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I'm getting 18X9's and 18X8's, need to know offsets to get for my turbo II

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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 12:14 AM
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I'm getting 18X9's and 18X8's, need to know offsets to get for my turbo II

I'm getting Volk GTU's for my turbo II. 18X9 in the rear and 18X8 in the front, I want to know what offsets i should get. Thanks for your help.

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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 12:24 PM
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please help! i need to know what offsets to get, i was thinking 38 front and 40 rear? maybe
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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 04:37 PM
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I was trying to figure out wheel fitments for an FC a while back and after a bunch of searching and posting I came to these numbers (granted, they are for 17" diameter wheels):

Front – 17x8” +35 5x114.3; 235/40-17
Rear – 17x9.5” +38 5x114.3; 255/40-17

8" +38 in front should probably not be a big deal although you might want to try and find something in +35. 9" +40 in the back will definitely be fine. I did some more looking into stuff for you and found all of the available offsets and such that the GT-U is available in. In both 18x8" and 18x9" they make +36, +37, and +38 offsets. Each of these is built with a different disc which allows for more or less caliper clearance. In front I'd definitely go +36 because it's closest to that +35 number I was given. In back I would go +37 because you don't need as much caliper clearance and this will pull the wheel in a tiny bit which hopefully will prevent it from rubbing.

As for tire sizes I don't know if those are the absolute limit since those are figures quoted to me by someone else, but to get similar diameters you would need 225/35-18 F and 255/35-18 R.

So um, hope that helps.
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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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We've tried a 17"x8" +35mm Work Rezaz Roars on a Kouki FC3S with 235/40/17 (Bridgestone S02's, I think), and we needed a 5mm spacer to fit up front.


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