The Offset Thread

[Alan B.]

Lookin for abit of advice here lads??!

ordering new wheels for the cam next week and want to know what offsets would be best? i had 14inch 8.5 -12 meshes with 25mm spacers on the rear

i've been advised 9.0 x 15 -15 for the front but wondering what offset for the rear i'm going 9.5 x 15 i think? thinkin -19 but opinions welcome as i know fuck all!!

using the figures you've given me,
an 8.5 wheel with et -12 and a 25mm spacer to start with (et-37),
and swapping to
a 9.5 et -19 wheel WITH the 25mm spacer (et-44) will leave you with
6mm LESS space between the wheel and the suspension,
and will bring the outer edge OUT 20mm

without the spacer you'll be worse off in every way.

put the original wheel on with the spacer, then use a ruler and guage how much space you have to play with on either side.

[Deco84]

whats the best size wheel and offset for a 180 to come out nicely to the archs im new to all this offset lark

[Administrator]

whats the best size wheel and offset for a 180 to come out nicely to the archs im new to all this offset lark

Depends on a million things really, camber, tyre sizing etc! Get wheels around a width and offset which is proven to work and make them fit nicely yourself. If the offsets are weak, use some spacers.

[stones]

using the figures you've given me,
an 8.5 wheel with et -12 and a 25mm spacer to start with (et-37),
and swapping to
a 9.5 et -19 wheel WITH the 25mm spacer (et-44) will leave you with
6mm LESS space between the wheel and the suspension,
and will bring the outer edge OUT 20mm

without the spacer you'll be worse off in every way.

put the original wheel on with the spacer, then use a ruler and guage how much space you have to play with on either side.

thanks lad i've an understanding nw of what it means old wheels are sold so Hmm..........

[Alan B.]

thanks lad i've an understanding nw of what it means old wheels are sold so Hmm..........

spacers lower the et of the wheel, just remember that.
i makes it easy to compare two wheels with differant offsets while using spacers.

[grange]

never even noticed this i spend my days on zilvia.net lookiing at there wheel specs. sorry for the talkn il get pics up of mine asap

[Shorley86]

has anyone else got pics of wheels on s14a's with sizes and offsets.

[nikkisixx69]

has anyone else got pics of wheels on s14a's with sizes and offsets.

what sizes do you want? i have pictures of my old black s14, 11j +11 and 11.5j +3 for rears and up front 10j -10 and 9j +10

[paddyb01]

been on the look out for work meisters for the last few
months with no luck at all, anyone know of any for sale or something with good
offsets this is the car