noob help

[juanam0909]

im a noob need help.

ok guys i was looking at some xxr 527 17x8.25 25 offset front and 17x9.75 25 offset back. i would be using stock tires for front and get new tires for the rear would i need to modify anything my car is completely stock .

i was also looking at 18x8.75 20 offset all front and rear .

[muffinz]

Originally Posted by juanam0909

im a noob need help.

ok guys i was looking at some xxr 527 17x8.25 25 offset front and 17x9.75 25 offset back. i would be using stock tires for front and get new tires for the rear would i need to modify anything my car is completely stock .

i was also looking at 18x8.75 20 offset all front and rear .

your 17x8.25 front setup should work although it may poke out of the fenders with that low offset.

I don't know if your 17x9.75 rear setup will fit but with that offset I believe it will poke out of the fenders A LOT.

More importantly, if you use stock tires (215) and then buy tires for a ~10" rim on the rear (~255+)... you are going to spend your entire life understeering...

IMHO there is no need for a staggered setup on a stock car.

Your secondary 18x8.75 setup seems more reasonable although with the 20 offset it may poke a lot. Also, you will have to run a shorter side wall tire which will affect the ride quality.

Hope you gain some insight from all that

Cheers

[juanam0909]

Originally Posted by muffinz

your 17x8.25 front setup should work although it may poke out of the fenders with that low offset.

I don't know if your 17x9.75 rear setup will fit but with that offset I believe it will poke out of the fenders A LOT.

More importantly, if you use stock tires (215) and then buy tires for a ~10" rim on the rear (~255+)... you are going to spend your entire life understeering...

IMHO there is no need for a staggered setup on a stock car.

Your secondary 18x8.75 setup seems more reasonable although with the 20 offset it may poke a lot. Also, you will have to run a shorter side wall tire which will affect the ride quality.

Hope you gain some insight from all that

Cheers

thanks, im still learning lol but ok so what offset do you recomend to give it some agressive look and not ruin the ride quality ?

[muffinz]

spend some time looking thru the wheel directory and see what u like

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535

[dori.]

Originally Posted by juanam0909

thanks, im still learning lol but ok so what offset do you recomend to give it some agressive look and not ruin the ride quality ?

Going to be honest here:

if you want them to fit OK on stock suspension, wheels that wide need offsets in the upper 30's / low 40's.

If you want the aggressive look, you'll need to do some kind of suspension modification, lowering springs at the very least.

[wparsons]

Lesson 1) Don't just buy something for the sake of modifying your car. Buy it to fit the purpose you want it to do. For wheels, find the wheels you like based on pictures/specs, not just because someone else said they were cool. If you buy wide low offset wheels on stock suspension and alignment it's going to look pretty dumb, you need to be lower with an aggressive (and bad for grip) alignment to pull that look off.

[juanam0909]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Lesson 1) Don't just buy something for the sake of modifying your car. Buy it to fit the purpose you want it to do. For wheels, find the wheels you like based on pictures/specs, not just because someone else said they were cool. If you buy wide low offset wheels on stock suspension and alignment it's going to look pretty dumb, you need to be lower with an aggressive (and bad for grip) alignment to pull that look off.

i understand , so should i lower my car first ?

[wparsons]

Figure out what you want to do with the car, don't just throw random parts at it.

Do you want to enjoy driving it, or do you want to slam it with poked wheels?

Once you know your end goal, figure out what parts you want to get there then pick them up as you can.

[executivekoala]

Your fine, I am running 527 with a 8.25 front with a 35 offset and I'm pretty low with no issues and I'm pretty positive an extra wont hurt. In the rear I'm running the same with a 25mm spar and yes there is a bit of poke and the fenders needed to be massaged out for it to work, hope that helped.

[SLICVIC]

Rears may poke. I dont believe our cars have staggered wheel wells/fenders. whatever you can fit in the front u can fit in the rear , so with the 8.75 front and 9.75 rears the rear will poke out alot and the front will be sunken in