Got new wheels, tires, and springs installed.

[Doc Zaius]

Guys... check out Konig's website... they show the bronze Heliums in 15" & 16", and then again in 17" & 19". There are *2* different bronzes depending on size... its right there on their site.

[bigsky2]

You got it Doc!

The 15/16 Helium Bronze is VERY bronze. Brilliant colour.

The 17/19 Helium Bronze is somewhat bronze when there is lots of natural light, but extremely gunmetal. If you take a look at the picture I took of the wheel on a sunny day, you'll notice that it is not nearly as bronze as Ashley's wheel.

[Doc Zaius]

i like the big bronze colour better than the little bronze colour anyway! (IMO!)

Z

[bigsky2]

Sorry to thread hijack like this

I'm very confident that there is a difference in "bronze" colour among the 15/16 and 17/19 as Doc pointed out.

Anyhow, I just wanted to say that your Yaris looks great, and I like the colour of your wheels

[largeorangefont]

No problem. Your wheel definately is lighter. I'm sure they will look great on the car none the less.

[mrrock]

I've got the Tanabe NF's and 205/50/16's on BBS and I've had to modify the front inner plastic liner so they don't rub: bent the front and back metal tabs and then used a heat gun to modify the plastic liner at the tabs

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by mrrock

I've got the Tanabe NF's and 205/50/16's on BBS and I've had to modify the front inner plastic liner so they don't rub: bent the front and back metal tabs and then used a heat gun to modify the plastic liner at the tabs

Ya'll are rubbin with 205's? What offset are you running.. I have 225/50R15's with absoluly no rubbing.... and I have plenty of room to lower... Teyrume with the supercharged Hatch is running the same size as me and he is lowered with no problems.... Ya'll must be running an odd offset

[dansides]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

Ya'll are rubbin with 205's? What offset are you running.. I have 225/50R15's with absoluly no rubbing.... and I have plenty of room to lower... Teyrume with the supercharged Hatch is running the same size as me and he is lowered with no problems.... Ya'll must be running an odd offset

what offset do u have black yaris i would like to go to 225 50 15 but do not want them 2 proturde out past fenders also how many inches of tread meets the pavement .tks dansides

[bigsky2]

Strange but I am running 205s as well and I experience no rubbing.

205 40 R17 tires on TRD Springs (Eibach Pro rebadge). About a 1.2" drop front and rear.

Rim is Konig Helium 17 x 7, 38mm offset I believe.

[Galavoxx]

Originally Posted by mrrock

I've got the Tanabe NF's and 205/50/16's on BBS and I've had to modify the front inner plastic liner so they don't rub: bent the front and back metal tabs and then used a heat gun to modify the plastic liner at the tabs

I had the same issue running 215/45ZR17. I actually had to change my fronts to 205/45/ZR17s so I wouldn't rub. The rears were and are fine. So right now I'm running two different tire sizes until I wear them out. I believe I have a +43 offset. Before I found this board, guys at Toyota told me 43 is what I should run. Tire guys didn't see a problem with that but the front inner fender has a weird shape and when I lowered it with the 215s, I rubbed a bunch and did some hacking to the plastic to remedy. It helped but I still had to change to 205's. Even with the 205s, I get some minor rubbing on u-turns.

[bigsky2]

Is it because you guys have too much sidewall?

All the people I have met that are running 17's on the Yaris (lift/hatchback specifically) are running 205-40 R17 tires as oppossed to 205-45.

Wondering if that might solve your problems..

[Galavoxx]

Originally Posted by bigsky2

Is it because you guys have too much sidewall?

All the people I have met that are running 17's on the Yaris (lift/hatchback specifically) are running 205-40 R17 tires as oppossed to 205-45.

Wondering if that might solve your problems..

That's what I was also told. And given that my current setup only rubs on u-turns, I imagine 40s wouldn't rub at all. I really like a little more meat on my tires though. The 40s are so skinny. Not to mention road noise is already bad enough.

[largeorangefont]

Originally Posted by mrrock

I've got the Tanabe NF's and 205/50/16's on BBS and I've had to modify the front inner plastic liner so they don't rub: bent the front and back metal tabs and then used a heat gun to modify the plastic liner at the tabs

My tires rarely rub with 205 50 16s. My wheels are 16X7 +40 offset. Only on hard turns at speed, or large dips at speed will the tires rub the inner fenders in the front. The TRD strus should keep it from rubbing on all but the largest bumps at speed.

["G"]

looks good.

[nurburgring]

When u guy rub during u turns, which part of the wheel does it rub ? If it rubs on the inside, more offset will make things worse.

I'll probably be getting some 16 x 6.5" and with +40 offset together with 205/50R16. With a 6.5" wheel at the same offset as you, the wheel should sit inside just a little bit more.

What do u think ?

[Black Yaris]

why are ya'll runin the wrong offsets? 7 inch wide should be +38 nothin less, nothing more.... on a 6.5 you have a bit to play with... so a +40 would work no problem with no rubbing issues at all

[CASTREX]

I'm having rubbing issues on the back tires of my sedan.
The wall of the tire rubs the edge of the fender.
This is my set up:
Hankook R-s2 W212 205/50ZR15
Konig Heliums 15"
Tanabes DF 2" drop

Weird thing that my car is only rubbing on the left side.

Don't want to go to down to 195 tires or to a more conservative 205. I just need like 4mm to clear the tire so I will probably do some cutting.

[rwseattle]

I recently installed my Tanabe NF210 front 1.0f - rear 1.3 with 16" 205/45/16. No problems. I will post new pic in my garage soon.