This past Tuesday I went to Tim's and helped him install the rear spindles with the new monoballs, and we fitted the rear disc brakes.
Earlier in the day I stopped at Hoosier Tire East and purchased a brand new set of 225/45-15 A6's. We decided to test fit one of the tires to the 15 x 9" 949 Racing wheels we had. Fronts fit with nothing but a wheel spacer. Rears needed a combo of spacers about 3/8" thick to clear the struts after our camber was set (1.5 degrees negative).
Also, because of the arc the trailing arms make, the rear tires cleared the front and center of the rear wheel-wells (our new flares), but would have struck the rear of the flares where they meet the bumper cover. So I proceeded to do a little bit of hammer work with a plastic mallet and we got our clearance needed.
Here's $1000 worth of Hoosier tires.
Tim's not too picky about the paint on his car, so he just brushed on some gloss black POR-15 paint over the flares.
225/45-15 Hoosiers are damn near a perfect fit on 9" rims!
With the flat-wire springs added we were able to keep our droop travel designed in. Much better than the Tein struts that were on there before! More droop and compression travel means more grip over uneven surfaces. A necessity in New England hillclimbs. We are not going to run any sway bars at all. This is a lot of tire on a Sentra.