Guest tejas74260 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 i know it's been covered but i couldnt find the solution with the wheel size i'm using. im going to purchase a 16X8 and a 16X8.5 watanabe 8 spokes. the tires im using are a 225/55/16 on front and a 245/50/16 out back. what offset should i run with this if i'm using zg flares? im sure you guys can answer this pretty easily...thanks for the help! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z-rific Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I ran 15x8's all the way around with 3.5" backspacing. 225's front and 265's back. With 8.5" rear wheels you may want to think about more than a 245. You need some meat to fill up your flares. I'm not running the same flares, but mine extend about 3" from original fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudeboy Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 For the front wheels you will need -13 or 4 inch backspace based on 16 x 8 wheel. For the back -19 or 4 inch backspace based on 16 x 8.5 wheel. Go to link below and check out different specs. These specs will fit with just spring and shock changes (stock). With coilovers utilizing the same backspace, but upfront got to 16 x 9 watannabe and in the rear 16 x 9.5. My plan is to go with ZG flares and a Billet specialty wheel and I know for a fact 17 x11 wheel and 275 /40 17 tire will fill the wheel well nicely in the rear and 17 x 9 255 /40 17 upfront. If you like the watannabe wheel style, take a look at Panasport C8-17 as another option. Glenn A. INLINER FOR NOW BOWTIE COMING SOON http://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html#backspace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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