FD Racer

I think most of you are running 15x7 or 16x7 wheels with a 38-40mm offset. My question is...how much room is there between the spring and the inside front tire at the closest point? Please list your wheel & tire size and about how much clearance you have.

Thanks

branca

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Konig Traffik rims; 15x6.5 40mm w/ GC coil overs. They have about the same clearance as the factory setup did.....which isn't much.

ioTus

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Konig Tuner rims
16x7
+35 mm offset
BFG Euro(trash) T/A 205/40/16
Eibach ProKit lowering springs

Prolly like 3mm of clearance on the front springs. I worry that they will rub when they compress, however the car has yet to work since installing the prokit (engine swap) so we will find out soon enough. They should be MORE than fine tho w/ that much clearance.

My next set of tires will be something like 205/45/16 tho, that is the propper size of tire for a 16" rim. I'll go wider in the back.

Manntis

Enkei RSE 16x7 - a whisker of clearance

boosted12a

17X7 enkie rse 40mm of set, ***-ho 711s 205-40-17. the only place they rub is on the racing beat sway bar, the didnt rub with the stock one tho....

Northern 7

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Core Racing 15 x 7's (w/ 205-55 tires) - no rub but very close

LongDuck

MB272's on 15x7, +38mm offset and Yoko ES100's - slight cantilever design, and was just noticing yesterday when I was working on the front struts to mount the strut brace, that there is probably only about 4-5mm of clearance between the tire sidewall and the Racing Beat spring set that I have installed.

Actually concerned me for a moment until I realized that I've been driving on this combination for about 3-4 months now without even noticing it!

FD Racer

wow, everyone seems to be really close. I was hoping to somehow have my next set of wheels tuck in behind the fender... like with a larger offset, but now I'm not sure it's gonna happen. I did modify my struts and coilover mounts by grinding them down for more clearance. I think I should be able to run up to a 45mm offset. Right now I have a lot of clearance on the strut side and plenty of room on the fender side, but thats with 15x6's. I want at least 16x7's. I am gonna be doing the racing beat front lowering kit, so I dont want the fronts sticking out. Here are some pics:

FD Racer

One of the outside...(don't mind the dirty wheels )

boosted13b

i have 17x7 with 42mm offset

rx7gslse

16x7 40mm 205/45-16 ES100's

GC coil overs..

My tire edge is propbably 1/2" closer to the strut than what FD racer posted 2 posts up (my welded perch is lower, and the wheel slides abover the welded perch, and barely below the gold collar)

yeah, it's tight.. I run a spacer to make life just a little easier (5mm)

Random

15x7 Borbet Cs, 205/50-15 Kumho V700s. Had to space out the fronts 5mm to clear the Prokits. Still rub on the sway bar, but so do the factory wheels/tires.

1984se

here are some Epsilons 16x7.....

1984se

herer my personal fav

1984se

another angle

theweasel

Lucky buggers....wish I could get cool wheels.

boosted13b

i have 17x7 diablo racing bond wheels on my gsl-se and i have no rubbing at all the wheels are 42mm offset

FD Racer

whats size tires are those, 205/40/16 ?

1984se

yeah

luiml73

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www.ccwheel.com 315/35-17

rotor vs. piston

16x7 42mm offset with 205/45/16 Kumho 712's. Rubs only the sway bar on sharp U-turns. Also the more I look at my car the more it looks like they gave me a little positive camber when I got it alined.

krazy_1st_gen

15X7 O.Z. Racing Rims $25 each with tires at junkyard

SS124A

WTF are those stick things with the gear at the end by your rear tire???

I have a good friend who uses the Toyota 14X8 Celica/Supra wheels with great success..

OR.. pretty much any wheel with a 3.5" backspacing. (.75" more with coil-overs instead of stock springs/perches.)

(please no flaming or attempts to create an arguement over back-spacing/offset preference)

krazy_1st_gen

Those stick things with the gears are what you call cam and cam gear. its my lil bro's. I started with rotary and will end with rotary. if you don't know, take a look at my thread under "project 6port turbo"

RotaryRevn

Hey do you got any more pics of your car? I'm thinking about repainting mine silver and removing the moulding as you did, thanks