Will these wheels fit my JB?

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Wed May 03, 2006 10:00 am

14x7's, 4x114.3 and plus 8 offset

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

decoy · Post by **decoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:03 am

no probs with the width if the offset is right. are we +18 though?

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:25 am

I did this photoshop effort of my car:

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?

decoy · Post by **decoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:39 am

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.

sillbeer · Post by **sillbeer** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:41 pm

+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).

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:59 pm

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.

sillbeer · Post by **sillbeer** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:05 pm

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

jrod82 · Post by **jrod82** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:09 pm

Those rims look awesome dude, that's a nice photoshop.

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Wed May 03, 2006 3:00 pm

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!

pro gsr · Post by **pro gsr** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:40 pm

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

SIR GSR · Post by **SIR GSR** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:24 pm

Those rims look tough....Wouldn't mind a set for myself. They look better than the stocko JA rims that I have atm.

gotrice? · Post by **gotrice?** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:12 am

Ripped from the for sale section.

Its a Ja though

ROCKETMAN · Post by **ROCKETMAN** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:54 pm

Ah, I have those on my sprinter, you can find them on 1st gen supra/sillycar.

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:56 pm

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.

Post by **Alspos** » Fri May 05, 2006 12:10 pm

-10 offset, +12.7 for the extra width of the rim itself. Should fill the guards nicely.

Austarion