Hey, i tried searching for threads about integra wheel offsets but couldnt find anything useful.

I was thinking about getting some new rims for my car, but I dont know too much about fitments and offsets.

I have H&R race springs and koni yellow sp3's, so my car is dropped right now to about a pinky finger gap if that with no rubbing on my stock gsr rims.

Would 17" x 7.5" with a 42 offset be too big for my teg and cause it to rub?

BTW, heres the wheel i was gonna put on hopefully.


TIA

 

beautiful wheel choice, however being that low you and choosing a rim that wide with a +42 offset, the risk of rubbing would be there.

however you could roll your fenders to give you just a little bit more clearance.


I had a 17x7" wheel with +40 offset and it was VERY close to the fender, had i been lowered more (only 1" drop all around), i am sure I would have run into some issues with rubbing.

 

yea. i know most people get 17x7 for tegs, but those wheels don't come in a 7" width, only 7.5. I have close to a 3" drop on my car to.
The same rims come in a 15x6.5 with 40 offset but I'd rather have a bigger wheel for show.

I dont wanna run into any trouble like what has happened to some of my other friends who bought wheels online, then mounted em and they were too wide so they had to sell them cheap to someone else.

anyone else have any comments on the fitment issue, or know of some similar gunmetal with polished lip wheels that would fit in either a 16 or 17"?

 

i dont know that much about wheels but you could take ur car to a wheel and tire shop and see what they have in stock. it they dont have they can most likely get the wheels for you and then get them test fitted there. but i dont know

 

So dealing with offsets, Would it be best to put a Lower off set like 38 or higher like 42? Which would you guys go with 38, 40, 42? I have no clue about offsets as well.

 

smaller diameter rims give you the option of tire size like 195 or 205 (205 being wider) which will let you can a more curved tire that will go in the fender well a bit easier, I am not completely sure about the offset, I had 18" wheels on 215/35/18 tires with a 45mm offset and I rubbed a lil, they were to wide in my opinion, 7inches. I had some rub marks on the inside wall of my fender.

 

The higher the number, the farther in the wheel will sit inside the fenderwell. The lower the number, the farther out it will sit.

I usually look at it this way, stock wheels are 15x6 +35 offset. So if you went to a 7" wheel w/ the same +35 offset, your wheels are now 1/2" wider on both the inside and the outside of the wheel (the wheel goes in 1/2" farther than stock and also sticks out 1/2" farther, because the offset is the same).

If you go to a higher offset, say 40, on that same 7" wide wheel, that moves the wheel inward about 3/16". So now the wheel only sticks out 5/16" farther than stock, but it also goes inward 11/16" more than stock.

If you go to 42, it goes inward another 1/8" or so, so now the wheel only sticks out about 1/16" farther than the stock wheel, and extends inward 15/16" more than stock.

So when you run a wider wheel, you have to use a higher offset to prevent rubbing the fenders, but you also have to be careful that it doesn't extend inward too far and rub suspension parts, etc.

 

Great explanation Patrick. I notice that most people only factor in the offset and don't understand the relation the width also has on brake or fender clearance.