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Old 12-16-2007, 11:44 AM
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Why are you guys so obsessed with wheel offset?

I have 17x8 +40 and my wheels sit perfect on my s-14. Most of you would consider than a high offset. So why buy a lower offset and run spacers when spacers are unsafe?
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Old 12-16-2007, 11:48 AM
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just preference i guess. I buy wheels because of their performance rather than looks. light, cheap, wide, and fitment on stock body are my requirements
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Old 12-16-2007, 12:03 PM
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I really dont understand the deal with offsets, seems like when someone post a pic of their car with aftermarket wheels on it, first thing people on here say is "weak offsets" I mean really I'd run +40 on any set of wheels on my s14. The factory 16's are +40, so how is that high offset considered too high ?
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i dont even know what that stuff is lol
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Old 12-16-2007, 12:20 PM
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Im just wanted to know why would you purposely order wheels with a 30 offset then use spacers instead of just ordering a higher offset the first time.
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Old 12-16-2007, 12:23 PM
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Hahah you got +40....thats a weakoffset. You got offset completely confused. +30 offset stick out farther than +40offset, why would you need spacers for +30, you would need a bigger spacer for +40. Why dont you do some research before you open your mouth.
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Old 12-16-2007, 12:41 PM
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First of all dont talk **** . yea I got +40 and I will do over and over again.I asked a question about offsets. So you can shut the **** up with all that **** talk.
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have you seen stock wheels? they are sunken in like a ****. the obsession isnt with off set its with tsu-ra-ichi. it means Paper thin we want our wheels as flush as possible. if u dont care about being flush thats fine its your car but dont come here expecting us to like somthing we work so hard not to have lol.

also no +40 offset wheel is flush on any 240 and thats a fact
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i had 15x8 -58 on my old 240.

fifteen by eight, negative fifty eight.

and am currently running 17x10.5 +19

soon to be -23 (yes, negative twenty three).

remember, wheel offset is relative to width, so you cant exactly go around running +40 if you go any wider than 7j. (my 10.5j +27 hit the inside of the wheel well with about 4-5* of camber)
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Old 12-16-2007, 04:40 PM
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Offset is everything, I ain't talking crap, if I was talking crap I would say something like "your 240sx looks like a spaceship". I have no problem with people and there offset preferences. The new title to this post should be "why are you so obsessed with knowing why people are obsesses with offset"
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Old 12-16-2007, 05:39 PM
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Edit: I love my 0 offset on my 15x7's

might go farther out i just hate stock or anything close to it

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Ugh. msglngth
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Old 12-17-2007, 02:31 AM
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low offset + spacer
higher offset instead? what

some of us need low off set wheels to clear coilovers!
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:24 AM
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generally spacers aren't needed on lower offset wheels. i think you have it backwards. something like your wheels would need a spacer... or a trash can.
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^^^+1 jared for the trash can.lol.
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