Buying Rims
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Buying Rims
Hello,
I have a 2013 ES300H and considering some new rims to put summer tires on. My current rims have my winter tires and I had planned on buying something by now.. A buddy of mine has four of these from a Honda Accord that he offered for a reasonable price and I was wondering if they would fit.
https://www.vividracing.com/konig-co...151906509.html
How does one go about figuring this out? Any websites or tutorials would be appreciated. Would like to understand this a little better. Quite possible these may not work out so I will need to find some others and would like to be a little educated.
Thanks!
I have a 2013 ES300H and considering some new rims to put summer tires on. My current rims have my winter tires and I had planned on buying something by now.. A buddy of mine has four of these from a Honda Accord that he offered for a reasonable price and I was wondering if they would fit.
https://www.vividracing.com/konig-co...151906509.html
How does one go about figuring this out? Any websites or tutorials would be appreciated. Would like to understand this a little better. Quite possible these may not work out so I will need to find some others and would like to be a little educated.
Thanks!
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Those wheels will fit just fine on your ES. The bolt pattern is correct. The +40mm offset will land you in the middle of the range for offset, which for clearance concerns it will be just fine or close enough to factory.
+45mm is on the more inward "sucked-inside" end, closer to the struts, whereas +35mm would come out more in line to the fenders in the front. +40mm is a nominal difference that would fit your car well and not stress your suspension or interfere.
If you wanted to make things look more flush to the fenders without being obnoxious, I'd look for a +35mm offset wheel with the same 5×114.3mm pattern.
The more the positive offset, the closer to your struts the wheels will be. The lower the offset, the more they will extend out to or beyond the fender lip. +35mm will still be safely inside the fenders, but more flush with the outer edge.
Wheel spacers or adapters can also be used to alter the combined offset. In my case, I screwed up and accidentally bought +45mm offset wheels (there was a 35mm option), which brought the tires in closer to the struts, and also brought the inside of the wheels REALLY close to the front brake calipers, maybe 1 or 2mm gap between them. I ended up putting 12mm wheel spacers ($30 a pair) in the front (brought the combined offset to +33mm), and 25mm adapters on the rear ($38 a pair, +20mm combined offset), which brought both front and rear 18x8" wheels/tires close to flush with their respective fenders, and brought the front and rear track width to dead even to each other. For my tastes I like the way the car handles better.
But that's a matter of preference. As far as functionality, you should have zero fitment issues with the wheels in your link.
+45mm is on the more inward "sucked-inside" end, closer to the struts, whereas +35mm would come out more in line to the fenders in the front. +40mm is a nominal difference that would fit your car well and not stress your suspension or interfere.
If you wanted to make things look more flush to the fenders without being obnoxious, I'd look for a +35mm offset wheel with the same 5×114.3mm pattern.
The more the positive offset, the closer to your struts the wheels will be. The lower the offset, the more they will extend out to or beyond the fender lip. +35mm will still be safely inside the fenders, but more flush with the outer edge.
Wheel spacers or adapters can also be used to alter the combined offset. In my case, I screwed up and accidentally bought +45mm offset wheels (there was a 35mm option), which brought the tires in closer to the struts, and also brought the inside of the wheels REALLY close to the front brake calipers, maybe 1 or 2mm gap between them. I ended up putting 12mm wheel spacers ($30 a pair) in the front (brought the combined offset to +33mm), and 25mm adapters on the rear ($38 a pair, +20mm combined offset), which brought both front and rear 18x8" wheels/tires close to flush with their respective fenders, and brought the front and rear track width to dead even to each other. For my tastes I like the way the car handles better.
But that's a matter of preference. As far as functionality, you should have zero fitment issues with the wheels in your link.
Last edited by ptthere; Jun 8, 2022 at 02:34 AM.
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