I don't care if this has been covered a million times on every car forum made. I'm so frustrated! My wheels hit my calipers. so I need to buy new wheels. Can anyone pleasee tell me what offset I need for 17s or 18s to clear the front brakes..
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All depends on what widths you want.
With a staggered 8/9 setup you'll need around a front et30 and rear et35.
But of you go wider or if the spokes are thick then you may need different et's all round.
With a staggered 8/9 setup you'll need around a front et30 and rear et35.
But of you go wider or if the spokes are thick then you may need different et's all round.
Offset tells you nothing about calliper clearance unfortunately. A wheel with a deeper lip will have less back space than another one of the same offset. Most Japanese designs come in high/med/low disc versions and the spec sheets will list how much lip and backspace you get with each.
This... Honestly it depends on the make and type of wheel that you're looking at.
You'll just need to fit hub-centric spacers. Depending on where you are that might be illegal or if you're in NZ (or anywhere like us) then it's a mod that needs an engineering cert so make sure that's all good
if it helps i have a 8" on the front with a 38 offset, running R34 calipers, however my wheels have a awesome arch in the spokes which allows them to clear every caliper by miles, i also have some work 8" wheels with a 35 offset but these hit the calipers due to the spoke design.. this is not one of those 1 rule for every setup kind of thing
Very true about wheel design, I have 18x8" fronts with + 30 offset,(XD9's) but on my track rims which are 17x8" they are +34 (Weds)...
I forgot to mention I'm running R33 GTR Brembos...
so now i can drive the car while i find a set of wheels i like and that fit