What Tire Size For 18x11 fronts and 18x13 rears on gen 2 GTS?

OleRed

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Was wondering what people are running for a street tire on a 97 gts with 18x11 fronts and 18x13 rears?

Preferably No rubbing, cutting, hitting the hood, or lowering.

If you have pictures feel free to post as well.
 

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My Continental Extreme Contact Sports are 275/35 front and 335/30 rear.
 

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I'd like to know for sure. I'm trying to decide what inner barrels I need to change to for 275-17s on my 17x 11.5 Classics. They work perfectly for 315s, but I'm not sure I can get the beads to set on the narrow ones. I'm thinking either 9.0 or 9.5 + my 1.5" fronts.

And the outer lip measurement is not the same as the bead shoulder clear distance.
 

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I'd have to ask CCW where they pull their measurements from. These wheels came with the car (luckily they are what I would have purchased), my measurement of the front was pulled with rudimentary outside to outside.
 

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I measured my 11.5 x 17 classics. 11.5" clear face of bead shoulders, just a hair under 13.0 lip to lip outside. There's the easy way to measure them, then there's the Accurate Way to measure them.
 

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I have 275/35/18 Nitto 555g2 fronts, 335/30/18 555r2 rears. Traction issues have left the building. Quiet. And they last longer than r888r’s
 
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