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Old Jul 19, 2025 | 08:16 PM
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Wheel backspacing

Hello all. Im just looking at some wheels for my car even though Its nowhere near ready for them, and I want to know if they will fit. What I'm looking at is advan tc-4 wheels 15x7 with +42mm offset. Now from what i understand a higher positive offsett means the centerline of the wheel is further in the wheel well, and so if you add spacers that is equal to negative offsett. Now these wheels only come in 4x100 so that means I need adapters which only come in 25mm, so this would equal a 17mm offset? Which is .1 of an inch wider than the ideal of 15x7 20mm. Am I correct does anyone have pictures of this kind of setup? I'm looking to have to car pretty low prolly 1 finger wheel gap.
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Old Jul 20, 2025 | 07:17 AM
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That offset should be ok but in the front you may get some rubbing and have to do a minor fender roll. Lowering it too much will cause handling issues front and rear. If that doesn't bother you thats ok.
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Old Jul 20, 2025 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
That offset should be ok but in the front you may get some rubbing and have to do a minor fender roll. Lowering it too much will cause handling issues front and rear. If that doesn't bother you thats ok.
I plan to do roll center adjusters on the front, but i dont know what do do about the back what's the lowest for best performance.
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