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I have a chance to buy a pair of non-Widebody rims with 305/35 Nitto Drag radials for a great price. Not for street use, just looking to make a few passes down the track. Will they fit ok on my 2021Widebody?
 

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I have a chance to buy a pair of non-Widebody rims with 305/35 Nitto Drag radials for a great price. Will they fit ok on my 2021Widebody?
They will bolt up but the width and offset is quite different. You will end up having an inch and a half of fender overhang. If they're too good of a deal to pass up, buy them and then resell them and make a couple bucks towards the wheels you really need! Stock WB dimentions are 20x11 + 2.5 offset.
 

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What he said ^^^^
Like was already said, they'll fit but they'll be tucked way into the car with a gap between the wheel and the fender. The wheels are skinnier and would look pushed in. Would look weird.
 
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I have a chance to buy a pair of non-Widebody rims with 305/35 Nitto Drag radials for a great price. Will they fit ok on my 2021Widebody?
305s on a 9.5" wheel are not mounted on the correct size wheel. On a 9.5" wheel, your contact patch is only about 272 mm wide. So that 305 is doing F all for nothing but looks. Thus, the better question is, "How will a 275 do on my widebody?" And the answer is, "poorly."
 

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I bought them just because the price was right, the rims alone are worth more than I paid 🤷‍♂️
I know they will sit in a bit but Im just looking for something to toss on to take it down the track a few times until I get the set I want. Going to order custom 18’s to match my current wheels

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305s on a 9.5" wheel are not mounted on the correct size wheel. On a 9.5" wheel, your contact patch is only about 272 mm wide. So that 305 is doing F all for nothing but looks. Thus, the better question is, "How will a 275 do on my widebody?" And the answer is, "poorly."
The wear pattern looks fine to me. He ran 10.70 with these on a 2016 Challenger Hellcat
 

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The wear pattern looks fine to me. He ran 10.70 with these on a 2016 Challenger Hellcat
And he'd have ran faster with 275 D/Rs or 11" wheels and those same tires on the car. You cannot escape physics and math. A 9.5" wheel has a 272mm contact patch. Scuffing on the entire tread surface is indicative of the side-to-side shifting of the tire under load. That shifting causes a reduction in traction. At launch, you want forward momentum, any amount of lateral momentum reduces traction, thus reduces potential. Note how much lighter the wear is on the outer edges. The 305s on that wheel are just adding weight and causing the car to shift laterally under load.

You can easily see this for yourself by wetting a puddle in the driveway, drive through it and measure the tread marks.
 
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