rxseven07

hey whats the deepest dish wheel we can get for our gsl-se's? panasports have a little lip, but i want something like 3 inches wide.. pics would be nice, and websites too!

rxseven07

overnight bump

Max7

Get a widebody kit, otherwise you out of luck.

peejay

You won't really get that because -SE's have a really high offset, about the same as a front-drive car. (Which is why you outta luck unless you have a widebody)

13x8/13x9's and by association 15x8/15x9's look pretty bad-*** on an autox car, and no matter what you have GSL-SE or 12A you will have to necessarily have a lot of dish, because the OEM wheels have "feeler gauge" clearance to the strut/spring so any additional width has to go outboard. Plus, steel racing wheels are badass no matter what.

But fender clearance... on heavy suspension compression the 13x7's on my '80 were outboard just enough to let the tire sidewalls (205/60) graze the inside of the fender lips and pull them down. Had I been running 13x8's or 13x9's with 215/50 or 235/45 tires, the fenders woulda been *smashed*. Had I had the car at a lower ride height, it would have happened at a less severe bump.

rxseven07

hmm, so could i get any lip at all? thats weak... but i want to run something like 16x9 or 15x9. another question would be, whats the widest tire i could put on? i am running a 215 right now.

peejay

You are going to have to go on a Quest to the Land of Fender Flares if you want to run 15x9 or 16x9.

rxseven07

damn that ****! i want the widest, tire and wheel combo available, for the back.. maybe a tire shop would konw

web777

The 7 below has gsl-se suspension. That's the widest lip you can have on a SE. Anythinh wider and it will stick out.

Tire places won't know anything unless they own a gsl-se themself.

Max7

My Enkei 16x7's RSE's had a 2" lip, thats about as big as I've seen.
some have gone 16x8 and 17x8 but I've not seen them in person.

peejay

Oh there's plenty of room in the back... it's the front that is cramped, because Mazda had to get the struts as FAR OUTBOARD AS POSSIBLE in order to make room for the wide rotary engine.

Well, scratch that. The right rear tire runs awfully close to the muffler. This is dependent on what exhaust system you are using, of course.