Ok..so just something I've been wondering. How exactly would someone go about actually measuring if a certain offset/wheel size combo will fit?

I don't honestly plan on getting wheels for awhile, if at all..at the earliest late next year once the car is paid off but I'm always debating on what I want to do..I'm real fickle about this sorta thing. Do I want a super agressive setup that requires rolling/puling/neg camber/slammed/etc? do I want a semi agressive setup that MIGHT rub over huge dips on a moderate drop? So on and so forth...

The offset/wheel/tire size calculators do a good job of telling me what size tires will fit and how much farther/closer to the inside of the fender the wheel will be..but not able to really say "yes you will need neg camber" and stuff..

Basically what I'm trying to say with this ongoing rant is what do I need to do in order to take a good ol fashioned tape measurer to see what I can and can't fit with/without extra work?

Figure this might also be a good way to keep a lot of the "will it fit?" threads from popping up from time to time.

Oh and sorry if this has been discussed before :biggrin:

I'm not too sure what measurements to take, but this might help.

http://scionlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142934

Oh yeah I know about that sticky. It definitely has some good info. But I know even if it says an offset is going to be tucking, depending how low the car is you may need to trim/cut/roll/etc..so I want to be able to know how to just go out and measure it myself if I decided to get coilovers and just slam the car or something like that..and that chart doesn't neccessarily take that into account..make sense?

But yeah for people looking for help that's definitely a good start..I know it helped me when I first started learning about wheels

get a string, tie some kinda weight to the end of it, tape or hold the string at the top of the wheelwell arc so that the weight hangs down, and measure the distance between your wheel and the string. add a about 5mm more for every degree of camber you plan on running

Ok..so just something I've been wondering. How exactly would someone go about actually measuring if a certain offset/wheel size combo will fit?

i been wondering the same thing too.. especially with other cars. ive been looking to get a rwd car but i have no idea whats agressive for that car.

in the case for the tc, everytime some one would post some agressive setup i would write it down. i would use the offset calculator and go off of their setup.

go on a forum for those cars you are looking into and compare set ups?