If you are buying aftermarket wheels, you don't you just get wheels with less OFFSET?

I am sure I am the only one here, but I am actually getting rid of the stock 18x8 wheels and replacing them with 17x7. Tires will be 225/55/17.
Offset on my Enkei PF01 wheels is exactly the same - 48mm. So because the wheels are 1" narrower, the outside part of the wheel will be 10mm less on the outside and 10mm less on the inside.

I did not think about this, and already ordered the wheels+tires from tirerack. Now I am wondering if I should get 10mm spacers to get the wheels out to stock location. I wish I just got wheels with 38mm offset. Would that be the same as adding a 10mm spacer? Seems like much better solution to me than dealing with those spacers that add weight (main reason for getting rid of stocks) and vibration.
I am an old guy, I know, going for smaller wheels, but if you put yourself in my shoes and advise I would appreciate it.

 

not every set of rims is the perfect width and offset to fit our fenders. so instead of shopping around and limiting themselves they look at all options and use spacers to bring it flush if its needed.

 

What is changing for you is the back spacing dimension. The tire will be about .4''-.5'' further inboard of the fender edge over stock. So in my opinion I wouldn't worry about it as your changing the stock look of the car anyway with smaller rims/tires This also tells me for you vehicle handling is far less important than wheel/tire weight.

 

Your math isn't correct. An inch = 25mm not 20 so actually the new rims will be 12.5 mm inboard or 1/2".

Yes, adding a 10mm spacer would be the same as buying 38mm offset rims.
If torqued properly you shouldn't get any vibration from a spacer.

Going with a narrower rim and a smaller diameter rim while sucking them into the fenders is the exact opposite of what I did. Lol, different strokes for different folks.

 

Your right it didn't seem right but I didn't go back and re-check it, gotta watch some of those on-line calculators.
I agree and that's why I went with 22mm spacers on the front w/stock 19's @ 50 offset=28.

 

Haha. I was actually referring to the OP as he kept saying 10mm difference.

 

Thus is the purpose of "reply w/quote''.

 

This is kind of what I thought.
By the way my car is 2014 SV with Premium pkg and Tech pkg. My last car was 97 Maxima 5 MT. Had it for 10 years.
I don't have the sport suspension, and this suspension kind of sux, for what this car is pretending to be. It is very floaty. I do not feel glued to the road at all. There is no point of putting 20" tires on stock suspension.
Anywho, i did virtually every mod possible on my old Max. Virtually every mod made the car run worse. The only thing where you feel the car faster and see better mileage is lighter wheels from everything I've tried. I had 15" racing wheels on the old Max that weighed exactly 10 lbs each. The moment I put them it was I lost 300 lbs of car weight. It felt so light around town. On top of that the light wheels are so much easier for the suspension to push.. you feel better connection with the road too.
These wheels, lets be honest here, are way WAY too big for this car. I drove a 2014 Accord before I bought my Maxima, and I have to tell you, on 0-60 the Accord feels brutally fast, it will snap your neck. The road holding and road feel is easily superior than the Maxima as well. Weight is identical. If it werent for the horriffic automatic transmission that always keeps the engine in 1300 RPM unless you literally floor it, I'd be driving an accord today. The maxima is much more responsive to light throttle changes, RPM goes up right away. The accord WILL NOT downshift or in any way rev up RPM so you can actually enjoy the engine power.
But my whole point is, all other sedans have very close power and weight, and nobody has this kind of tires. Accord is sporting some 215mm tires on 17" wheels and has much better handling and steering.
These stock wheels are terrible. Ride is bad. They are very noisy over cracks, you always here a loud THUMP from the rims, and if you read about ROTATIONAL WEIGHT you will understand what kind of price you are paying with respect to acceleration and mileage. And to top it off, the 2014 wheels are plain ugly with these splitting spokes.

 

OK, just installed my Enkei SP01 s. They weigh 41 LB each with a 225/55/17 Hankook S1 tire. Going to the club now, will post pictures later.
The stock 18" wheel + tire weighs 56 pounds. Who knows how much the 19s weigh. That is outright sadistic.
My impressions from the first 5 mins of driving are exactly the same as every time I install racing tires on a car -- amazing feel for lightness. Just turning the steering wheel to get out of the driveway and you feel its linger. Coming off the driveway curb - softer. However noise and comfort are kind of disapointment. Hoping its because those tires are not broken in yet, but the tire noise is not any less, and going over those smallest cracks on the road where suspension cannot react and its only felt by the tire - same or worse than stock tires. These Hankooks had the best reviews on tirerack... im hoping they feel better after a few hundred miles.
But the lightness.. you have to feel this.. taking off a stop.. so much easier.. braking does not require so much push on the brake pedal either..