Possible wheel choices

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:26 pm

HyPnOtIk wrote:: The sportmax with the red lip is what i was looking at for my car . But mine were gonna be 18x7.5 . Im not too sure im going with them anymore anyways!

Yeah not fond of 18's. I like the drive of 17's

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:27 pm

Super Mario wrote:: you going to go staggered?

Naw i want to be able to rotate my tires.

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:37 pm

What's the specs of your wheels now chris?

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:40 pm

dasiknes803 wrote:: Oh the offset is 40. Is that ok?

you should go +35 all around so that it looks flush and decent

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:41 pm

Thats what the magic number was. So i cant get these or do they have it in that offset?

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:41 pm

ihavenosn wrote:: What's the specs of your wheels now chris?

Stock.

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:41 pm

40 is an ok offset

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couldnt you just run 5mm spacers with them to make them +35?

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:43 pm

dasiknes803 wrote:: Thats what the magic number was. So i cant get these or do they have it in that offset?

im pretty sure they have them in any offset you want +45, +40, +38, +35 etc......

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:47 pm

Super Mario wrote:: couldnt you just run 5mm spacers with them to make them +35?

I tried that once not good. For some wierd reason my whole car was shaking. I gave them to Kenny.

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:48 pm

So who wants to buy my old rims?

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:51 pm

I would go with either the first or second choice, in staggered width of course.

I know, I know, I've had or have both sets before in 18 inch so my opinion is biased.

On a side note, I've been running 18 inch Rota Subzeroes on my Matrix for the past 4+ years and had no problems w/ them, and that's with over 100k miles on them!

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:52 pm

squirrel wrote:: I would go with either the first or second choice, in staggered width of course.

I know, I know, I've had or have both sets before in 18 inch so my opinion is biased.

On a side note, I've been running 18 inch Rota Subzeroes on my Matrix for the past 4+ years and had no problems w/ them, and that's with over 100k miles on them!

Thats why i try them out to see for myself. Thanks sir.

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wow, what kinda of spacers were they? they shouldnt be shaking your whole car hahaha. main things to consider when you want them to fit nicely is offset and width. tires cal also make a huge difference. but i mean its just matter of what you want out of your wheels, do you want them to look fly, or more on the handling and performance side?

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:58 pm

they probably were off balance

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:01 pm

Ooops, please note, I had to run 15mm of spacers in the rear for the 18x9.5s I'm running.

That can be a camber shim and 10mm if running camber. Like what I'm running.

I ran just the camber shim on my xB when I ran 18x8.5 in the rear when I had the 962.

I'll pst pics of my set-ups if anyone is interested once I get home.

Any questions, just ask.

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:17 pm

you can run a +40 offset chris, just make sure to get a 8 inch width wheel instead of the stock 7 inch.

Here's a chart nebster on SL made, it pretty much will answer your question on how the wheel will fit depending on your choices.

Possible wheel choices - Page 2 Wheelfitments

Possible wheel choices - Page 2 Wheelfitments

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damn hahaha nice cheat sheet.

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:27 pm

GO Kenny!....U da Hombre!

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:48 pm

Man i just what wheels for looks. Whats all this?

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:54 pm

This is to help you figure out what specs you should go with when you get your new wheels.

For example, you get a new set of wheels, but they end up being way too tucked in, it's not going to look nice is it? Or if you get a new set of wheels and they end up sicking way too far out away from the fender, that isnt going to look nice as well, right?

That chart is to help you figure out and get a better idea of what would fit best depending on what set up you're going to get, and how you want it to sit (flushed, tucked, etc)

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IMO, you can have the nicest looking rims out there but when you throw them on the car and the fitment is shit. its going to make the wheels look like that now too.

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:08 pm

^ x20 on what Mario said, fitment is everything.

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fitment makes of breaks a car. heres an example:
this:
Possible wheel choices - Page 2 Bikerack2

and this:

Possible wheel choices - Page 2 7-20-08-174

compared to this:
Possible wheel choices - Page 2 BBBLINGcemetaryshoot004

(no offense if anyone know this person^^^)

Subject: Re: Possible wheel choices Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:09 pm

Is there one of those cheat sheets for 1st gen xb's.

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