Flush Fit Wheel Fitment, Offsets for Flush Fitment which is Proper Fitment Options

[Harold_Fastwaker]

So you want to be Dope Status now? Maybe your life goal is to make it on HellaFlush, well this is the offset numbers you need for that to happen.

First: You will need to run stretched tires for this to work and preferably a nicely lowered car.......... Or 4x4 your car and run it Donk status. I don't care, but you will have to choose one of those options.


FOR THE FRONT WHEELS ONLY **Your fronts should have been rolled from the factory. 9.0+ will probably need a bit of a roll to crush the plastic liner in a bit.
Width ---------- Offset (et)
6.0" ---------- et-5mm
6.5" ---------- et 0mm
7.0" ---------- et+10mm
7.5" ---------- et+15mm
8.0" ---------- et+22mm
8.5" ---------- et+27mm
9.0" ---------- et+33mm (you will be cutting it close with the strut. May need to start running negative camber at this point)
9.5" ---------- et+40mm (you will be cutting it close with the strut. Probably need to start running negative camber at this point)
10.0" ---------- et+45mm (At this point, you will need negative camber, a good fender pull and probably better off with a +35ish offset and going with wide fenders.)
10.5" ---------- et+50mm (At this point, you will need negative camber, a good fender pull and probably better off with a +35ish offset and going with wide fenders.)



FOR THE REAR WHEELS ONLY **You need to roll your fenders for all of these.
Width ---------- Offset (et)
6.0" ---------- et-20mm
6.5" ---------- et-15mm
7.0" ---------- et-8mm
7.5" ---------- et-2mm
8.0" ---------- et+5mm
8.5" ---------- et+10mm
9.0" ---------- et+18mm
9.5" ---------- et+23mm
10.0" ---------- et+30mm (Will start to cut it close with the strut. Negative camber may be needed. My best guess is you will be alright)
10.5" ---------- et+36mm (At this point, you will probably hit strut. Negative camber is needed. Probably would want to run a lower offset and just pull the crap out of your rear fender to make it tuck.)


As for tires, I highly suggest you run 45 series tires and I HIGHLY recommend Falken 512s. They handle stretching very well.


These numbers will make your wheel flush with the body. If you want to wheel to poke then run a lower offset then I have listed. This in turn means you need to run a smaller diameter tire and some negative camber.




Spacers:
For those of you who need a 25mm spacer or larger for your look. I suggest A-Dapt-It USA (http://adaptitusa.com/) or Motorsport Technologies (http://www.motorsport-tech.com/)
The A-Dapt-It's will be cheaper and will be lug centric to the wheel. Motorsport Tech can make you hubcentric to hubcentric adapters which are double the cost of A-Dapt-It's. Either choice is fine, I run lug centric and so do plenty of other people. Toyota still ships cars off the assembly line with lug centric wheels. Don't let the scare tactics of hubcentric or die mess with your head. With lug centric you just need to tighten your lugnuts in the standard star pattern starting from the top.






This thread was made separate due to not wanting to have an e-thug battle.

This post has been edited by Harold_Fastwaker: Oct 6, 2009 - 11:30 PM

[str8thugginit4ya]

Not 100% but I believe 225 series tires would be a lot more stretched than what is showed in that pic. I may be wrong, but when I had 9.5's on my Celi, I had 255 & it looked about what is shown in the pic you posted. If not, than more stretched. I'm just going by what I had on my car. They were Bridgestones 255/35/18 on 18x9.5's.


-Hope I helped, Ryan

[dudeofchaos]

Not 100% but I believe 225 series tires would be a lot more stretched than what is showed in that pic. I may be wrong, but when I had 9.5's on my Celi, I had 255 & it looked about what is shown in the pic you posted. If not, than more stretched. I'm just going by what I had on my car. They were Bridgestones 255/35/18 on 18x9.5's.


-Hope I helped, Ryan

How did you get 9.5in wheels with 255 tires on our car? I want either 245 or 255's on my Gt-Four with atleast 9in wheels. Is it doable? My goal is to have barely streched tires with a flush look, what do I need?

[str8thugginit4ya]

Not 100% but I believe 225 series tires would be a lot more stretched than what is showed in that pic. I may be wrong, but when I had 9.5's on my Celi, I had 255 & it looked about what is shown in the pic you posted. If not, than more stretched. I'm just going by what I had on my car. They were Bridgestones 255/35/18 on 18x9.5's.


-Hope I helped, Ryan

How did you get 9.5in wheels with 255 tires on our car? I want either 245 or 255's on my Gt-Four with atleast 9in wheels. Is it doable? My goal is to have barely streched tires with a flush look, what do I need?

A LOT OF WORK my friend! Just kidding, it's doable. But are you willing to work for it? Rolled the crap out of my fenders & used spacers as well. The rolling process is kind of a drag. Since you're going with such a wide wheel, a lot of trial & errors go on. Well, at least for me it did. I rolled fender, put wheel back on, drove around to check for clearance & what not, then came back & started process all over until I got it how I wanted. I forgot the exact size of spacer I used, but if you really want to know I can try & find out for you. With 9" you shouldn't have too much of a problem in the rear, the fronts MIGHT need some modifications for you to fit with no rubbing issues. Just follow Harold's specs & you should be good. He does a lot of research for this site for your use, so take advantage & don't forget to say thank you. Lol.


-Ryan

are my calulations correct?

rims: 17x7 with a 42 offset

front: 42-10: 32mm
rear: 42+8: 50mm

dam, if it's right then i don't see the rims working... better luck spending my money on another set.

You would be better off with wider if that is what you are going for. My current wheels are unfortunately similair dimensions (17x7 +40) and i run a 25mm spacer up front and 30mm in the rear.

I was just giving you the 25mm figure as an upgrade from the sunken battleship look. Not hellaflush by any means but with coilovers it still looks pretty good. Of course, we all want wider wheels dont we... :]

YEAAAA! Wider wheels = better traction! = better handling as well! GO FOR IT!


-Ryan

[dudeofchaos]

Not 100% but I believe 225 series tires would be a lot more stretched than what is showed in that pic. I may be wrong, but when I had 9.5's on my Celi, I had 255 & it looked about what is shown in the pic you posted. If not, than more stretched. I'm just going by what I had on my car. They were Bridgestones 255/35/18 on 18x9.5's.


-Hope I helped, Ryan

How did you get 9.5in wheels with 255 tires on our car? I want either 245 or 255's on my Gt-Four with atleast 9in wheels. Is it doable? My goal is to have barely streched tires with a flush look, what do I need?

A LOT OF WORK my friend! Just kidding, it's doable. But are you willing to work for it? Rolled the crap out of my fenders & used spacers as well. The rolling process is kind of a drag. Since you're going with such a wide wheel, a lot of trial & errors go on. Well, at least for me it did. I rolled fender, put wheel back on, drove around to check for clearance & what not, then came back & started process all over until I got it how I wanted. I forgot the exact size of spacer I used, but if you really want to know I can try & find out for you. With 9" you shouldn't have too much of a problem in the rear, the fronts MIGHT need some modifications for you to fit with no rubbing issues. Just follow Harold's specs & you should be good. He does a lot of research for this site for your use, so take advantage & don't forget to say thank you. Lol.


-Ryan

Thanks man. Would you happen to know a site or somewhere I can find out how tires look on wheels E.g. I'd like to see how 245s/255s look on 9/9.5in wheels.