Wheel offset question

[trbab032886]

Could someone please help me out?!?! With an eibach prokit on my car, what is the absolute lowest offset of rim that i can put on my car...i know the closer to 52 the better, but exactly how close MUST it be??? Thakn you for your help in advance! p.s. does 5 x 100/114.3 mean that these sizes are the same???

 

[ZoomVT]

first i think this question has been asked a gazillion times. Try doing a search.
I dont know how much the pro-kit affects it but you will need a camber kit. I think that most cars that have been dropped are using a 48mm offset, but i dont know ifthats the max.
5 x 100/114.3 means that the rim can fit both sizes. It comes with a dual pattern.

 

[tsunami]

you are correct young grasshopper.... lol
remember when it wasn't to long ago you had all the questions and no answers...

 

[ZoomVT]

Now that you have a header makes you an expert? GTFO! my young padawan.
got your wheels yet?
And for the record, i still have tons of questions and no answers

 

[trbab032886]

nope, no wheels yet, thanks for the help though...and i also want to thank mazda for making our cars have such a high, and hard to find offset

 

[trbab032886]

by the way zoom, what offset are your wheels???

 

[Huascar82]

Zoom, maybe you can help me or whoever else read this . Was looking at some Kazera wheels with a +50mm offset, would I need a camber kit and if so why? I dont understand what they really do when it comes to the offset of the wheels.

 

[goldwing2000]

Needing a camber kit isn't a function of offset, it's a function of ride height. The high offset is necessary to be able to use a camber kit to bring it back into spec after installing a lowering kit.

Get all that?

 

[trbab032886]

would 18's be ok with a prokit on my car...i noticed zoom has 18's but no prokit

 

[Huascar82]

sorry, but I dont get it, I'm very dense . Would I need a camber kit if I got eibach pro kit, tokico blues and ran on 17s with a 50mm offset and 205/45 or 215/45(would that fit without rolling fenders?)

***EDIT****
Sorry, didnt notice this was the M3 forum . But the question still stands if anyone knows. For a 02 Pro ES

 

[goldwing2000]

sorry, but I dont get it, I'm very dense . Would I need a camber kit if I got eibach pro kit, tokico blues and ran on 17s with a 50mm offset and 205/45 or 215/45(would that fit without rolling fenders?)

***EDIT****
Sorry, didnt notice this was the M3 forum . But the question still stands if anyone knows. For a 02 Pro ES

Actually, you shouldn't need a camber kit with a Pro. You have Mac struts at all four corners, so your camber won't change much with a drop.
You will need to have your car aligned to set the toe, though.

Can't help you with the offsets and tire sizes. Better to ask over in the Protege section.

 

[goldwing2000]

would 18's be ok with a prokit on my car...i noticed zoom has 18's but no prokit

Wheel diameter is irrelevant, as long as you have the proper size tires and offset.

 

[Huascar82]

thanx for the response goldwing

 

[trbab032886]

thanks a bunch goldwing...i hope to one day be in a reputation point wet dream like you one day...hell i'll go ahead and add to it

 

[goldwing2000]

Heh. Well, the rep point system is down but thanks anyway. (thumb)