Wheel help.....round two

[wisniaPl]

I will rub

 

[jp4130]

Good inputs jp4130. Got any pictures of your wheel set up? I'd love love to find a light 8.5" wide wheel with the right offset for autox and I'm actually considering 17x8.5 to meet this goal. I take it you had to roll fenders a bit?

Also, my experience with Hondas and Subaru's is that while I thought my handling got sharper or better with a lower offset wheel, it was actually the increased tire size that was adding the handling/grip. It took going back down from a low offset wheel to the correct offset to feel the diference and the difference is huge. A 17x8 50 offset felt much sharper, much more precise and much easier to track then a 17x8 40 offset (yes with the same exact tire). Also, when I had my Honda, the bearings started to head south after about 20k miles.

Very good example of the effects offsets can have.
No I have not had to roll my fenders with 235s.

hold on a minute now, so you have a 4mm spacer to push the wheels out, but you are saying that you are only .5mm off?

shouldnt it be 4.5mm or am I thinking of something else with that spacer?

I am thinkin of going with a 18x8.5+45mm with 235/40 Will I rub?? I don't really want to roll my fenders much

My mistake I forgot to mention that my setup is about to change.

I was forced to run that spacer with my teins, do to thier large o.d. strut body. This was a compromise I had to make, with that spacer I was sitting at a 49mm offset in the front which was acceptable but not perfect.

However now with my new Mazdaspeed coilovers going on that spacer is no longer needed. So now everything is just right.

45mm is to low, try to stay above 50mm. Check the strut o.d. of the suspension you will be running, if it matches stock 53mm will work perfectly, however if it is larger you may have to go lower. I'm pretty sure my teins are larger than most.

 

[Vord]

i am stock suspension, my car wont be getting lowered anytime soon (2-3 years).


Will they rub? they are going to be my dailies, so I am not worried about having a perfect setup. I just cant seem to get a definet answer around really.

 

[wisniaPl]

your call...if you want try it ,if wont work shave them to 53 mm offset

 

[Yoo Shin]

heh I have extended warranty....

heh I do also (70k miles) but why give the dealer yet another reason not to honor it.

 

[wisniaPl]

they wont,youre paing for warranty ,he wont tell you ooo your rims have to big offset we will void your warranty....never happened in history