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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 12:09 AM
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Reversed offset

fender flares are 1st on my list but I havent heard any one mention reversed offset/deep dish and fb in the same sentence. Its seems an obvious move with flares. But i could be wrong, I did vote for ross perot
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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Yes....they are running a lower offset...but the offset depends on the width of the wheel. Since +20 is stock....lower offset will stick out, higher brings it in to the wheel well. You can check Slammed_GSL on his sizes, as well as Wackyracer on his Rx3....8 to 9 inch....+10 to -5 I would say...
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 07:37 AM
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This can also be accomplished with wheel spacers. These can be used to change to a more popular bolt pattern so the wheel choice is increased. Because of the thickness needed to fit into a flared fender, the spacer should bolt into the hub and have separate studs that hold the wheel. They should also have a center hole that fits tightly on the lip of the hub and have an inner lip facing the wheel side that centers the wheel on the hub to keep it centered. This is known as a hub-centric spacer.

You should know that any change in wheel offset increases the wear on the wheel bearings and shorten their life.
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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ok, thx
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by purple82
This can also be accomplished with wheel spacers. These can be used to change to a more popular bolt pattern so the wheel choice is increased. Because of the thickness needed to fit into a flared fender, the spacer should bolt into the hub and have separate studs that hold the wheel. They should also have a center hole that fits tightly on the lip of the hub and have an inner lip facing the wheel side that centers the wheel on the hub to keep it centered. This is known as a hub-centric spacer.

You should know that any change in wheel offset increases the wear on the wheel bearings and shorten their life.

Thanks for he info. I have a situation. I like to run auto-x, SOLO whatever the name and I have four kuhmo v710 in my home without wheels. My brother have some 15 x 7 wheels but they are 4x100mm. The offset of the wheels is 26mm. If I put the spacer, that is 25mm thick, would change me from 100 to 114.3 mm. But I will have 0 offset? I will have problems with the fenders?
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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This should help

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp
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