S15 Wheel Fitment

[400hpGSXR]

so about to pick up my S15 and wondering if my 18x9.5 +35 and 18x11+32 CCW Classics will clear. im pretty sure it will clear fender wise, but not sure if it will clear suspension. if anyone has any ideas or input please let me know.

[Lukasss]

We're these the same classics on an aristo ?

[400hpGSXR]

yes they are.

[whiterps13]

Needs a 20mm spacer up front.

[garagelu]

I run a 18x9 +18 and 18x10 +13 on my S15 and I have to run quite a bit of camber in the rear. You can't fit as aggressive wheels on S15 compared to S14 on the fender side. The suspension side should be the same as S14 since they interchange.

[400hpGSXR]

yeah these wheels were off my lexus wagon, and if i could fit them, id rather not sell them. im not really worried about it being flush, but just being able to fit them without rubbing the suspension being as most of the 11's width is on the inside. i dont mind rolling and pulling the rears to get it to fit there, but i just dont want inner barrel rubbing control arms or suspension.

[400hpGSXR]

not to mention the fronts have 225/35 and the rears are 285/30

[whiterps13]

Well like I said, front will need a 20mm spacer for sure to clear coils. A 9.5 +15 with a 225/35 should be gravy up ther with a roll and some negative camber.

Rears will be close. Broadfield has run a 18x10 +42 with a 275 on an s13 and it cleared. His new setup is like a 18x11 +30ish and it clears coils with a 285, but I believe he had to notch lower control arms or something? Not sure of how much that will translate to an s15 but hopefully that helps slightly.

[95KA-Turbo]

As someone said already, you'll want to run a 20mm spacer up front and out back the outside clearance will be just about perfect with some 235/40s....but your inside clearance out back is going to be SUPER tight.

I know my 11 +12 on my S14 rear with -2.5 camber had about 2 fingers of room between the coilover and wheel.

As far as the 285s go...don't destroy the OEM body lines of the S15 rear quarter panel to fit them....especially if you're running 225/35s up front. Just put 235/40s out back and the stretch will be similar.



This is the picture of the 11 +12 - the center bore of the wheel wouldn't fit over my hub so this is more like an 11 +5.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/95KA-Turbo/bbstest6.jpg

[fliprayzin240sx]

S15s fit more like S13s. Like already stated, you'd need spacers for the fronts since they wont clear the struts. I'd run atleast 15mm up front at a minimum. Rears, it should fit. I've run 18x11 +28 in the rear and still had some space to clear the A-arm and struts with my S14. You won't need to pull the rear to fit those in the back, just a roll should be more than enough to clear some meaty tires.

[95KA-Turbo]

S15s fit more like S13s. Like already stated, you'd need spacers for the fronts since they wont clear the struts. I'd run atleast 15mm up front at a minimum. Rears, it should fit. I've run 18x11 +28 in the rear and still had some space to clear the A-arm and struts with my S14. You won't need to pull the rear to fit those in the back, just a roll should be more than enough to clear some meaty tires.



Those big ass tires will not fit out back.

This car has 10.5 +15s and the 11 +32s will only give him 11mms more clearance. Those 10.5s have 245/35s on them and he is running -4ish camber...and the white car has a super small pull (like 5mms). The 11mms of clearance will let him run a more reasonable amount of camber.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3446/3753170905_15c874fa5e_b.jpg

It makes more sense to run a smaller tire and run less camber then it does to run a massive tire, pull the shit out of the fender (ruining the body lines of the S15), and still have to run a bunch of camber.

[400hpGSXR]

well looks like i might as well sell these after all and pick up another set, im not all about destroying the body just to get a set of wheels to fit, like i wouldnt mind a minor pull and roll, but the S15 body is already really nice so i aint gunna go and ruin it, so i just wanted to double check before i went ahead and sold them, then regretted it.

[95KA-Turbo]

Glad to hear it! A 5-10mm pull will be fine on the rear if you get it smoothed out and painted. They get super wavy really easy, basically nothing like S13s and S14s. I pulled the fenders on that white one and on a blue one - his was more of a pull then I wanted to do but I did it per the owners request. It didn't ruin the look of the car (it still looks awesome), but I personally wouldn't have done one that large....and I have like a 2 inch pull on my S14, lol.

[400hpGSXR]

theres a member on here with a set of AME Circlar Spec-R wheels in 19x9 +15 and 19x10 +15 that im in love with, just gotta get rid of my CCW's first lol.

[95KA-Turbo]

19s look great on S15s, so those would be awesome!

[400hpGSXR]

so im not hearing back from the guy with the AME's, but ive found a couple other set of wheels, my thing that im wondering is if a 19x9.5 +12 and 19x10.5 +12 would fit well or a 19x9.5 +0 and 19x10.5 +0 or a mix of the both, like +0 fronts or +0 rears. any ideas? might have the CCWs sold so need another set of wheels.

[blueshark123]

so im not hearing back from the guy with the AME's, but ive found a couple other set of wheels, my thing that im wondering is if a 19x9.5 +12 and 19x10.5 +12 would fit well or a 19x9.5 +0 and 19x10.5 +0 or a mix of the both, like +0 fronts or +0 rears. any ideas? might have the CCWs sold so need another set of wheels.


a 19x10.5 0 offest seems a bit to aggressive you would need to pull it out alot if you want decent camber height and rubber

[400hpGSXR]

so then i guess the +12 would be just right with a roll

[blueshark123]

so then i guess the +12 would be just right with a roll


I know on a s14 +12 will fit good on a s14 but s15 im not sure. well the white s15 has 10.5 +15 so 3mm more aggressive will be a bigger pull if you want to be that low. but it also depends on the rims in the end.

[400hpGSXR]

well just looking at the S15 with rotiforms and its got the 19x9.5/10.5 +12 and the rears poke quite a bit, not a huge fan of poke, so now to keep doing research. next thing after that is tire sizing lol.

[blueshark123]

if your set on 10.5 wide just get +20 or +25 then, with a decent tire