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Postby levinguy » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:37 am

stupid question but i have no idea

would wheels with a offset of 45 fit a fwd car?
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Postby Emperor » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:46 am

Yup, usually the higher the offset (40+) is for FWD cars, and low offsets(30-) are for RWD.
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Postby Scotty » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:56 am

depends on the car eg. fwd celica has offset of 38 which as far as i can tell is the same as a levin, i would be a bit hesitant about buying wheels with that offset without trying them on first
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Postby Ae92typeX » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:25 am

and also depends if the wheel itself is, for example, a much larger and wider than factory wheel- even the suggested offset may or may not fit as the wheel's offset is the distance from its hub mounting surface to the centerline of the wheel.
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Postby Silent Knight » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:32 am

Emperor wrote:Yup, usually the higher the offset (40+) is for FWD cars, and low offsets(30-) are for RWD.


Never knew my Soarer is a FWD... :?
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Postby Mr.Phreak » Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:37 am

:lol: He did say usually
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Postby Scotty » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:24 pm

This Website has some good stuff on offsets, give it a read and it should give you a better understanding
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Postby Emperor » Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:37 pm

Silent Knight wrote:
Emperor wrote:Yup, usually the higher the offset (40+) is for FWD cars, and low offsets(30-) are for RWD.


Never knew my Soarer is a FWD... :?


Yes, I said usually.
The Skyline came factory on 40 offset, and I put 45 on and it looks gay :lol:
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Postby 3T-Rona » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:41 pm

ok i could do a whole heap of equations and wot not but im lazy so could any one tell me what offset, if its possible to get, would be gd for my rear end when the studs sit almost fluch with the gaurds.....
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Postby Ae92typeX » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:46 pm

3T-Rona wrote:ok i could do a whole heap of equations and wot not but im lazy so could any one tell me what offset, if its possible to get, would be gd for my rear end when the studs sit almost fluch with the gaurds.....


it depends on width of wheel etc etc still.
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