Hey will these WOrk VSxx fit my FD?
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Hey will these WOrk VSxx fit my FD?
Hey Guys just curious if these rims will fit my FD. Suspension wise the car is stock, no rolled fenders either. I do have a set of Tein Springs which lower the car, but ill think about those after i get the wheels i want. The rim dimensions are:
Work VS-XX
17x8+17 17x9+21
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
-Mark
Work VS-XX
17x8+17 17x9+21
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
-Mark
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Hey Guys just curious if these rims will fit my FD. Suspension wise the car is stock, no rolled fenders either. I do have a set of Tein Springs which lower the car, but ill think about those after i get the wheels i want. The rim dimensions are:
Work VS-XX
17x8+17 17x9+21
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
-Mark
Work VS-XX
17x8+17 17x9+21
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
-Mark
NOPE! And it would be silly to put an 8 in front.
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They'll fit with a little stretchy tire action. You're adding an effective 1.5" to the outside of the front, so those fenders might need a little massage to go with it. You're adding about 1.75" to the outside of the rear.
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That Jimlab calculator is helpful if you want American styling, but I don't think it assumes the ability to stretch tires and go hella flush.
Start with 215 on the front, 235 on the rear.
Stock wheels are 8" wide, +50mm offset.
1 inch is approximately 25mm (it's actually 25.4mm)
So for the fronts you're looking at, they're also 8" wide. So we only need to consider the difference in offset here. A lower offset means the mounting surface is closer to the centerpoint of the wheel. (A 0 offset means it's dead center). The 17mm offset means the outside edge of the wheel is pushed out much farther than a 50mm offset of the same width. So really you just need to subtract and convert.
50mm - 17mm= 33mm. That's about 1.25"... I overshot it a little when I said 1.5"
The rear requires one more calculation because they're wider. Stock rears are the same as the fronts, 8" wide, +50mm offset. You're considering 9" wide.
So subtract the offsets again... 50mm - 21 mm = 29mm. That's a little over an inch. However, you also need to consider that this wheel is an inch wider, or from the centerpoint where the offset is measured from, it's 0.5" wider (on each side). You need to add 0.5" to what we figured earlier... so approximately 1.75".
Here's the simple formula for how much wider your wheels will stick out on the outside edge:
[[Factory (or current) offset - New offset] / 25 mm/in] + 0.5*[New width - Factory (or current) width]
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for the record i am running 17x9 +18 all around with 235 40 on the front and 255 40 on the back. my front fenders are rolled but not pulled, same with the rear. I don't have a crazy alignment to get them to fit either. If i wanted to lower the car i'd need widebody fenders in the front, but running 25in measured ground to fender arch it does not rub even under heavy load.
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good looking car. THats what im doing to mine, getting them painteD black as well. The car will be a black beast.
Thanks for all the help guys, really appreciated!
Thanks for all the help guys, really appreciated!