Wheels for our cars

[SpidersWeb]

AE86 does have an 18mm positive offset for those who were curious, they're also four stud.

If there are no four studs available, Ill change the rear to 5 stud. Now that'll confuse future austarion members for years to come :D

But at the moment I'm too poor, going to paint my mags black, with gold ring seperate tyre/mag, and do the little Mitsi logo on each wheel in red. (Car is going to be painted black by the way).

Is the offset on all four 18mm+ or is it just the rears or just the fronts ??

I found a huge set of listings for 18mm offset wheels as well, unfortunately they're all 20 inch chrome SUV mags :) eheh so no help there, unless you want to be driving on rubber bands.

[Cookiemonster]

Same offset on all 4 wheels.

[NXTIME]

To fit the widebody wheels to a narrowbody you will need either 4 16 x 8" wheels from the front as they have the right offset (+18). Or 2 16 x 7 (front) and 2 16 x 8's (front)

[4g6beat]

hey i might be able to scab some old supra wheels off a mate (he had em on his sprinter) does anyone know if they fit?

btw i was gonna check the offset my vr4 wheels but now i'm confused as to how to measure it. i'm just dumb i guess.

[Cookiemonster]

The distance from the centre line of the wheel to the wheels mounting face is the offset.

[NXTIME]

The VR4 wheels will have a FWD offset between (+38 to +45) adn will sit too far in, plus they look like crap anyway.

The Supra wheels will fit on the Starion fine.

[Ice Starion]

.......Or 2 16 x 7 (front) and 2 16 x 8's (front)

hmmm......

[NXTIME]

Yes, in the US, the standard wheels were 16 x 7 with +18 on the front, 16 x 8 with -10 offset on the rear. Some cars had the sports handling package and came with 16 x 8 +18 on the front and 16 x 9 0 offset on the rear. hence, to fit on a narrow body (+18 offset) you would need the 16 x 7 and 16 x 8 +18 offset wheels. :)

[Ice Starion]

ok i just was´nt sure what u where meaning. But if the orginal flatbody wheels are 6,5" wide with +18 offset sould 7 and 8" wide wheels have diffrent offset to fit the car or is there still some space behind the wheels to fit wider wheels?

[NXTIME]

There is plenty of room at the rear for wider wheels. The front also has enough room. I have fitted 225/50 tyres on 15 x 7 at the front without any trouble. I currently have 245/45 on 16 x 9" wheels on the rear and they fit fine, but the offset is wrong (+40 so they sit in a bit closer to the strut). 16 x 8 with a +18 offet would be perfect.

[ProZac]

Another Zac, in the states has the widebody wheels on his narrowbody, with the 8" rears, he had to modify the gaurds slightly, but they do fit.

I have a picture of another one around somewhere....

[NXTIME]

Do you know if he was using front wheels for his 16 x 8's at the rear? They look like they could be 16 x 8 rears which have a 0 offset and hence the reason why the guards needed mods.

[NXTIME]

The wheels look great.

Here is a pic of my 16 x 8's and 9's with +40 offset on my car:



If they had a +20 or similar offset they would sit a lot better in the guards.

[WANTSOM]

Hey Charlie,

Where was that photo taken? Who owns the shitbox 4WD's in the background? Prob a couple of old farts for doing the shopping (for motors, diffs, guards etc)

as for wheels, to each their own but for me 1 answer = Simmons, but way pricey. Interesting thread though, mucho info - thanks guys

Cheers
Greg

BTW - Cookie does positive offset + negative camber divided by positive caster squared = 0
:P

[ProZac]

Do you know if he was using front wheels for his 16 x 8's at the rear? They look like they could be 16 x 8 rears which have a 0 offset and hence the reason why the guards needed mods.

yeah, they are the 16x8 rears with the 0 offset, you can tell, as the spokes are angled, whereas on the front they are flat.

here is what you need to do:

awwwww yeah, now thats mean.