[james mayte]

Hello fellow zookers I am the owner of a Lwb 96 model vitara with a 3 inch calmini lift kit and 2 inch body I am currently running 16 inch rims with mud claw tyres I am wanting to step it down too 15 inch sunrayser style rims could some one please tell me the best off set to run? As the tyre store is telling me I can only run 16s as 15s will hit the caliper.

Cheers James

[atari4x4]

calmini have specific instructions on what offset to run, but list it as a backspacing measurement.

from memory it works out to something like -15 in a 15x7 & you won't need 16's unless you're running the V6 vitara brakes.

EDIT: here is a pdf of their backspacing babble. http://www.calmini.com/docs/bulletin-su ... laimer.pdf

DOUBLE EDIT: here is a thread with heaps of different rims & their offsets + another one on how to convert backspacing to offset. http://auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... edy+offset

http://www.speedywheels.com.au/wheel-tech.htm

[james mayte]

Cheers Atari

[james mayte]

Thanks Atari I already had 2 sets of steel rims the problem I am Gavin is that there running on the calipers and I am trying to find out what brand an offset people are using

[atari4x4]

and what offset are they?

i run & recommend the speedy desert rat 15x7's in a -15

[james mayte]

And do they clear calipers ok? And would they stick out a lot? Cheers

[atari4x4]

they should do, heap of people run smaller offsets with no problems. they only just hit on the big brakes of the V6 vitara before a lick with the grinder... what offset are the rims you're having problems with?

yeah they'll stick out alot, they have to so the springs work properly as per calmini's specs.

[james mayte]

Not sure of the offset I am workin with at the moment but they fit my short wheel base with not hitting but don't fit my wagon

[atari4x4]

LWB brakes are bigger than the SWB's & the 2.0l vitara's are bigger again, they must be a big + offset to be causing issues.

they're not the rims fitted to your blue SWB in the forsale ad?

[james mayte]

Nah there different rims to the ones in my add man

[ozhummer]

I've jsut ordered sunnies in a 16 x 7 with a -13 offest ... putting 235 /75's BFG Muddies on them .... going -13 will give the same backspace as the std wheel