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Old 02-27-2017, 12:11 PM   #1
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wheel fitment question

another dumb wheel fit question. i dunno a lot about this stuff. car is at m030 ride height. rear camber around -2. running 275/35 on 18" et 40 rear wheel. fit is good. looking at a new set of wheels that have a rear offset of 35. so, i put 6mm spacers on my current wheels to see what it looks like. what do you think?



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Old 02-27-2017, 12:22 PM   #2
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Maybe it's just me (and I know NOTHING about will spacers.....) it appears to protrude a little too much.
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Old 02-27-2017, 12:33 PM   #3
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i think too much as well. thing is, even without the 6mm spacer it sticks out what looks like too much (ie, imagine the pic but with the wheel protruding 6mm / 1/4" less - still sticks out past the fender lip) but works fine.
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Old 02-27-2017, 02:51 PM   #4
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I actually think it would look pretty good if you were lower because the extra camber would tuck the top of the wheel in quite nicely. At that height though, I definitely think its looking kinda "mexiflush".
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Old 02-27-2017, 04:26 PM   #5
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hard to see in this photo, but this is the same car same wheels (18" et 40) but more lower, on 265/35. i think et 40 is the most you can go with a 10" wheel.

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That looks fine. For me, as long as the top of the wheel is either flush with or within the fender it will look good. "Flush" according to this pic.

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Curious, are your wheels O.Z. Alleggerita HLT wheels?
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thats them.
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Old 03-02-2017, 08:27 PM   #9
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So are you running 18x8.5 53mm offset front and 18x10 40mm offset rear?
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yes but with a 7mm spacer on front, thinking of 12 or 15 mm. note that the front pic is without the spacer.

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