Purchased my rims yesterday and they just came in today :) Going to buy my tires tomorrow 245-30-22 and then im getting them installed on my lunch break!
The rims are Helos 22x8.5 and the tires are Nexen 245-30-22s.

As you can tell i blacked out my car sooo the rims are obviously black as well! They look sick i cant wait to see my car after they are installed :)

I will edit this post with pics tomorrow ! Wish me luck :)

At least post a pic of the wheels..........come on man don't tease us like that!

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cant wait to see it

sooon enough :)

Your enjoying this aren't you! Can't wait for the pics, hope all goes well and don't run into any issues.

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Ok wish me luck.....have the tires in the back seat and im going to get the 22s put on in about 30 mins....i will post pics sometime later today :)

Ok wish me luck.....have the tires in the back seat and im going to get the 22s put on in about 30 mins....i will post pics sometime later today :)

Get er done! Good luck bro, report back asap with some pics. http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/shades.gif

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WOWWWW you guys have NO IDEA how hard and stressful that just was....i bought my rims and tires from different places ok...well they mount and balance all of them and then put them on and they DONT fit in the front :( sooo in the middle of my panic i call the tire place and they WONT let me exchange the 245s for 235s and pay the diff !!!!!!!!! The spring was literally sitting on the tire itself sooo it wasnt going to work..... and i was STUCK with 4 tires that wouldnt fit.... Even with spacers.... So we had the idea of beating in and up on the springs with a sledge hammer....YESSS it worked but that can void your warranty ....it doesnt look to obvious and didnt move much at all but it did JUST ENOUGH to fit them without any major probs

Ofcourse i will be monitoring it to make sure no major probs but still its nerve wrecking

and to add onto it they forgot the screws for 1 of my center caps so i have no caps on ANY wheel and there is a few really noticeable scratches on the front right rim soo they are delivering my new rim AND my screws tomorrow morning right before i head off to daytona beach for Spring Break Nationals the car show....


I apologize for my paragraph structure but im rushing due to taking a 2 1/2 hour lunch break when i was givin a 1 hour lol


I'll just post pics tomorrow WITH center caps and new rim installed....pray that i dont have any more problems lol :)

I can only imagine how hard that was, although I'm not surprised either. Trying to fit 22s on one of these cars without some sort of modification seems too easy.

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yea thats truee but ive seen other ppl with 22s and they didnt have to do much but spacers....the main reason we think it happened is bcz i dont have the V6 and apparently the cars a made a tad diff besides the engine itself....

all in all i get my caps on tomorrow :) and ill update with pics :)

Yeah, I had the same problem when i got mine installed and I have a 08 LTZ. I think the reason other people didn't have problems is because their rims are 22x8

yea could be it....mine are 22x8.5 i couldnt find any i liked with my lug pattern in that size....

can you post pics of yours?

WOWWWW you guys have NO IDEA how hard and stressful that just was....i bought my rims and tires from different places ok...well they mount and balance all of them and then put them on and they DONT fit in the front :( sooo in the middle of my panic i call the tire place and they WONT let me exchange the 245s for 235s and pay the diff !!!!!!!!! The spring was literally sitting on the tire itself sooo it wasnt going to work..... and i was STUCK with 4 tires that wouldnt fit.... Even with spacers.... So we had the idea of beating in and up on the springs with a sledge hammer....YESSS it worked but that can void your warranty ....it doesnt look to obvious and didnt move much at all but it did JUST ENOUGH to fit them without any major probs

Ofcourse i will be monitoring it to make sure no major probs but still its nerve wrecking

and to add onto it they forgot the screws for 1 of my center caps so i have no caps on ANY wheel and there is a few really noticeable scratches on the front right rim soo they are delivering my new rim AND my screws tomorrow morning right before i head off to daytona beach for Spring Break Nationals the car show....


I apologize for my paragraph structure but im rushing due to taking a 2 1/2 hour lunch break when i was givin a 1 hour lol


I'll just post pics tomorrow WITH center caps and new rim installed....pray that i dont have any more problems lol :)
Wow, glad I went with 20's. I have 245's and they fit perfect.

Hope you have no issues down the road, spacers are not good for the suspension at all on the long term.

Good luck dude.

This is the only pic I have for right now, Im working out of state

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UPDATES :)

Great choice in wheels! I love the small chrome lines on the rims, they go well with similar chrome details on the Malibu.

yea i know thats what sold me on them......i have already gotten a TON of compliments to :)

nice 22's!! I love mine, they are 22x9.5, fit perfectly and never rub, though my car is quite a bit larger. 22's on the malibu look pretty good. I haven't seen one in person yet but I bet it looks great.

Those look really nice and I love the chrome lines on them. I think that makes the wheel.

So after all, what is the widest you can go on 22's? Whats the biggest tire you can get with out doing any modifications.

Is there anyone out there who has gone staggered on a malibu with either 20's or 22's ?

So after all, what is the widest you can go on 22's? Whats the biggest tire you can get with out doing any modifications.

Is there anyone out there who has gone staggered on a malibu with either 20's or 22's ?

245's is about as wide as you can go with no rubbing, at least on 20's.

245s with 22s rub quite a bit....and didnt even fit untill we beat the inside coils with a sledge hammer into the wheel well about 1/2 -1 inch lol

245s with 22s rub quite a bit....and didnt even fit untill we beat the inside coils with a sledge hammer into the wheel well about 1/2 -1 inch lol

Wow, on the 20's they fit fine. Don't think I would take a sledgehammer to my car to make anything fit LOL.

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