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here's a setup w/ the same exact wheel dimensions:
18x9 Rota Boost e30 on Black STi:
235/40/18 Tires
.5 neg camber as pictures.
rest of pix here:
http://www.subydude.com/subyslidesho...sti/18x9boost/
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18x9 Rota Boost e30 on Black STi:
235/40/18 Tires
.5 neg camber as pictures.
rest of pix here:
http://www.subydude.com/subyslidesho...sti/18x9boost/
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I think Henry at Mach III is running 18x10 +25 and 265 tires on stock fenders.
But I guess it is kinda wide.
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Looks like crap.
sorry. I friggin hate that look. That's not a 1984 vw rabbit for crying out loud.
235's on 9 inch rims? You can do that on 7.5 inch rims or 8 inch rims. Put some 265's on there. I could care less how big your rims are....tires man...tires.
That's like telling your lady... look how big my ***** are.
sorry. I friggin hate that look. That's not a 1984 vw rabbit for crying out loud.
235's on 9 inch rims? You can do that on 7.5 inch rims or 8 inch rims. Put some 265's on there. I could care less how big your rims are....tires man...tires.
That's like telling your lady... look how big my ***** are.
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I guess I'm a hater too
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If you went low offset to concave a 18x8 or 18x7.5 wheel you'd have sh*t for brake caliper clearance...no way it would clear calipers.
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more concave would mean the spokes are farther away from the caliper, unlike a stock offset wheel where the spokes are flush against the caliper. never thought i would question your wheel knowledge so i have a feeling i'm wrong.
more concave would mean the spokes are farther away from the caliper, unlike a stock offset wheel where the spokes are flush against the caliper. never thought i would question your wheel knowledge so i have a feeling i'm wrong.
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if you had a, for example a normal 7" wide rim with 1000 offset where the wheels are sticking out 5 feet from the car, the calipers could be as big as they wanted too be.
more concave would mean the spokes are farther away from the caliper, unlike a stock offset wheel where the spokes are flush against the caliper. never thought i would question your wheel knowledge so i have a feeling i'm wrong.
more concave would mean the spokes are farther away from the caliper, unlike a stock offset wheel where the spokes are flush against the caliper. never thought i would question your wheel knowledge so i have a feeling i'm wrong.
Of course if you went with a really low offset on an 18x7 wheel you could alter the face to a certain extent, but to get the same face as the 18x9 has you'd be talking about negative offsets....to make up for that 2" difference you are talking about a 25mm difference, so you'd need like a 5mm offset on that 18x7 wheel to have the concave face of that 18x9
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btw, concavity does NOT put the wheel further away from the caliper:
18x8.5 Torques - non concave
18x8.5 +25mm offset:
18x9.5 Torques - concaved spokes
18x9.5 +28mm offset:
The NON-Concave wheel has WAY more brake clearance...the 8.5 non concave clears brembos on an evo...the 9.5 concave setup does NOT clear brembos on evos
18x8.5 Torques - non concave
18x8.5 +25mm offset:
18x9.5 Torques - concaved spokes
18x9.5 +28mm offset:
The NON-Concave wheel has WAY more brake clearance...the 8.5 non concave clears brembos on an evo...the 9.5 concave setup does NOT clear brembos on evos
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so this -1000 offset wheel wouldn't clear Brembos? it sure looks like it would.
i thought offset was a linear formula from 50 all the way to 0 as in anything 50 or less will clear, anything with 30 or less will clear etc...you never hear "these brakes work with offsets 30-50...a 29 wont clear it. nor will a -1000 offset."
offset.jpg?t=1196930854
i thought offset was a linear formula from 50 all the way to 0 as in anything 50 or less will clear, anything with 30 or less will clear etc...you never hear "these brakes work with offsets 30-50...a 29 wont clear it. nor will a -1000 offset."
offset.jpg?t=1196930854
