offset for 30mm wide fenders?

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burnin240sx
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My setup is stock struts96 240sx se hubs in front 5 lugFenders are masa 30mm wide fendersI have z32 4 piston calipers with the 11inch rotors

What offset should I be looking for in 17" wheels so it will fit under the wheel well and not look sunk in?

Let me know if you need anymore info?


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You need to match wheel width to offset, to start test fitting. So we need to know what width, then you can guess at what offset will allow fitment on the chassis side, as well as the fender flare side, for a given width.

17x10 +12? Alan, king of fitment, chime in plz

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The easiest way is to look at what sizes and offsets fit stock fenders, then subtract 30 from those offsets. For example, if you like the way that 17x9, +15 wheels look on stock fenders, you would want to run 17x9, -15 wheels, 17x9.5, -10, or 17x10, -5, etc. AFIAK, wide wheels with that low of an offset will probably only be offered by a few companies that work with 3 piece wheels like Rays, BBS, SSR, etc.

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use the offset calc to find a size and offset thats less than 5mm closer to the strut and about 30mm to 40mm further out from the fender..

that's your easiest bet..

my guess would be something like a 17 or 18 x9 in a 10mm offset-Chet

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I have 18x10 +40 w/10mm spacer on mine...

So 18x10 +5 would work... But if you ran +10 or +15 you could stick some big tires on there... like 285's...

Thats what I want.


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