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Will these wheels fit my JB?

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:00 am
by Rainey
14x7's, 4x114.3 and plus 8 offset

Any ideas, I have no clue how to calculate this and I have tried! :oops:

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:03 am
by decoy
no probs with the width if the offset is right. are we +18 though?

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:25 am
by Rainey
I did this photoshop effort of my car:

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The wheels are only +8 offset, how much of a difference does 10mm make? Would they be touching anything on the inside of the wheel?

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:39 am
by decoy
I'm only going off memory though... which has proven to be unreliable!

Go the mk2 supra rims! I was considering those before the FR17s came along.

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:41 pm
by sillbeer
+8 will be putting the outer lip of the rim closer to the guard lip. Depending on how low your car is will determine whether the outside of the tyre will rub out the lip of the guard. Inside clearance won't be your problem.

Just in case you didn't know, the lower the offset, the more the rim will move to the outer. So a minus (-) offset will give you huge dish, whereas a laarge positive offset (+45) will move the rim to the inside (mainly for FWD cars).

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:59 pm
by Rainey
Ahh, thanks for that. Maybe if I get my hands on a set and trial them. If I'm not happy I'll just sell them again. My car is slightly lower than standard as you can probably tell from my Signature, but the factory wheels seem to be a fair way in under the guard so hopefully they wouldn't scrub.

Wheel Offset Calculator

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:05 pm
by sillbeer
No worries, this should help you out with regard to how much more or less distance there will be on the inside and outside of the rims.

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

Cheers
Brendan

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:09 pm
by jrod82
Those rims look awesome dude, that's a nice photoshop.

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 3:00 pm
by Rainey
Jrod, thanks mate, the rear spoiler is hardly believable but the rest of it is alright. That clearance calculator is pretty darned helpful too!

4mm further out from the strut
16mm further from the current wheel edge


Sounds like there is a realistic chance!

Will these wheels fit my JB?

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 8:40 pm
by pro gsr
i had a set of 240z rims on my JD. with miner 5 mm wheel spacers.
they say 6-jj x15 -20 on em if this helps.
& they have 215/60/ 15 inch tyres on em.

cheers buddy

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:24 pm
by SIR GSR
Those rims look tough....Wouldn't mind a set for myself. They look better than the stocko JA rims that I have atm.

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:12 am
by gotrice?
Ripped from the for sale section.

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Its a Ja though

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:54 pm
by ROCKETMAN
Ah, I have those on my sprinter, you can find them on 1st gen supra/sillycar.

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:56 pm
by Rainey
Hey nice! Keen eye you have there! I was beginning to wonder if you were going to contribute anything serious to my threads... :D

Looks like they would be a straight swap then.

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 12:10 pm
by Alspos
-10 offset, +12.7 for the extra width of the rim itself. Should fill the guards nicely.