[QUOTE=ccarnel,Jan 23 2005, 10:04 PM]............

Oh and i actually had Kinesis make one of my wheels wrong and I was basically running an inner rim that was .5 inches too wide (approx 12 mm inboard)

 

I could have sworn about 2 years ago you told me you were running 83mm offsets for your 18x10 wheels RT.

No I did not use that math that you provided to come up with those offsets. I told the people at kinesis what you were running after we pm'd back and forth and Allan came up with running 9.5 inches with 73mm .

In fact after I ordered those sets of wheels in that particular offset David at R&D (kinesis wheel retailer) started selling them in that offset as well:

Here is a post from 2002 by Rand D motorsports:
I just sold a set of K59R to a customer today (this is the reversed lip which uses the 19" center on an 18" rim) and he is running 18x8 front with a 225/40 and 18x9.5 rear with a 265/35. The front offset was 53-54 and the rear 73. Dont quote me though, as I am at home and it is late. Will update once I get into the shop tomorrow if this is wrong.

These are the exact offsets of my wheels except i am running 7.5 inch front wheel @53mm instead of 8 inch. I told allan I wanted more clearance under suspension compression with the wheel cranked either direction

Oh and the tire i was running then measured out at 10.2 inch tread width... almost the same as the s03 you have pictured there... which is 10.5 inches tread width. Though it doesn't look it in the pic they were a little bulgy on the sidewalls... probably accounting for the tighter clearance with the fender.

Maybe these pics will clear up the "clearance problem" As It would seem I have more clearance than you in above pic..
After




Before




I even ran those offset offsets by you in a pm before I finalized the order... you seemed to think they were ok. . The wheels on the car now are a completely different set than the ones that did not fit.. even the backpads are of different thicknesses. It was an expensive lesson... no doubt.

I measured them at some point down the road and the numbers matched. From my understanding you take the centerline of the wheel and measure to the backpad for the offset correct?

and Yes my math was wrong.. You were right... running with an extra .5 inches inboard would be 79mm

 

Oh, hey, I remember that
I remember I had a hell of a time convincing Allan on the 73mm and he wouldn't believe me until I actually took a wheel off and measured it for him. At that time he said you were intending to run 285/30's and I was debating if that was smart to build you 9.5's when they could do 10's in that offset and give you plenty of caliper clearance (and hub cap clearance). He concluded 73mm was enough even though I was running 75mm since the wheel was 1/2 inch narrower and the tire was going to get pinched in slightly.
Did you ever try 285's? They should fit if they wheels are @ 73mm.

Note: I've run 295/30's at one point w/o any problems (Yokohama AVS something or another, didn't like them )

Did you have a CV/half-shaft come apart on you some time back or am I just


Your ride looks sweet in the "After" pics! The "Before" pics look very 4x4ish.

BTW, The pic on my fender clearance is with the suspension compressed. My ride height isn't low, low ......

 

no use arguing, maybe u have +50 at one time and probably go over big dips for fun.

dude my wheels ain't no lowrider wheels. they do not stick out. it's flush with the fenders.

may tommorrow i'll just go over a really big dips just to see if it rubs like u do.

common sense.

 

KAI, +50mm on 10's? you running BBS LM's?

 

I HAVE 19x10.5 in the rear with a 275/30/19 with a 69 offsets rubs a little on bumps

 

is your S lowered?

 

YES IT IS h&r springs

 

So, if RT is running 10.5" w/ +75 w/o any rubbing, then it should be possible to run 10" w/ +81 to +82 offset w/o any rubbing. The 10.5" at +75 would sit 6.35mm further inward toward the inner fender than a 10" at +75. Thus, you can theoretically move the 10" 6-7mm further in w/o rubbing the inner fender to give more room for the outter fender (assuming you're also running -1.75* camber like RT). Is this correct?
I'm looking to eventually run 18x10 in the rear w/ 285/30/18s. This info is good to know. I was going to go w/ +83 from my calculations based off good fitment from those running Volk CE28N 17x9 +63, but my assumptions were that there was plenty of inner fender clearance. It looks like a +80 offset would work well in providing enough inner fender (1.35mm more inner clearance than what RT has now) and outter fender clearance on an 18x10 (I'm looking to run around -1.5* rear camber). Sound good?