards in a hedge, I think thatās the key with any choice As to proās/cons to a wider set up, playing about with ratio or width wonāt do much harm if itās minor, example, going from a 275 to a 28 or 95 width, Iāve run spacers on 370ās and Mustang, purely for stance aesthetics and with my limited ability, Iāve experienced no negative side effects Edited February 12, 2022 by The G Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurez33 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 If youāre stuck on what to go with: have a look at here- https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2021-Tyre-Reviews-All-Season-Tyre-Test.htm This is how I up working out what I wanted/ needed vs what I could afford š just make sure you get the tracking done properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 15:15, Azurez33 said: If youāre stuck on what to go with: have a look at here- https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2021-Tyre-Reviews-All-Season-Tyre-Test.htm This is how I up working out what I wanted/ needed vs what I could afford š just make sure you get the tracking done properly! Expand Thanks for this mate haha perfect. Will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 PIC HEAVY... Wheels and tyres are on ! Bit of poke currently and rear arches need rolling, possibly pulling, and will be putting it on coilovers in very near future then get a good alignment job done, ...but I'm loving the look of it already Cosmis XT-006R - 18x9.5ā ET10 (Front) Kumho Ecsta PS71 255/35 (15mm Direnza spacers to clear brembos on the front) - 18x11ā ET8 (Rear) Kumho Ecsta PS91 285/35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Do love these wheels and work well with lowered ride height. With lowering you'll naturally gain more negative camber too, however arch work definitely needed for your spec. @Dani350z car above 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 11/03/2022 at 23:26, davey_83 said: Do love these wheels and work well with lowered ride height. With lowering you'll naturally gain more negative camber too, however arch work definitely needed for your spec. @Dani350z car above Expand Thank you! Im very happy with them! ...Yep, I've been looking high and low for someone local that does arch rolling, I'm in South Wales and the only place I can seem to find is Arch Enemy but they wont come this far.. well not without a big added cost anyway unless I had a group around here they might do a deal That's for another post in the near future though š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHog Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Any advice on arch rolling? Cant find anyone that does it around South Wales, i know there is Arch Enemy but they wont come this far from what i've seen, or have to charge a lot due to travel which i understand. Contemplating giving it a go myself im just worried about cracking the paint, obv ill use a heat gun. Im not convinced on the quality of the rollers on Ebay or Amazon they have very mixed reviews. Anyone had any experience using any of those? Im wondering if i even need to roll them, over wavey/humpy roads at high speeds the wheel does rub/scrub, but im not sure if thats on the inside of the arch or the arch lip, cant see any tyre marks, but im also still on stock suspension so when i switch to the Teins (z street basis as im on a budget) i imagine the stiffness may stop that anyway?) any thoughts? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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