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Old 03-20-07, 04:32 PM
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20x10 with 275/30 SO3 tires. is a +35 offset too aggressive? i know fenders will have to be shaved but will the wheel be sticking out a bit?

anyone has this offset please show me some pics.
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i hope not , i believe thats my setup on my wheels, mrr gt1's..20x10 with 275/30 in the rear with a +35 off set , but yeah pics will be really helpful...hey corky if u search for "mrr g1" there's a guy on here with that setup in the rear and from the looks they dont stick out..

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Check out Rdubz wheels. He did 20x 10.5 +29 in the rear and had to shave the rear fender a little

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35 wont stick out too bad, just a few mm of rubber, nothing some neg camber wont fix
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Here's mine.... 20x10 et37 mounted on 275/30 Falken FK452s. Very little shaving was required.





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sleeper,

thanks for the pictures, they help a lot. looks like +35 looks good but it can pushed out even farther if you wanted to.

what is your front offset specs?
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Originally Posted by lexoman562
i hope not , i believe thats my setup on my wheels, mrr gt1's..20x10 with 275/30 in the rear with a +35 off set , but yeah pics will be really helpful...hey corky if u search for "mrr g1" there's a guy on here with that setup in the rear and from the looks they dont stick out..

lexoman,

any pics? it would help.
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20x10 +38


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neo,

thanks for the pics, looks like your rear lip is right at the fender. is this true or can it be pushed out a bit further. how much rear fender did you have to shave?
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Originally Posted by corkycal
neo,

thanks for the pics, looks like your rear lip is right at the fender. is this true or can it be pushed out a bit further. how much rear fender did you have to shave?
What do you mean pushed out further?

As for the fender, I shaved as far as I could without losing the ability to put the black trim back on.
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Originally Posted by Neo
What do you mean pushed out further?

if you wanted to add a 5mm spacer so your offset is +33, would this stick out too much? what im trying to guage is at your current setup, is your rear lip close to the outer fender or is there room to go out more for the flush look?
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Originally Posted by corkycal
if you wanted to add a 5mm spacer so your offset is +33, would this stick out too much? what im trying to guage is at your current setup, is your rear lip close to the outer fender or is there room to go out more for the flush look?
I only shaved to the screw. That is about half the fender lip. If you are willing to shave more, you can fo more aggressive. Keep in mind that the only thing I did was shave the fender. I did not change the alignment. I was also running 275/30 on 20x10 so it was not really the aggressive stretch that many do.
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Corky: Are you asking whether the wheel could be "pushed" out further without having negative camber? If you want the rear wheels to stick out a little father than mine and Neo's set-up, then you would have to stretch the tire even more. Otherwise, I don't think it will clear the inner lining of the rear fender.

P.S. My front wheels are 20x9 et35 mounted on 225/35 tires.
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i want the lip very close to the fender. i know i will have to shave the fenders to accomplish this.

from searching around, +35 is real close to flush and +30 will stick out a bit. tires will be the next challenge. to stretch or not.

i did check out rdubz post and he's said he shaved off all his rear fender to get his 20x10.5 et+29 to fit. he's running 275/30 so his tires are not stretched. if you look at his rear wheels, they are sticking out very little.
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IMO, 275/30 on a 10.5" is a "slight" to slightly moderate stretch. If you go et35 or et30, it will all work out. It is only a 5mm difference.
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