real quick

[protastain]

What would work out best for me in the long run with an eibach lowering kit?....

18x7.5in rims or 18x7in rims

or is .5in really worth worrying about?

 

[KYREDP5]

Maybe you should post in the wheels/suspension forum...

 

[Natey]

It's all about offset.

 

[protastain]

thanks, sorry for wasting your time

 

[protastain]

although what you said means absolutely nothing to me, because i have no clue what the offset is.

 

[protastain]

does the offset have anything to do with the wheel buffle?

 

[Sir Nuke]

What would work out best for me in the long run with an eibach lowering kit?....

18x7.5in rims or 18x7in rims

or is .5in really worth worrying about?

you can use EITHER....you just need to pay attention to the offset of the wheel....if you go with the 7 inch wheel....you need a +45mm offset...if you go with a 7.5 inch wide wheel..you need a minimum of a +48mm offset.

and since you ask....the offset is the amount that the mounting flange of the wheel is away from perfect center of the wheel when looking DOWN on it.....if the flange it towards the INSIDE of the wheel from center its said to have a NEGITIVE offset...and if its to the OUTSIDE of the wheel its said to have a POSITIVE offset.

oh...and I have NO IDEA what wheel buffle is...lol