need help with wheels!
07-28-2014, 11:28 AM
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need help with wheels!
So I was working on a Hyundai genesis with 19' wheels, and when I looked back at my car parked near it, I realized how small the OEM 16's are. so long story short, I'm planning on getting new wheels, but I'm going to keep my 16's as track wheels because I just bought tires for them and they are pretty light, so performance isn't my primary objective here. I was looking for 17's but I didn't find any styles in my price range that I liked, except for these wheels here, www.carid.com/konig-wheels/illusion-black-machined-465439.html but they only come in 18' with a +45 offset, but the extra few inches of width should be nice for getting tickets.
So these are my concerns:
1 - am I going to run into rubbing issues? (Stock suspension)
2 - Is 18 too big on the s2000's? I think the s2k in this picture has 18's but I'm not sure. I'm hoping they are because it looks f***ing good.
3 - is my speedometer going to get violated by these wheels or is the tire/wheel ratio going to be close enough to not matter?
4 - I can't run staggered with them, but I can only see positives from this asides from aesthetics.
5 - is it going to look like a monster truck after I put them on and am I going to have to get it lowered or will it look close to stock, just bigger wheel size?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
(edit, link is farked, copy and paste seems to work, going to fix now and see how it goes)
So these are my concerns:
1 - am I going to run into rubbing issues? (Stock suspension)
2 - Is 18 too big on the s2000's? I think the s2k in this picture has 18's but I'm not sure. I'm hoping they are because it looks f***ing good.
3 - is my speedometer going to get violated by these wheels or is the tire/wheel ratio going to be close enough to not matter?
4 - I can't run staggered with them, but I can only see positives from this asides from aesthetics.
5 - is it going to look like a monster truck after I put them on and am I going to have to get it lowered or will it look close to stock, just bigger wheel size?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
(edit, link is farked, copy and paste seems to work, going to fix now and see how it goes)
07-28-2014, 11:52 AM
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Quick answer is you should be fine with the increase in tire + wheel diameter, the width of the tire offsets the increase in diameter of the wheel.
What you need to worry about more is the offset.
Use this http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator
Drop in the stock specs - take AP2 17" wheels to make things easier since I think the AP1s are a bit super sunk.
Front:
17" x 7.0", +55 offset
Rear:
17" x 8.5", +65 offset
Use the 7.0 + 55 as your starting number and drop in the new wheels and see what the extra outer clearance is needed, take a tape measure and see what you will need.
If you don't want to roll your fenders, general rule of thumb for me is 7.5 + 50, 8 + 55, 9 + 60 etc. However its wrong to think that this always applies, offsets and wheel width don't go hand in hand when you change width and offset so it's just sort of to give you a baseline.
What you need to worry about more is the offset.
Use this http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator
Drop in the stock specs - take AP2 17" wheels to make things easier since I think the AP1s are a bit super sunk.
Front:
17" x 7.0", +55 offset
Rear:
17" x 8.5", +65 offset
Use the 7.0 + 55 as your starting number and drop in the new wheels and see what the extra outer clearance is needed, take a tape measure and see what you will need.
If you don't want to roll your fenders, general rule of thumb for me is 7.5 + 50, 8 + 55, 9 + 60 etc. However its wrong to think that this always applies, offsets and wheel width don't go hand in hand when you change width and offset so it's just sort of to give you a baseline.
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