The Moderately Low (Not Slammed) and Functional Thread

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Offset:

Camber, Toe and Caster

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Toe is what wears tires prematurely...not camber...

 

[Sleezer1533]

Yea I understand what they mean, but when people start throwing numbers and specs around, its confusing as hell, at least for me ... I was never a math person

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

the +37 just means its 37mm away from the center line....

 

[Goliat6288]

i'm a math person... but it still hurts my brain... specially if they jus say numbers in a certain order and then some crap about rim offset and tire offset or something like that... its hurting again

 

[Rockin03mp5]

Barry is the man

up on his site now

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woot! barry is the man!

$6?

At least you're getting your priorities straight. $3k on turbo kit and no money for stickers. I'm proud of you. (evil)

this

If I actually had a suspension I'd rock a hellafunctional logo... those are epic

same here... so ill just play the hater as well!

 

[ucMP3]

Tire offset? (boom08) lol

Wheel (not rim) offset is just the distance of the center of the wheel from the hub.

 

[Goliat6288]

wats the point of caster and toe?

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

more toe in = better grip but also means faster tire wear.

wats the point of caster and toe?

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

heres a quick explanation of them all

http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/t_suspension3.htm

 

[Goliat6288]

Tire offset? (boom08)

yup... complete tire talk and then boom offset of this and continue tire talk.... im gonna go look in the slammed thread i know ill find it in one of the pages

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

lol the **** is tire offset? maybe they meant tire width?

 

[ucMP3]

lol the **** is tire offset? maybe they meant tire width?

Idk, I've seen some dumb s*** said in that thread... lol

 

[Goliat6288]

it was something like this but i remember it saying my tire offset

I think 215/40's would look better and be more square on a 7" wide wheel.

 

[ucMP3]

^They are talking about tire stretch in that particular instance... 215/40 on 7" wheel would not be stretched and thus be "more square." Surprised talk of anti stretch occurred in slammed thread... Stretching tires is basically required to get "slammed."

 

[Goliat6288]

actually it was more like this

i cant find any 16x9's.
if i could i owuld rock 195/40's on 9's no prob.
just finding the fuckers is hard lol
plus im content for now since i have other projects going on

jus shooting numbers out

Edit: better example

i wanna get spacers for my fronts....im running 8" +25 in the rear?
damn 205/40's are killing me lol
i need 195/40's

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

ugh,,,the front wheels I put on the S2000 are 8" wide and has a 215 on it....thats too much "stretch" for me... will be going 225

 

[Goliat6288]

im guessin the 8" is the tire width but wat the hell is the +25 for?

 

[ucMP3]

im guessin the 8" is the tire width but wat the hell is the +25 for?

Huh? you talking about evil's post? He said 225 as in tire width, on an 8" wide wheel.

Sounds like you're mixing up tire stretch & wheel offset. Two very different things that are usually discussed together. With a lot of tire stretch, you can reduce wheel offset more due to the increased fender lip clearance from the angle of the tire's sidewall.

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

8" is the rim width. 215 is the tire width.... it comes from the tire specs (225/45/17)

im guessin the 8" is the tire width but wat the hell is the +25 for?