[puckaveli]

I was cleaning up my old wheels the other day. For two years I had thought these wheels where +50 offset. Well I flip one over and to my surprise there it was...+40 offset stamped on the wheel. The did BARELY rub in the rear under hard cornering. It wasn't even enough to leave a mark on the sidewall. I had these wheels on for two years with no problems. I hope they didn't stress the wheel bearings to much. I did some auto-xing and a lot of hard street driving, but know rallies. Plus I had a 215/40/17 tire on them too. I really don't think too many off you will give a hoot, but it just blew my mind when I saw this.

Here's a pic of the wheels.

 

[RS25.com]

That's cool to know - good info. Thanks!

 

[scotty305]

Yep, when I bought my car it had 40 offset focal wheels with 215/40R17 tires, on Tein S-tech springs (really low but pretty stiff, so the wheel didn't really move much). The rear fenders had been trimmed a little on the inside so they wouldn't rub. Just don't go trying to fit 215/45R17 tires with a 40 offset rim, they will rub a lot, hehe.

-scott-

 

[jersey judge]

I've got 215-45 x 17's on my OBS, with a 52 offset, and they just tick the rear strut towers in hard corners. I put on a whiteline adjustable rear sway bar, set on 18 mm, but I think i need to move it up to 20 mm. Then I think a front strut tower brace should clean it up to give just slight oversteer.