Ba Offset/fitment

[arronm]

Mate if I was a copper I would sticker that car faster than ordering donuts and coffee

[Spyathe]

Fronts: mint

Rears: mexican

[.Stripes.]

Maybe it's just me...but I don't understand the whole stretched look craze. Each their own and all that...but I'll never understand it. Main thing is it's your car though and as long as you're happy with it that's all that matters.

[FiftyOne]

Craze started from the crazy japs pinching tyres from wreck yards to rubber their drift machines. Then it became a looks things, now it's like a status thing (like changing your facespace status to "imadick") jkjk

anyone know the maximum offset that could be run on the rear of a B series ute?

[(Locky)]

I just chucked them on as I had a spare hour to sus out whats going to be needed once the 19's rock up

They are off this thing

Rear is definatly going to need some love, yet front will work better than I thought. AS much as I'd like to know way I would drive around like this as AS I have never really seen one of these pull off 17s's and would need to be silly low to make it work. It looks silly with massive gaurds gap, I need to sort out a good 2in drop for the rear before I would contimplate wunning any agressive rim.

The euro guys were doing it for years, the japs quite a while. SOme people says its to do with sidewall flex while drifting, but its also super previlent in their VIP scene and cars with oni camber (ie 10+ deg)

It seems to become mainstreem in the last 2-3 years compared 7 or so years ago, no tyre shop wanted to touch it. For me it makes sense with IRS as you can have mm close rim to gaurd fitment and it will still tuck in under compression. The track car needs it to limit fouling withg sill suspension setup that needs low offset wheel to clear everythign at full lock.

Since become more the 'norm' so many bad examples adn people going too much strech for no real reason, unless its to be cheap to get smaller tyres when with the gap in the gaurds would allow a lot larger tyre and would actually look a lot better filling the gaurd

In summry, not running car like that, just doing some sums on the numbers

[MA91CK]

  On 09/05/2014 at 10:31 AM, FiftyOne said:

Craze started from the crazy japs pinching tyres from wreck yards to rubber their drift machines. Then it became a looks things, now it's like a status thing (like changing your facespace status to "imadick") jkjk

anyone know the maximum offset that could be run on the rear of a B series ute?

yes and no. Yes on the history, no on why people do it now. I did it because:

* My wheels juuussssttttttt stick out the gards ( like 1mm ) so obviously tyres would not fit under the car.

* it makes wheels with aggressive offsets ( like mine ) look a lot better by tieing the wheels into the car, not just having stupid fat wide tyres, so they look flush

* The eliminate tyre flex when you have just slightly stretched tyres (245 on a 10" ) so you get better response from your steering, contrary to actual belief that it will hinder handling ( obviously a 195 on a 10" is dumb )

[Future]

I got 9.5 on a +35 offset with 265/30/19 and thinking off going 275 or even 285 next time but not sure if it will rub

[Bellato]

Provided it is the same brand going up from 265 to 275 will be 10mm wider so 5mm further out at the guard. Can work it out on that basis

[Spyathe]

  On 11/05/2014 at 6:13 AM, Bellato said:

Provided it is the same brand going up from 265 to 275 will be 10mm wider so 5mm further out at the guard. Can work it out on that basis

Will also be a few mm taller, so that's another thing to be carefull of Edited 11/05/14 07:31 AM by Spyathe

[Future]

Yeah I know with the width and height im more so worried about it rubbing on the inside but it seems like it would be fine