Listen up...I KNOW the STOCK wheel offset for my 2001...

But...what's the BEST OFFSET to get in aftermarket wheels to bring out those babies to the fenders? Just as wheelwell spacing is important to everyone (hence why we purchase lowering springs - to decrease the gap while increasing handling), I find the stock wheel offset to be too far inboard of the fenders. Plus, while I'm at it, why are the rear wheels even MORE inboard than the fronts? Do people know what I'm talking about?

This has been BUGGING me ever since I started looking for rims! Help, please!!!

 

What is the offset for the 2000 Maxima anyway?
Roger

 

The offset for my stock Y2K SE 17" wheels is 45mm. This is stated in the owners manual and molded into the back of the wheel. I don't know what the offset for the 15" and 16" wheels are.

I replaces the OEM wheels with 40mm offset Tantrums. The Tantrums sit slightly outboard towards the fender lips. They look great!

Bob

 

i think you can get 38 or 40 offset without any problems. im thinkin about the ADR Kasai's now. too many rims to choose from. with winter just starting in ny..im going to take my time.

 

Which wheel offset will do what you want will depend somewhat on the wheel width you use, meaning that if you stay with a 7" wheel you're going to have to make a bigger change to offset to get what you want.

Personally I have (on an '02) an 8" wide wheel with 40mm offset and 245 tire. When I take a straight edge and place it along the outside of the tire up into the rear wheelwell what I see is around 6mm clearance between the edge of the straight edge and the inside edge of the fender. If I were to get that inside edge of the fender 'rolled' there would be a little more room, but there doesn't seem to be any need for that. A 7.5" wheel with the same offset and tire as I have would obviously end up with an additional ~3mm of clearance, whereas an 8.5" wheel with the same tire and offset is gunna be pretty damn close with only ~3mm of extra space.

 

stick with offset between 35 and 35

 

Actually no, that's wrong. What you're thinking of is "backspacing", which IS dependant on wheel width, which is why it sucks Offset is a universal number independant of wheel width, so if you were to stuff 245 tires on a 8" or 9" rim with 40mm offset on both, they'd fit (theoretically) identically. Here's a simple definition of offset: http://www.whalentire.com/faqs.cfm#offset

 

i think he meant 35-45

 

If I'm wrong please help me because what I can't understand is how having the same offset could possibly place the outside edge (or inside for that matter) of a wider rim in exactly the same place. Where is the extra wideth going to go? Look at the Whalentire.com diagram and leave the offset exactly as shown, now make the rim wider, how on earth could the outside edge of the rim/tire not end up closer to the inside edge of the fender lip?

I never said that the offset changed with wheel width, what I was trying to say is, where the outside edge of the tire ends up is dependent not only on offset but ALSO on wheel width. Since the question being asked in the thread was one where a guy wanted to know how to go about filling in that space between the inside edge of the fender lip and the outside of the tire, in my estimation both offset AND width need to be considered.

You said, "...stuff 245 tires on a 8" or 9" rim with 40mm offset on both, they'd fit (theoretically) identically...". Based on this you could also say, stuff 245 tires on a 8" or 14" rim with 40mm offset and both will fit identically??? Maybe you could explain how this would work because I still don't understand it.

 

But if the guy is trying, and I quote, "to bring out those babies to the fenders" isn't a 7.5" wheel with a 45mm offset going to do a poorer job (by a 1/2") of accomplishing what an 8.5" wheel with the same 45mm offset would do? Thus if he was to use a 7.5" wheel he'd be best off to go with a 32mm offset which would accomplish virtually the same thing as the 8.5"/45mm wheel. A 7.5" wheel with a 45mm offset is only going to fill in the unwanted space by a 1/4" compared to the stock wheel, this might be somewhat disappointing after spending how many dollars???

 

Sorry! I have "tunnel vision" and am always looking from the perspective of simply trying to squeeze X size tire under the fender, which is mainly an offset issue, and not a wheel width issue. You are CORRECT sir!

(Also, I agree with your other reply - he should go with the lowest offset possible for any given width.)

 

 

Favor/Question -

Stock 2002 Maxima, SE.

Tires: P225/50R17 93V

I want to replace my stock wheels/tires with a new/used takeoff set from a 2008 Altima with these specs:

P215/55R17 93V

Rim Width: 7.5 inches Bolt Pattern (millimeters): 5 x 4.50 or 5 x 114.3
Rim Dia: 17 inches Offset: 45


Would these fit my Maxima? Any issues, concerns?

One tire size calculator site says it is 3.5% larger and does not recommend as brakes may fail.

Thanks in advance I am a rookie at this.

What's the width of the stock wheels?

 

Bump for me! - I am a tire rookie - need advice. TIA.

 

They should fit fine with no issues. You could even swap the tires over if you like.

 

Thanks for the reply. Just bought some wheels/tires from eBay.