OK well my first question is; how can I tell what offset my wheels are? I have Mille Miglia 17" HT3 wheels. The rears are 8" and the fronts are 7.5" if I measured correctly.
Any way to measure or anyone know where I can look up the specs from the Mille Miglia wheels? These ones are no longer in production as far as I am aware.
Second question is, how do I know what alignment to get done for my car? Should I get stock alignment even though I have different wheels?
The tires are rubbing in the rear right now I believe. I ahd 225/45/17's in the back and replaced them with 245/45/17's and now it rubs when going over big bumps etc. Fronts are 205/50/17 I believe. The back end feels really sloppy now, seems worse since I got the tires put on. They are Dunlop SP5000's. Front tires are getting real worn down.
Any suggestions or info?


By the way my car is a 2001 model.

 

Ok I think from doing a little more searching that the 17x8 HT3 wheels are +35mm offsets. Fronts seem to maybe be the same? Make any sense?

 

there should be a sticker that tells you the offset and if it is a +35 that and running a 245/45 series tire is causing the rubbing.

 

So can I run a 245/35 or something tire would that prevent rubbing?

 

ok if you want to really figure out the offsets for your self take a ruler or measuring tape with MM on it and measure the width of the rim. Now find the middle of the rim and measure to where the hub meets the rim or measure from the outside of the rim to the hub. The math should look like this:

Width (mm) / 2 = Centerline of wheel

Offset in (mm) (distance from outside of wheel to the hub)

Width - Offset = Distance from inside of rim to the offset

Distance from inside of the rim to offset - Centerline of the wheel = Your offset.

 

remember our cars are very picky on tire pressure make sure they are around 30 psi in the tires. Too much air or too little air will make the backend very sloppy.