I know our cars have a 40 mm offset but how in the hell are the car in japan running such deep a$$ dish rims man like 35 mm offsets and what not????/ do they use spacers? do they just not care and put them on anyway???? what in the freak is it??? please someone shed some light on this situation??????

 

My 2k2 had a 45mm offset but i'm running 35mm now - i don't think it's that big a deal. Deep dish wheels aren't that big of a problem, well, unless you've got bad roads then you'll have to deal with rubbing especially if you're lowered.

 

You can go down to a 30mm offset without rubbing as long as you don't go with too wide of a rim.

 

I run 18x8 with 30mm offset, and they are flush with the outer wheelwell in the front....here's what it looks like. IMHO. 30mm is PERFECT for a wide stance, but the wheels not sticking out...



and that's TAPOUT's NOS, not mine

 

Personally I would prefer a 40mm front and a 30mm rear since it seems to me a 30mm front offset makes the front tires stick out too far when compared to the back. 40mm offset with 10mm spacers in the back should even out the stance just a bit.

 

Ideally, I'd like 18x8 30mm up front, 18x9 30mm in the back

 

Yeah, but then you can't do a standard X tire rotation

 

Yeah...I'm just speaking in terms of appearance and handling - the lack of rotation-ability certainly rules it out for me as far as I'm concerned....

"ideally" meaning if I had unlimited money to buy new tires

 

I knew what you meant

Gotta post all the info for the noobs or they will ask.

 

true that!

 

hmmm 18x9 in the back and 18x8 in the front not a bad idea hmmmmmmm with a 3 inch lip??? think it would fit nice?? what size tires would i need then????

 

irish,,,i know you are getting NOS..you posted it's TAPOUT's, so that we all don't find out the deal until you already have it in there

 

heh....NOS is a for any kind of auto-x or road racing, and you all know I don't drag or run the 1/4

Jason (TAPOUT) was using the NOS in the car next to mine in this pic, as I recall - not his Maxima.

(if you look real close, you can see "Tapout" on his shirt just past my open hood