measuring for wheels
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billy_spdips
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measuring for wheels
im kind new to the whole working on cars and what not. im sure plenty of people have the same question. how do u measure for wheel fittments and offsets? please post pics
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simmode1
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Re: measuring for wheels (turbo please)
We might be able to take alot of the guess work out of this if you tell us what car this is for...
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Re: (rbsileighty)
That is so not needed with certain cars. The subject has been so thoroughly researched for certain cars that there are tons of fitment resources available. http://www.Rimtuck.com is one of the best, depending on what car the OP is asking about.rbsileighty wrote:The best way is to borrow wheels from your friends cars that have the same bolt pattern (think stock wheels from other brands/same brand diff model)... that way you know for sure if the wheel fits whatever car you're thinking about putting wheels on...
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billy_spdips
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Re: (turbo please)
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
Figure all that out if you want to. Or just ask somebody what fits good on whatever car you're talking about.
Figure all that out if you want to. Or just ask somebody what fits good on whatever car you're talking about.
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rbsileighty
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If you're going wide enough to need fender mods (which is basically all of RimTuck) then you don't need to be as concerned about what will fit b/c you're going to make it fit anyway
As far as measuring to fit what you have with minimal mods... test fitting is key and suggestions are only opinions... just like my approach and yours... neither is wrong
I've been doing this since 2000... and this method is what's worked for me. The only time I took someone's word on something without checking for myself was the only time I bought a part that wouldn't work (it was on this forum and was suggested by a respected member... honest mistake but was an expensive one since it was dealing with hubs)
I was running stock fenders and 9 +15R/ 9.5 +22R on my old setup and will be running 9.5 +15 / 10.5 +18 on my new setup for reference... but I have a fender roller and don't care if I have to do body work... if you want to stick within a stock fender with only minor rolling I'd recommend playing with some rim/tire combos you might have avail from your friends etc
As far as measuring to fit what you have with minimal mods... test fitting is key and suggestions are only opinions... just like my approach and yours... neither is wrong
I've been doing this since 2000... and this method is what's worked for me. The only time I took someone's word on something without checking for myself was the only time I bought a part that wouldn't work (it was on this forum and was suggested by a respected member... honest mistake but was an expensive one since it was dealing with hubs)
I was running stock fenders and 9 +15R/ 9.5 +22R on my old setup and will be running 9.5 +15 / 10.5 +18 on my new setup for reference... but I have a fender roller and don't care if I have to do body work... if you want to stick within a stock fender with only minor rolling I'd recommend playing with some rim/tire combos you might have avail from your friends etc