Has anyone converted their front 18 inch wheels to match the back 19 inchers? I would love the look of the 19's all around. Let me know if this would work. Thanks.

 

Someone posted they were looking at replaceing the fronts with 19's and the rears with 20's and going with even lower profile rubber. Use the search tool, I think they were Foose Speedster rims.

 

I don't think the rear 19's will fit up front. They are VERY wide.

 

your front wheel is 18 x 7.5. most 19s are either 9 or 9.5. which means you may have to move to a 235 or 255 wide tire. The tires may rub when they are cranked hard left or right. Will it work? I think so...I have heard of others doing 19 and 20 as replacement.

 

One way to find out... take one of your rear wheels off and put it on the front. I'd say you'd definately have some rubbage at full lock.

 

It would be nice if a company made a replica 19" wheel that was only 7.5 inches wide, so you could put two of them on the front, without replacing the rear wheels. That would be awesome.

 

You might not like the front end ride with 19" tires,if they even make matching tires!

 

Eh can one inch really make a difference on ride or handling? Probably, but not much in either dept. Let's find a company to make a replica 19 inch front wheel!!

I'll be the first buyer.

 

I would buy a pair too!

 

When your side wall is only 3.5" tall I'd say 1" (1/2"/side wall) could be be noticeable..

If you increase the wheel size in the front you will have to decrease the tire profile. If you keep the same profile height you have now, your front wheel-well will look fuller than the rear, giving the impression of bigger tires up front... that would look a little odd.

 

If the front was the same 225x40x19 it would be 1/2" taller,if they made 215x40x19 it would be almost the same but little less in width.

 

Actually, to keep the same overall diameter the stock 225/40/18 is roughly equal to a 225/35/19 (2.5mm taller).

The tire you recommended, a 215/40/19 would be 17mm taller and 10mm narrower than stock.

 

I was guessing if they made it!You have to see what sizes they make in matching rear and front.

 

225/35/19 is a common size and made by both conti and michelin, among others.

a 215/40/19 is not a commonly manufactured tire size.

 

They make 19's for up front, and tire's too. I'm talking aftermarket wheels for BMWs, Benzes, ricers, etc.

Yes we might have to go down from 40 to 35 or even 30. So what, you just look out for potholes a little bit more. But they also make tires that can hold more air pressure than ours do as stock, meaning if you hit a pothole, it won't be so super devestating. Thin tires are obviously designed to withstand more damage. I think our stock tire's are a little weak, personally.

Also by making the wheels larger, you don't necessarily even need to decrease the tire size by the same amount, and maintain the same diamater. You can make the diameter up front larger, without decreasing performance, since this is a rear wheel drive car. There is room under the front wheel wells for a bigger tire/wheel combo.

My last car was an Eclipse '97 GST with 19s 215/30 in front, and watever/35 in back. I would inflate them up to 50-55 psi. Crossfire recommends 33 for stock, see the difference?

50-55 will give you more defense against holes and damage.

Anyway let's find a company to make replica 19s for our front wheels.

 

Wheels are upgraded mostly for a "looks" goal. By having a bigger diameter wheel/tire in the front, I think you would be contradicting the look most are trying to achieve. If you fill the front wheel well with a larger than stock wheel/tire (even if it is still smaller than the rear), the fuller wheel well will give the impression of having larger tires up front as compared to the rear. The wheel wells are proportionally smaller in the front relative to the stock wheel/tire size. Therefore, for the "look", you would have to upgrade both front and rear proportional to keep the "wheel-well gap" similar.

Do not try this at home (with stock crossfire tires).

 

Heb80 - I understand what your saying, but you gotta remember, xfire is one of the few cars that have smaller wheels up front as stock. So putting 19's in the front, with a thinner tire than the rear, shouldn't destroy the look most people are going for. In FACT, anyone who does this mod would be going for that exact look, a balanced look, ie 19's all around.

If it fills the wheel well a little more, I dont think it would make it look like the car is driving around with larger front wheels than back. That would be a ridiculous look, and I'd agree, if the front wheels look larger than the rear, then that is stupid. But by utilizing thinner tires than the rear, and 19's all around, you'd still maintain that pounced look, because the front would still sit lower than the rear (albeit not as much as stock). Also take a look at the majority of cars with large wheels, the front wheel gap is smaller than the rear wheel gap. Even taking a look at xfire, you can see the front gap is smaller than the rear to start with, so there's probably some room to work with.

Then again, who knows either way, until we do it. I personally think 19's up front, leaving 19's in the back, will look good. You may not, but thats ok too.

Oh and I wasn't talking about inflating your xfire tires up to 50 or 55. I was speaking of the tires on my Eclipse, I don't know if that got anyone confused.

 

Here you can clearly see a Porsche, riding on 18s, and the front wheel well gap is smaller than the back one. However, imo, it doesn't unbalance the look, or make the front wheels look larger than the rear.