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After rotating and playing around with tire combinations all afternoon I have found that 225's will fit up front with absolutely no rub. However, 225's put on the back will produce a rub significant enough that it will knot up the tires on the inner wall producing a bad vibration over time, thus why my rear tires were just replaced with only 12K miles on them. Not that 225's will make a huge difference over the 215's, but every little bit of traction you can get helps, even if you're only talking a tenth of a second.
Anybody running 225's up front?
Just an FYI 4 everyone when it comes time for new tires.
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i had 225's all around on stock wheels, with and without my h&r springs, and have 225's with my 18" wheels and have no rub in the rear. You need to bash some extra metal back there with a hammer...but with the stock wheels i was not rubbing regardless.
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time to rip out the sawzal! would this look good on a tour?
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Originally posted by BURNTU2:
Anybody running 225's up front?
Get the right offset wheel, roll the fender lip, and run 245's like Buckshot... Then you'll feel the grip!!!
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225s all around, E1 rims, BAT Euro kit, no rubbing. 
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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
225s all around, E1 rims, BAT Euro kit, no rubbing.
Either you have the skinniest 225's on the planet or you are not driving your car hard enough. I know it takes quite a bit to get my 225 race tires to rub with my E1's, but trust me, in a very hard corner they will rub.
I run 235's on my 17's on the street right now, slight rubbing over very large bumps or when I have people in the back over smaller bumps.
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225s with E1's and I've never rubbed.
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225's with stock wheels on my 98 E0 all around with no rubbing issues. I have run this size since 40,000 miles and have 170,000 miles on it now.
The only time I ever heard any rubbing was when the car was extremely overloaded.
When traveling with my wife, two teenage daughters, and luggage for a week vacation there was no rubbing.
It may not work for everyone, but it works for me.
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