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Offset fitment

Old May 7, 2005 | 01:21 AM
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Question Offset fitment

i have a friend with some volks on his 02 wrx
its 18x8.5 but the thing im worrying about is the offset
is +50mm way to wide?
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Old May 7, 2005 | 01:34 AM
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Wheel width and offset are two different things.



An 18x8.5 +50 wheel would work fine on an FD, front or rear. And 235/40-18 or 245/35-18 would be the proper tire sizes to go with.
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Old May 7, 2005 | 03:04 AM
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I'd worry about the stupid bolt pattern, cause IIRC the WRX runs 5x100mm which does NOT fit a stock RX-7 at all.


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