[steak_knife]

What's wrong with them BUZ????

From the pic thay look the same a alax's...
Except for the tyre's....

[royce]

nah they are 0 offset or maybe 5mm, normally what you would put on a vitara

[steak_knife]

royce wrote:

nah they are 0 offset or maybe 5mm, normally what you would put on a vitara

Thay look bigger than 0's..

std sierra's -5????

[alien]

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... light=15x7

in case it helps =)

[taszook]

i just got some 15x7's on my nt on tuesday. was gonna get 15x7 -15 desert rats but couldnt get them in black so ended up getting 15x7 -12 DYNAMIC rims. they stick just outside the guards now by about 1 inch (30x9.5's) and have no scrubbing at all on the springs or chassis anymore so they have done the job well

[SuziBlu]

I lay a straight edge across my rims, no tyres as yet, and its 4" from the top to the mating surfaces, on a 10".

So the means on the other side, its 6"

Does that therefore mean I have a 1" offset, as 4" + 1" = 5", half the wheel width.

I have read a lot on this, but cannot get my head around it, maybe I have read too much, as there seems to be a lot of contradictory advise out there.

[atari4x4]

SuziBlu wrote:

I lay a straight edge across my rims, no tyres as yet, and its 4" from the top to the mating surfaces, on a 10".

So the means on the other side, its 6"

Does that therefore mean I have a 1" offset, as 4" + 1" = 5", half the wheel width.

I have read a lot on this, but cannot get my head around it, maybe I have read too much, as there seems to be a lot of contradictory advise out there.

yep, that is right.

from those measurements the have 4" backspacing (USA terminology) or -25mm offset

[SuziBlu]

Taa mate, this is where I get confused, some talk of backspace, and others of - or + but obviously its the same in the end.

I remeasured, and from outer lip to outer lip is 11", so I asume add 12.7mm to the offset, so 25 + 12.7 call it 38mm

I just measured the 8" rims on suziblu, (f100 rims) and from what I can tell, these will stick out 55mm further, so that means no spacers, yaaaaa.

[BUZOOKA]

well taht could be all going out the window for me as i might be up/down grading to a mq patrol witha few extra fruits for 3.5

[Shansh]

steknig wrote:

bulldoggy wrote:

So what rim combo do ya recomend for the Body/spring compromise, or will i be cutting the guards?

15x7 at -15
You will need to massage the guard's on the firewall, there is a seam that stick's out, just hammer that flat on the vertical & down on the horizontal..
& fold the wheel arch back a lil to..

stekky would all that still be needed with the 2 inch body & spring lift???

[atari4x4]

BUZOOKA wrote:

well taht could be all going out the window for me as i might be up/down grading to a mq patrol witha few extra fruits for 3.5

nice knowing you buzzy

[steak_knife]

Shansh wrote:

steknig wrote:

bulldoggy wrote:

So what rim combo do ya recomend for the Body/spring compromise, or will i be cutting the guards?

15x7 at -15
You will need to massage the guard's on the firewall, there is a seam that stick's out, just hammer that flat on the vertical & down on the horizontal..
& fold the wheel arch back a lil to..

stekky would all that still be needed with the 2 inch body & spring lift???

What tyre's???

At a guess, yes, a lil bit.. But hitting thing's with hammer's is fun..

[Shansh]

your right mate hitting things with hammers if lots of fun, so are gas axes

[BUZOOKA]

atari4x4 wrote:

BUZOOKA wrote:

well taht could be all going out the window for me as i might be up/down grading to a mq patrol witha few extra fruits for 3.5

nice knowing you buzzy

doesnt mean im leaving u sweet heart

[Jccck]

I just bought some 15x8's
Flipped centres, more offset, yada yada..
Not sure of the actual offset value however

Anyway, in easy terms.. 1" of the rim is inside the body (Not including flares)
And 7" is outside

I LOVE IT

[stollie]

Anyway, in easy terms.. 1" of the rim is inside the body (Not including flares)
And 7" is outside



hope you like replacing wheel bearings

[Jccck]

stollie wrote:

hope you like replacing wheel bearings

I don't drive on the road very often
And i've heard from a few different (reliable) people that they've had no wheel bearing issues after running similar offset rims for years

They'll be just fine for what i do