I found a set of wheels that I am interested in, but the seller only knows that they came from an 01 or 02 Lexus IS300. He took the wheels (or car) to a tire place and they told him they had a 0 offset. I am not sure what that means. Does that mean it is the same as the IS300's stock offset? How would I go about figuring out what this means and/or the IS300's offset? THere are tires still on the wheels so I guess the seller cant see the markings.

thanks.

 

They won't work on a S.....sorry

 

They do not have a 0 offset. If I remember correctly they have 45 or 48 offset on the stock 17x7 wheels. A 0 offset wheel would stick way outside the fender on an IS.

 

Thanks for the info. I guess now awesome deal for me today. Maybe next time. I wasnt even aware that there was such a thing as 0 offset.

 

+45/+48 will fit just fine.

 

An offset of "0" merely means that the plane of the mounting surface is exactly the middle of the width of the rim.

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/...jsp?techid=101

We typically have + offset. Remember "chrome reverse rims"? Guess what was "reversed" on them? They had - offset.