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Originally Posted by balci
this is probably the stupidest thread ever created here, but I'm just really confused and drunk on sleep deprivation now.
was fiddling around with the 86 wheel fitment calculator thing, and I was planning on adding spacers to my 18x7.5 wheels to make them look slightly less tragic. now, I had always assumed that adding a, say, 20mm spacer to a 48 offset wheel would basically translate into 28 offset, correct?
Correct
so if I got a et48 7.5 wheel, subtract half an inch, 12.7mm, to match the original offset correctly, THEN minus 20mm from a spacer, I'd get a a 15 offset rounded up, and the wheel poking all the way into the other lane of the road? except the fitment calculator gives me the same result for 7 and 7.5 wheels both. am I missing out on something here?
Confused
tl;dr, 18x7.5 ET48 wheels sunken way into the fender, what length spacers should I get
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What do you want it to look like?
Stick a ruler on the wheel/tire and figure out how much further out you want them.
Say you wanted the 18x8.5 +35 look.
18x7.5 +48
Difference-
-13mm of offset
1inch of width(1/2inside half outside 1/2= aka
-12.7mm of offset)
=25mm bolt on spacer.
On the stock 17x7 +48, everyone gets 20-25-30mm bolt on spacers. Your 1/2 inch of extra width(6mm inside/6mm outside) is close, being 6mm wider on the outside. So I'd suggest 25mm spacers.