I love the look of Rob's S2000 (r8byb) and I've been looking around on the forum for a couple of weeks now to do with wheel sizes and I'm getting loads of contradicting information regarding wheel size, widths and offsets with some saying stick to about +48 and others saying that things like +35 will work fine with arch work.

Basically I want some new wheels for my car and love the concave look you get from a lot of them. To get that look, ringning one place for a chat the guy said I need a 17x9" so the question is how wide can you go both front and rear end without making a mess of things for the handling and killing tyres in 6k miles?

Looking at Rob's car and also seeing Tommys2000's in the flesh how much camber are you guys running front and back and what exactly are the wheels sizes you are running? They look pretty wide!

I'd love a set of Work XD9's but for the time being I'm looking for something a bit cheaper just to get the car off the OEM wheels as they sit so far inside the arches they look crap!

I've seen Rota Torque Drift's in a 17x9 et35 which I've been told has a concave face. 17x8 looks flat from the pic's one place as e-mailed me, no idea what offset they were though. So, the only option with those would be non-staggered as far as I can see...

I've also seen another set of wheels which l can get in a 17x8.25 et35 or et25. I'm waiting to hear back from the company I found selling these but would hope they are concave from looking around at pics on the internet. If not the next size up is 17x9.75 et25 which I'm guessing will probably look rediculous from what I've seen on the US section of the forum!

How do those sorts of width and offset sound in terms of fitment? I know I'll need an arch roll but don't want the wheels to stick out too far like some of the guys over on the US section running 10J rears but also want a nice concave look if possible without running too much camber that'll chew tyres due to the mileage I do.

Any advice would be seriously appreciated on what will work and what won't or what will look too wide and bloody rediculous!

My car is lowered on coilovers by 40mm btw.

Cheers,

Spykee

 

Are you asking because you can't source wheels with a different offset. Most large wheel suppliers don't always like supplying 2 of one size and 2 of another.

IMO i would stick with the same set up as standard and go lighter on the wheel.

 

Well yes thats one of the reasons but I don't like how far inside the arches the front wheels sit either, prefer something a bit more flush. I also hate wheels that look totally different on the front of the car to the rears due to having different widths/offsets so the front's are flat or convex whereas the rears are often concave.

I know that there are some manufacturers that specifically do a staggered offset for the S2k but I'm just looking at all my options to make an informed decision.

 

I know exactly what you mean but the trouble with fitting wide wheels up front is this usually happens
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/597...pwnage-thread/

 

I'm gonna be running 17x9 et50 all round soon

 

I've never got this concave / convex thing, never noticed it at all!

Using a 35 offset is going to look like a tractor.

 

not lowered it will yes...

I'm running 17x8.5 17x9 et36 never rubbed or caught, if you do the right arch modifications first you will be fine.

That fender pwnage thread is where people have fitted wheels and not done suitable arch modifications

 

What is the effect on handling/cornering etc running a non staggered setup, other than looking less desirable cosmetically wise?

Cheers

 

I guess that's a matter of opinion. With a wider front setup the turn in will be improved but I guess you will sacrifice a little poise.

 

Lotus always use staggered. As do Ferrari and Porsche. Nuff said Mid engine though. I haven't tried it, however. I know M1jbr has and liked it.