ok i'ma lay it out, i know nothing bout wheels and what not... size offset, it's all clueless to me, consdierring my regular knowledge on how cars work and what not.

i read the sticky i understood most of it, jsut the offset thing confuses me.

i was never a rims guy til i saw all the pics posted on the forums of aftermarket wheels, and how good they make the tc better.

would these

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=2059

fit on the tC with a trd spring drop?

thanks in advance.

p.s. light silver or hyper dark on classic silver metallic tc?

 

The offset is rather high. +48. Stock offset is +45 i believe. So these wheels will sit in more than the factory wheels do. They will fit, but the offset will be kind of ugly.

 

ok small question, lol sorry but what's the offset, meaning how deep it is?

so i should find something within the 45 range?

(doing all my reasearch now so after winter i know what to get/do)

 

My wheels are +48 offset.

It's not that huge of a difference.





*sorry for threadjacking

 

Offset refers to the distance from the very center of the wheel to the mounting surface of the wheel disc at the hub. Wheel offset can be positive, negative or zero. A “0” offset means that the mounting surface of the wheel is in the center of the wheel. The outside of the wheel is the side that faces away from the car. A positive offset is one in which the mounting surface is moved towards the outside of the wheel. The offset is measured in milimeters. +48 offset is a wheel in which the mounting surface is 48mm to the outside of the wheel from the middle. Lower offsets will stick further out from the body while higher offset will stick inward to the body.


I wish i had a recent pics of my wheels. I have the stock wheels (+45 offset) with H+R 15mm Spacers which brings the offset down to 30.

Here is a picture of 19's i use to have that were 35mm offset. You'll notice they stick out further than the stock wheels.







Offset gets critical when you've lowered the car. Wide tires (225+) and low offset have the risk of rubbing in these cases.

 

Well okay, i found a pic i took recently. I was focusing on the pillar pod when i took this photo but you can see the offset of the wheels. Stock 17x7 with a 30 offset after the spacers.

 

hrmm k, thanks for all the info.

i need more to learn, lol...

a kinda off topic question tho, how often should i check my tire air pressure? it's like 9k miles now since i got it. or do they do that for me when i go for the free oil changes.

 

I use to change oil (ugh) and we were supposed to check tire pressure on every car having an oil change but half the time i never did. If i were you, i'd learn to change my own oil, and check everything myself everytime.

 

Remember, if u add spacers, it adds weight to the engine. Heavier engine = slower car.

 

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I understand that the further out a rotating mass is placed the more torque it takes to turn. Thats why you see most lightweight racing wheels having extremely high offsets. 15mm makes little to no difference.


If you're refering to the weight of the spacer alone, the H&R 15mm spacer has got to be some freak space age aluminum cuz it almost floated away when i opened the box Seriously not even close to 0.5lb

 

I am also new with rims and I bought a set of Tenzo Passion 5's 18*7.5,225/40/18(being told that they would fit no problem from wheelsnext.com) and when I put them on, the front 2 wheels where pressed agaisnt the brake calliber so that my car couldn't even move. When I called Wheelsnext they said they would send me 5mm spacers. So I want to know if that would work, and why they were even pressed agaisnt the brake calliber neways. Thx

 

/\/\ offset was way too high. Did they send you hub rings with the wheels? I had a set of rims from wheelsnext on my xB. Arceio Suzuki-stars and they didn't send me rings with mine and my steering wheel shook going down the road because the inner bore was way too large. The 5mm spacers probably won't be hub centric, so expect some feeling in the wheel.

 

Sry not sure wat hub rings are but I dont think they gave them to me, when I looked the up the rims offset all i could find was ET=42mm, if thats the offset wouldnt that be good?