Has anybody done this? Any pictures? I'm toying with the idea of 20x10 and 18x8.5 wheels with 285/50/18 and 315/50/20 tires. That will probably create quite a rake.

 

Not exactly but I do have a 2" bigger rim on the rear.

I went with 20x8.5's on the front with 255/35-20 tires and 22x10's on the rear with 285/30-22 tires. I have a 2/2 drop and because of the 2" taller rear tire and the 2" taller than front rear(4" taller total), it has a wicked rake. Too high in the back!! After I install the rear spring hangers it will be a 2/5 drop just to get it close to level. One thing i can suggest is keeping the sidewall hieght of the tires very close to the same front and rear. The sidewall difference is very noticable with the different height rims.

Jason

 

Yeah. I thought of that. The sidewall will be 1.5 cm taller in the rear. It won't be noticeable on the larger wheels. I only have 1/2 drop. It shouldn't be hard to fix an excessive rake. Thanks for the reply.

 

TP

 

I've thought about it too, but then began to realize that you would be going through the rear tires the most which are going to be the more expensive out of the two sizes. I think it would be nice to see if the look would be worth it though.

 

Nobody? Any photoshop gurus want to give it a try?

 

PIC's?

 

I'll definately post pics after the rear drop is complete. Looks kind of awkward right now sitting 4" higher in the rear.

Jason

 

The thing to keep in mind when doing this is the overall tire diameter. They can not be off by more than 5% (I think this is the right number), especially if you have 4-wheel ABS. If they're off more than allowed it will send false readings to your ABS sensor.

 

Lightnings have three ABS sensors. One for each front wheel and one for both rear wheels.