Originally Posted by u1923

would any of you guys be able to help me out.
i'm trying to find out the equivalent offsets for:

6.25" backspacing on 18x9.5
and
6.75" backspacing on 18x11

thanks

Originally Posted by cherplex

Oh ok the specs on my new shoes are

Front 19x9 +22
Rear 19x10.5 +26

I was thinking 235/35 fronts and 265/30 rear. My rear fenders are already rolled fronts haven't been touched.......yet.

Originally Posted by cyberdiamo

Your "opinion" based solely on looks alone! (see further down for more of an explaination)


I have a great understanding of offset and looked very hard to find a set of wide wheels with +45.

I think it's YOU that ONLY knows how offset affects looks, and you probably have no clue on suspension design or the effect offset has on handling!!!

As for trying to STEER people in the right direction, give them the facts and let them make up their own mind as to what they want / need.



I circuit race the car (I think you call it road racing?)
As above one of the reasons I chose the offsets that were best for handling

Secondly when the bigger tyres go on I still want to be able to dump it right down (it has electronic height ajust by a flick of a switch from in the cabin as factory so I can go back up to get into a driveway etc) and that would rub like crazy if the car was dumped and the tyres were flush.

Do you guys / girls that run offsets that push the wheel out towards the guard now notice the car is twitchy in a straight line and you can't relax or let go of the wheel because it wants to veer left or right all the time.
On long journeys it get very tiring and nowhere near as enjoyable.
This is a known issue with changing you scrub radius with that kind of offset, also your tyres must wear out the inside edge due to the camber angle.

I wish I got a email notification after you replied but I still thought this needed to be cleared up.
In general, do what you like with your cars but do it knowing ALL the facts and how it will affect other things.

Originally Posted by Xotic sC

^ LOL!!!!!! That's like saying that we cannot fit Supra turbo rims. Shows how much tirerack truly knows about fitment.

Originally Posted by MongooseGA

When I say lower income, I don't mean 'Mexican'. I mean, quite literally, lower income. I didn't necessarily want to say "poor people". Not race-specific.

That's not the look I'm talking about (picture of the low rider). I'm talking about the POS cars that I happened to see scattered all over Cancun, used as taxi cabs, with ugly wheels just sticking out. Not lowrider style, just wheels sticking way out past the fender. See the picture I posted. Wheels like that are what I refer to, only the cars I see are stock bodied and have no other mods.

Originally Posted by Deceptik1

I'm not trying to stir anything up and I appreciate others opinions but comparing those of us trying to acheive a nice lip with stretch tires to a very different style of car ethusiasts who put 12-14 inch daytons and such is mediocre. Let alone mentioning that we resemble "lower income" cars when in fact I know that the majority of members on this board running low offset and stretch tires pay more than most on wheels to modify their cars to their liking and not to please others.

Originally Posted by MongooseGA

I dunno. You guys must have a different meaning for the word "flush". To me, it means that the wheel/tire would be even with the fender. You guys running super low offsets with stretched tires look to be putting the rear wheels outside of the fender Not my style, IMO. Reminds me of the Mexicans that drove their Tsurus around in Cancun with tires sticking out past the wheel wells. Ick.

It seems that a +35ish offset is actually "flush". Much lower and IMO, it starts looking tacky. Eventually the fad of 'who's got the biggest lip' will die; I hope. Maybe I'm too conservative though. I find that to be a good trait, however, when it comes to a car like ours.

Originally Posted by workaholic

And if any of these look tacky to you, i am sorry you feel that way.

Originally Posted by MongooseGA

Then I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree here

Let me ask though; what is the point of stretching tires, besides getting a wider wheel on the car? Does it offer better proformance? If I'm not mistaken, doesn't it hinder the car's performance? I'm asking beause I don't know for sure; I've only read things.

Maybe it's just my style, but I've never been a fan of something so out of the ordinary, especially when it can be detrimental to the car's functionality.

Originally Posted by MongooseGA

Maybe it's just my style, but I've never been a fan of something so out of the ordinary, especially when it can be detrimental to the car's functionality.