Does anyone know if that set will work? This was my former set up:








Damn trailing arm kept getting rubbed. These Volks are 16x7.5 +35. I want to go wider but that rear trailing arm is tricky, any advice? Make sure you understand that the damn trailing arm on the EP is a factor. Don't answer like it's a 2dr or 4dr Si please.

After thought, I had a 8mm spacer on the rear and didn't have anymore rubbing issues, would a 16x8 work with a 4?+ offset?

+42 with 17.5's







No rubbing

Help anyone?

 

Help?

 

I'm having a hard time seeing what you're trying to ask.

Are you asking if a 16x8 will fit? A +42 can fit, but I'm not sure anything with a higher offset will clearing the rear trailing arm.

 

What is rubbing against your trailing arms exactly..the tires or the wheels?

Can you post a shot of the barrel sticker or the box showing the size/specs of the wheels?

Like Matt said, I don't see higher offset clearing the trailing arms if the specs you stated do not clear the arms.

I happen to have some 16x8 +35 CEs that we can try on your car and know for sure.

 

Yeah, that was my question and I wanted to know the offset I'd need to clear that rear trailing arm. There might also be a slight rub on the outer wall of th tire because the rear fenders aren't flared right?

 

Yeah, the rear quarter panels are a pain in the butt to roll flat, but fitting 8's with properly sized tires is a bit tricky.

 

205's side wall isn't that big...I thought I had that figured out, lol.

 

205/??/??

The middle measurement is in reference to the sidewall height.

 

my bad, I actually "thought" more than I "wrote" 205/50/16's is what I had on the CE28's. I figured I could run those again.

 

Well, 205/50/16's are actually undersized for the chassis, as well as 8" wide wheels. 225/50/16's would be the proper size for both the wheels, as well as the chassis.

 

The reason I asked for a shot of the sticker of the wheel is because I think you have the offset wrong. I don't think 16x7.5 5x114.3 CE28s were ever offered in +35, so, with the wrong offset in mind, it'll be hard to figure out what will or will not actually clear. GL.

 

My bad man, I didn't even see this comment. Let me see if I have a picture of the box or anything.

EDIT: I don't have a box shot man, those were my old rims, sorry. I should've done that.

 

You're saying that because the tire would be over stretched right? I don't know much about tires but I know it's a bad thing when they rip apart, lol.

 

Well, I'm pretty sure the offset on those CE28s are/were +46 and that would explain why they rubbed against your trailing arm. Member <stevieg> on here has 16x8 +38 rpf1s on his EP with 225s and never mentioned any rubbing issues.

If I had to guess, I'd say anything +42 with *8 and smaller should clear just fine.

 

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

 

I'm just basing these statistics on the wheels you're wanting to run, as well as the proper sized tires for the chassis.

 

i have a full set of 225/45/16 tires if you're interested. they are BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2 with 5/32 thread left.

 

No I feel you man, I need all the info I can get and this helped out a lot.