identifying my offset

[Steer^Gimic]

hey guys, just picked up a set of wheels, trying to figure out the details on em.
you think the 'et26' could be the offset considering the above number is the size and width.

what you think? here's a pic:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/JPEF8/DSC05217.jpg

by the way, they are an old skool O.Z wheel, and if they are +26 offset, im excited. i scored them off this guy who had a gen2 crx with chromies and a big fugly kit. these came on the car when he bought it, he thought these wheels where gay. i bought him subway, and he gave me the wheels :)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/JPEF8/DSC05212.jpg

help me out, let me know
peace

[bennjamin]

26 is it.

Unless its written on the hub-side of the rim...

congrats they look pretty cool

[Domokun SPL]

An offset of 26 looks about right for those rims, being 7.5 inchs wide too the ammount of dish and hub placement looks the goods :)

Nice score, id buy him 5 subways for those :P

[SiReal]

nice wheels and yes 26 is the offset. although i wonder how it would fit on a honda. usually wheels of such offset are designed for RWD cars like skyline. Hondas typically run the 40's to 50's offsets. So yeah, good luck with fitment. may need to camber it to make it legal for the guards.

[Steer^Gimic]

yeh your not wrong there sireal. they where on a gen2 previously. but, 2 are like the one above, and two are the same wheel, with less dish, and a bigger offset, so obviously, they are a rwd set of wheels, but the ones with less dish have been on the front for the cars life judging by the amount of brakedust on the inside.

so, the question is, do i put the fatter ones on the front or the rear. bear in mind the guards will be modified for the wheels

[SiReal]

well the logical choise is to put the fatter ones on the rear as there is mroe room back there. although it defeats the purpose of usually having the wider wheel on the "accelerating" wheels. Apparently having "staggered" wheels on a FWD is illegal. however I have no basis to support this claim. Judging by these wheels, you could probably use them on an S13 or AE86 type application.

[Zdster]

I agree with SiReal. Besides the logic, it looks really cool when you have a big lip in the rear compared to a smaller lip in the front.

[Domokun SPL]

I doubt its illegal to have different widths F/R on a FWD car.

However, fatter wheels on the drive wheels make steering harder, so maybe just put them on the back and compensate with a massive rear swaybar upgrade to cause the car to oversteer more, but that is compensated by the bigger tyres :P

[hunterD]

nice wheels and yes 26 is the offset. although i wonder how it would fit on a honda. usually wheels of such offset are designed for RWD cars like skyline. Hondas typically run the 40's to 50's offsets. So yeah, good luck with fitment. may need to camber it to make it legal for the guards.


this might be a bit off topic, but wats the offset affect? and wats the best offset for a em1? 40?

[SiReal]

Hey HunterD, offsets affect how "out" or "in" the wheel will sit in the wheel arch.

The offset is a physical measurement from the face of the hub (the bit that touches the mounting on the actual car) to the centreline of the rim itself. So if the offset is +40, there is a 40mm differnce between the face and centreline.

If you get a wider rim, you will probably need to have a lower offset, so the rim is pushed out a little further, so it doesnt hit the inner struts, but not too low as it may rub the guards if the car is lowered.

For an em1, I think the stock offset (correct me if I am wrong) is +45? So if you get a wider rim, usually low 40s or high 30s will be fine.

Anyway, enough babbling, hope that helps.

Cheers

SiReal

[Domokun SPL]

http://www.1010tires.com/images/WheelOffset.jpg

[hunterD]

Hey HunterD, offsets affect how "out" or "in" the wheel will sit in the wheel arch.

The offset is a physical measurement from the face of the hub (the bit that touches the mounting on the actual car) to the centreline of the rim itself. So if the offset is +40, there is a 40mm differnce between the face and centreline.

If you get a wider rim, you will probably need to have a lower offset, so the rim is pushed out a little further, so it doesnt hit the inner struts, but not too low as it may rub the guards if the car is lowered.

For an em1, I think the stock offset (correct me if I am wrong) is +45? So if you get a wider rim, usually low 40s or high 30s will be fine.

Anyway, enough babbling, hope that helps.

Cheers

SiReal

oh.. easy, i understand. thanx alot for that.
well i own a em1, and i just bought myself 18x7.5 and the offset is +40...
thats the right offset for a civic with 18" yeah? (sorry for this is off the topic)

[SiReal]

hey, well i can't tell u for sure, but if the rim fits on without hitting anything on the inside (including tyre as well) it should be fine. same applies for outer. I think there are a few members on here with EM1s and 18s. perhaps you could start a thread about EM1s and offsets.. and get confirmation from the other members.

Your rims sound bout right.