s2000 wheel offset & tyre help!

[Vicks]

Nice!, yea little dissapointed the MF10's aren't that aggressive, but oh well... 17" by 7.5" +52 front and 17" by 8.5" +59 rear...

Good pick up, I assume you bought the set I was going to buy. You beat me to it.

[mattatnoosa]

Good pick up, I assume you bought the set I was going to buy. You beat me to it.

Haha, yea ones on eBay, shame they don't come in 18's

[butterfingers]

I just copy pasted this off S2ki in the hope it will help. I intend to do up a few stickies in the S2000 forum for any future reference, but here is a guide to start with.


Many people have tried many different wheels and tires on the S2000. Along the way, a lot of people have had problems with rubbing. Some had a little rubbing, and some had none. With all of this experimentation, a few things were figured out. The information below is not the drop dead final word of what will and will not fit. Certain things can be done to make something fit that otherwise wouldn't, such as increasing negative camber, running narrow tires, and rolling fenders, but that adds a lot of variability to this equation and thus is difficult to predict. We'll assume the owner has had a proper alignment, uses tires recommended for the chosen wheel width, and hasn't modified their fenders.

Based on successes and failures from many S2000 owners, we can use an offset calculator to figure out what other offsets and tires will work. These are minimum recommended offsets. You can use a higher offset if you want, and you will get additional fender clearance.

For the front:
205 tires: +43 offset minimum (6.5” to 7.5” wide wheel)
215 tires: +48 offset minimum (7.0” to 8.0” wide wheel)
225 tires: +53 offset minimum (7.0” to 8.0” wide wheel)
235 tires: +58 offset minimum (7.5” to 8.5” wide wheel)
245 tires: +63 offset minimum (7.5” to 8.5” wide wheel)

For the rear:
235 tires: +40 offset minimum (7.5” to 8.5” wide wheel)
245 tires: +45 offset minimum (7.5” to 9.0” wide wheel)
255 tires: +50 offset minimum (8.0” to 9.5” wide wheel)
265 tires: +55 offset minimum (8.5” to 9.5” wide wheel)
275 tires: +60 offset minimum (9.0” to 10.0” wide wheel)
285 tires: +65 offset minimum (9.0” to 10.0” wide wheel)

The offsets above will all set the outside edge of the tire to the same place relative to the outer fender, rounding to the nearest millimeter.

Of course, the wheel width must be chosen to fit the tire you plan to use. You can’t stuff a 275 on a 7” wide wheel, and you wouldn’t want to use a 9” wide wheel with a 205 tire. Read the specs on the tires you want to use, and figure out what wheel width you should use.

OEM Fitments
For reference, the OEM MY00-03 (AP1) wheel sizes and offsets are as follows:

Front:
16" x 6.5", +55 offset, 205 tire
Rear:
16" x 7.5", +65 offset, 225 tire

and the OEM MY04+ (AP2) wheels (including MY06) are as follows:

Front:
17" x 7.0", +55 offset, 215 tire
Rear:
17" x 8.5", +65 offset, 245 tire

17x9 +40 on 235 profile tyres for rears should work then right?

[jooboo]

17x9 +40 on 235 profile tyres for rears should work then right?

nah bro too aggressive lol

[pboi]

lol.. do 245/40 to keep the same rolling diameter =)

[gerzzzzz]

one of my customer runs 17x8+45 and 17x9+45 rpf1 looks really good.
and now we have black rpf1 in stock too.

[butterfingers]

nah bro too aggressive lol

Guards rolled, slight neg camber

[dlai5552]

Guards rolled, slight neg camber

Pretty sure he was joking.

[black8thgen]

havent seen anyone go 17x8 +30.. soo i'm gonna ask:

17x8 +30 up front with 235 or 245
17x9 +35 rears with 245 tyres

i suspect for the rears i'll need at least -2.5 camber and a roll and relocation of the tab, but would i require a bit of a fender pull/flare?

and with the fronts from what i've read (am probably wrong though) im thinking i'd just need some camber and a roll.

if anyone has used this setup or know if it'll fit without huge fender work any help would be appreciated =]

[jooboo]

i did 18x10 +26 245/40 with a roll and pull and relocate...
18x10 +45 with like 255 no worries too
18x9 +26 up front i think it was 235...that worked fine until i went up a gutter wrong...flared my fenders for me lol

you can fit pretty much anything you want within reason...just depends on tyre and how u plan to drive.

[(Ryanswhites2k)]

I've got 19's and I wanna put 19x 9.5 on the rear but the only offset I can get is 25. I've lowered it an inch and I'm happy to run with a little stretch. What do u think jooboo could I get this to work

[boodgy]

Hi guys bumping up an old but awesome thread!

I'm getting new wheels and will be running 17x9+38 on the rears. What tires do you guys think I can run without too much stretch, rolled guards and relocated bumper tab.