How to determine wheel and tire height?

[2RARE84s]

Ok, so as most of you have probably seen my other post about my wheels rubbing, I have a question about what size rims and tires to get for my car.

How do you determine the overall wheel and tire height? As in, if I have 16x8 with 225/60/16 on there now and want to go to a 18x8 245/40/18, how would I calculate the overall wheel and tire height? I just want to be sure that I am not going to continue to have the rubbing problem, by keeping the same height tire and wheel.

[WildBillyT]

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Look past the fact that it's a Miata site.

[2RARE84s]

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Look past the fact that it's a Miata site.

That's awesome! thanks! so it looks like the 18"s will be shorter, but slightly wider.

[black95maro]

your stock wheels are 26.6" tall
your new wheels are 25.7" tall

[2RARE84s]

Cool, so if I get these rims and tires, the car would look something like this. I would have to lower it an inch or so though. What do you think?

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/backinblack_01/HPNX0403.jpg

[WildBillyT]

Love it.

[//<86TA>\\]

18x8 with 4.5" of bs and a 245/40/18 fit perfectly, ran that combo for a few years