A little more positive offset...
#1
A little more positive offset...
What would a little bit more offset (of the wheels) would do to the car's perfomance and exterior? The reason I'm asking is that I like these ASA EM9 15x7 wheels. I don't want to change (or as little as possible) anything on the car. That's why I want to go with the 15 inch wheels. They are a little bit wider than the original (15x6) and insead of 35mm offset (for the original) have 42mm offset. Would the difference in the offset (7mm) + the difference in the width will have a major difference? Any problems that may occur? I'm thinking of putting my existing tires (205/60x15 Potenza RE950) on them.
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#2
RE: A little more positive offset...
in extreme cases you'd be putting extra stress (wear) on your wheel bearings, affecting the dive & squat geometry, and enlarging your turning radius. Inasmuch as I believe a less than 10mm offset to be negligible, IMHO your swap will show little or no ill affects, if any at all... I doubt your car would even notice sucg h a small difference. But, I'm not an expert.
#3
RE: A little more positive offset...
Then do you think the center of the tire would sit where it is now, or because of the offset will move a bit to the inside of the car? Or the wider wheel will compensate the difference in the offset and the center of the tire will sit at its original position?
#4
RE: A little more positive offset...
With the wider wheel you'd be negating the offset by approx half teh diff between the stock wheel width and your *new* aftermarket width... does that make sense? I'm busy NOT thinking, at work, right now, so I don't know, off teh top of my head, the conversion from inches to mm, but you've got, what, a 1" wider wheel? convert that to MM, divide by half, subtract the difference in offset, and... now I've confused myself... I may attempt to describe it better, once I get home, if I've confuseded YOU as much as I have ME...
#5
RE: A little more positive offset...
You didn't confuse me, I was thinking about the same thing yesterday. But I didn't know if the width of the wheel is in inches. So 1 inch is 25.4mm divided by 2 is 12.7mm minus the difference which is 7mm equals 5.7mm (say 6mm). And that's how much the wheel is going to move to the outside.
#8
RE: A little more positive offset...
Well, the car's original tires are either 195/65x15 or 205/60x15. Either way there is no "rubbing" because that's what is "normal" according to the factory. And I don't think 6mm (or 7mm) offset will cause rubbing. Correct me if I'm wrong!
#10
RE: A little more positive offset...
That's what I want - an advice
Very useful link:
http://www.americanracing.com/techce...ch1§ion=tech#
BTW the original offset for 1993 Audi 90S is 37mm[:-]
Very useful link:
http://www.americanracing.com/techce...ch1§ion=tech#
BTW the original offset for 1993 Audi 90S is 37mm[:-]