yeah Mang! hey never know one night we can go cruisin' Coincidence we live that close to each other and I became member 15 and you 16 : )

 

Thanks bro so then I can run 195 45-16 or 195 45-15 ? with wheel specs that 91sedan_kid and/or My_EFsedan have (16x8+20). Correct me if I am wrong.

 

Thanks for the info in regards to a wheel having specs of 16x8+20 the part that is +20 what does that reference to?

 

that refers to the offset of the wheel

 

as dummada said, it has to do with offset. the offset is the distance from the center of the barrel that the wheel (upward part where you bolt to hub) is. so +15 is 15 mm to the outter edge of the wheel. +20 is the same deal just 20mm. when talking about negative offset (ie -10) is then the wheel is toward the inner edge. the usual fwd offset is about +45

! i! say you look at the wheel from the back of the car (passenger side) the cheazy exclamation point wheel (where the i is the center of the wheel [mounting pt]) would have a positive offset (+)

!i ! this one would be negative camber (-) looking at the same side

! i ! and this is 0 offset

 

Gas gettin higher ... Feel bad for people drivin gas guzzlers, waitin on spring for paint.

 

what you dont feel bad for broke college kids? the tank on the accord is tooo big....

 

Looks like alot of work on that firewall

 

Indeed it is.. Ive cut my hands up pretty good. I cant wait for it to be finished at the end tho, it will be all worth it.

 

here are som pics of the painting and prmiering I did today.

 

 

 

Dude this car looks so damn good

 

the exhaust tip is finally hanging on it's own, the piping is all in, except some short sections of straight pipe. heat shield is back in.











other then the crap tires which came on the rims, this is what they look like with argent silver, caps, and beauty rings, look straight off an old school Honda, no one would guess they are Geo Storm wheels, I was suprised how hard they were to actually find. Apparently a lot of those cars get shipped to mexico where they are very popular



doing some polishing testing, everyone says to use ajax for the initial polish on raw stainless, then use polishing compound from there, I need a buffer wheel for the drill, it's too hard to use the bench buffer on the big pieces

 

thanks. Just got my first paycheck today and it was more than i expected. also got my deposit back from when i opened my att phone line. decided to buy some window visor for the car. also took my daughter to get things she needed. good day.

how was everyone elses day?

 

almost killed myself today. hydroplaning isnt fun.

 

x2, 101 is killin my car when its wet lol

 

ok ryte ryte.... so let's see if i understand this right.

+ offset means the top of the wheel/tire is going in torwards the chasis and the bottom is leaning away so the tire looks like this " \ " of course looking at the car from the rear, am I right ?

 

+ top of tire goes inward /

- bottom of tire goes inward \

yes u are correct =]

lol its confusing ... i dont know anything about tires either.

 

the offset of a wheel has nothing to do with how the tire sits whether its slanted or not, thats negative and positive camber

 

no

no. this is what is called camber which has to do with the chassis alignment. it does not have to do with the offset of the wheel (at least not directly but thats for another day)

look at this picture, you see how the wheel and tire are leaning inward at the top? this is negative camber. positive camber is when the tire points out at the top. offset is where the center of the wheel is in relation to the barrel of the wheel so look at the wheel/tire in the direction the pic suggests and refer back to my sad exclamation point example

 

ok i understand now

 

kool i'm glad i finally got it lol ok so negative camber is what make the wheels lean like that ok NOW i get it so then looks like i'll have to get a camber fit for the front and rear to get the look i want. now can anyone answer my question regarding if the wheel specs are 16x8+20 then the tires I can put on them are 195 45-16. Like i said I ain't trying to copy DumaDA styzz , I just like the stance of the wheels on his ol' ride which I would like my car sitting like eventually... so size 15 wheel and tire would be too small!?

 

 

i guess it was a even thing cause i think we both were wrong lol