Will this fit? (width, offset and tire size Qs)

[whitefrs]

Hi Guys

i wonder how will this set up fit on my car with BC Coilovers

17x10 5x100 et 15

i wanna do this on all 4 corners

[ebphoto]

205s..? with tons of camber and silly fender work. id say no.

[whitefrs]

where did you get 205s from??

[Mr.Jay]

Backs will fit fronts will only fit 9 I believe

thats where he got the 205 (I think) from hes trying to say it will work if you ruin the cars setup and stretch your tires.

I would PM ravspec as they are doing nothing but wide wheel setups or so I gather from all their wheel sale threads

[Stance86]

You are looking at the wrong sizes for this car.. they would be suitable on a Nissan S chassis (although front still too aggressive)

Would only work if you are running widebody.. even with stretch you won't fit those sizes.. definitely need to do more research.

You might get a 17x10 under stock rear rear guards but the lowest offset you would get away with would be around +25 and you would still need quite a lot of stretch and camber.

And the guy above, backs will NOT FIT and 9 is NOT as wide as you can go, not true.. you can run a 9.5 + 38 on stock guards with the right tyre.

[Stance86]

Wheel offsets are organic and changes on every make and model of car to suit.. it's not like Toyota/Subaru just had a choice between +48 and +35.

Also offset is affected by width, a 17x7 + 48 and a 17x7.5 + 48 will sit in different positions.

They obviously chose the width and offset they did because it suited strut/guard clearances they wanted. (and the tyre size they wanted to run)

As a general statement a lower offset and wider wheel will give you a wider track improving handling however the numbers we are talking in this thread would not make much difference.

Other than guard/strut clearance problems there isn't any serious impact on the way the car drives when making a such small change to the width and offset.

[Stance86]

You are saying you don't want to run stretch tyres though.. If you go with the 9.5 you are going to either have to run heaps of camber or use 245 on the front.

I would have thought the 18x9.0 all round would be the sensible option for you given what you have said.. 9.5 will definitely look better though. I definitely wouldnt look at anything less than a 9 as you will get the face with no concave.

[dori.]

with those widths, definitely do the +35

[Jeff86]

Originally Posted by Stance86

Wheel offsets are organic and changes on every make and model of car to suit.. it's not like Toyota/Subaru just had a choice between +48 and +35.

Also offset is affected by width, a 17x7 + 48 and a 17x7.5 + 48 will sit in different positions.

They obviously chose the width and offset they did because it suited strut/guard clearances they wanted. (and the tyre size they wanted to run)

As a general statement a lower offset and wider wheel will give you a wider track improving handling however the numbers we are talking in this thread would not make much difference.

Other than guard/strut clearance problems there isn't any serious impact on the way the car drives when making a such small change to the width and offset.

I'm looking at a 17x7 with a choice of +42 or +50. I'm trying to retain the stock feel of the car with the benefit of a lighter wheel. Obviously the 42 is going to look better, but will the 50 perform better? Will the 42 change the suspension geometry in a negative way or is a wider track maybe even a benefit to the handling?

[Stance86]

Originally Posted by Jeff86

I'm looking at a 17x7 with a choice of +42 or +50. I'm trying to retain the stock feel of the car with the benefit of a lighter wheel. Obviously the 42 is going to look better, but will the 50 perform better? Will the 42 change the suspension geometry in a negative way or is a wider track maybe even a benefit to the handling?

Offset is measured in millimetres, so the difference between the +50 you mentiond and the factory +48 is 2mm.. Or in your speak 0.07".. Basically nothing, it would make no difference.

The +42 you mention will push the outer edge of the wheel 6mm closer to the guard.. Again a very small change. A wider track generally will improve handling however in the numbers we are talking I would think it would not be a noticeable change in the characteristics of the car. As an example, your tyre choice and suspension alignment would play a much more significant role in changing the dynamics of the car than the small change in offset you have mentioned.

If it were me I would go the +42 out of the two options you have listed.

[No Limit Motorsport]

Originally Posted by brianlo622

I am hearing conflicting things from different vendors as well (apparently the +40 offset is for the US market and the black edition is a standard color, whereas for the +45 the pressed graphite is a standard color)

I am 100% positive of this. There is no "standard" color for the size... BUT Mackin has never brought in 18x9.5 +40 in the pressed graphite TE37SL YET. They are on the way though with just one set that isn't spoken for, they are due in sometime in December. The first 18x9.5 +40 sets they brought in were black edition. There is no such thing as standard color for a size.

The 18x9 +45 was done for the WRX a couple years ago. This wheel has a flat face. When they did this wheel they brought in a bunch with the pressed graphite color. I sold about 5 sets of them over the years.

[ebphoto]

Originally Posted by whitefrs

where did you get 205s from??

i run 225s on x9.5 +25.. with -3 degrees of camber.
this setup will be ~16mm more aggressive than my setup.
you will have to stretch at least 215s (small ones like falken ziex 512/912)... and have a bunch of camber.
the rear is not something id want to pull too much on with how the body lines are.
but go for it... just dont be surprised with how much poke, stretch, camber, and fender work youll have to have to fit these..(if done right could look great though.)

other issues you run into are the sidemarkers on the front.. and rear mounting point for bumper in rear.
i rub sidemarker at full lock under compression... id expect you to grab it with the setup you want.

[ebphoto]

18x10 +18 testfit by ravspec.


could fit... just with 205s and like -6 camber.. which would probably give you axle issues and require rear arms.

[brianlo622]

Thanks everyone and Thanks No Limit Motorsport for the clarification Even though I am losing the concaved awesomeness, it sounds like 18x9.0 (in pressed graphite) is what I will be getting then (running 245/35/18 rubber)