18×10 Volk TE37s and some Star Specs
My tires finally came in from TireRack and Steve at Hartmann Wheels was gracious enough to help me get everything mounted. All I can say is, "WOW...my stars have somehow aligned!" because everything has worked out perfectly.
The setup is a set of Volk's 18x10 TE37 with 265/35/18 Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Specs. This is the literally the absolute widest tire I could fit on this rim. That being said, this tire fills the wheel PERFECTLY.
The fronts have approximately 2mm of clearance on the inside and fill the front fenders perfectly; the rears have approximately 10mm of clearance on the outside to play with, and quite a bit on the inside (though the tire makes contact with the inner fender when the rear end is in the air. I might space the rear out a little more when H&R gets their 35mm adapter.
An interesting tidbit of info: Dunlop lists the Star Specs with a sectional width of 10.7"; a 275/35/18 Michelin PS2 has a sectional width of 10.9". After the tires came in and we took some measurements, the sectional width on the Dunlops are over 11" wide!
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Pictured below is a 275/35/18 Star Spec next to the 255/30/20 Falken 512.
