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| posted on March 5th, 2014 at 07:26 PM |
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Buggy Wheel offsets.. and backspacing..
Hi Guys, had my engineer around today to talk seatbelts mounts and what not and the topic of tyre and wheels sizes came up, so he basically said I can
run up to 1.3 x the standard wheel width, 165x1.3=215 by whatever height I want, BUT the wheel track must not be over one inch wider than standard.
Which would be OK as I quite like the tall skinny tyre look,
So looking around at the wheel options I can't really seem to find anything that specifies keeping the same Offset, as many keep the same Backspacing
but this will change my track too much.. 
Should I just go to my local wheel place armed with a degree and a tape measure and just get some made up?? Cheers for any advice. 
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| posted on March 6th, 2014 at 05:42 PM |
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WOW! What a minefield! 
Here is what I know, it might help hopefully.
I have 4 sets of wheels/tyres with different offsets and widths, and this is how they sit on a '73 Super (the front of these things have very little
room, the beam Bugs have an extra 1/2" inwards).
14 x 6" mags, ET13 (3.5" in/2.5" out). With 195/50R15 tyres they stick outside the guard lip front and rear by about 30mm.
15 x 4.5" stockers, ET35. With 165/80R15 stock tyres they sit inside the guard lip by about 15mm to 25mm.
15 x 5.5" steelies, ET36. Front has 165/80R15, and is dead-flush with the guard lip, rear has 185/80R15 and is the same, dead-flush.
15 x 6" steelies, ET45. Front with 185/60R15 sits a couple of mm outside the front lip (and clears the modded strut by 2mm just!), and the rear with
206/60R15 sits the same.
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vduboy
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| posted on March 6th, 2014 at 06:36 PM |
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Thanks for that mate, space under the guard isn't a issue as the manxter has really wide guards anyway. Thinking I will just get some made up so they
meet the engineers requirements. I can't see the wheels when I'm in the drivers seat anyway! Cheers.
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| posted on March 6th, 2014 at 07:29 PM |
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http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator
, use this to work out your offsets.
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nils
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| posted on March 6th, 2014 at 07:53 PM |
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Hey Nathan,
the wheels on my Baja are custom offset and stud pattern by koya wheels in Brisbane.
with nuts and centercaps, cost me under a grand on my doorstep
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| posted on March 6th, 2014 at 08:21 PM |
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I seen that before on another of your posts, thanks, the engineer wants my offsets close to stock, so even increases inside and outside of the rim.
Looks like im shopping around for wheel builders! Cheers
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| posted on March 6th, 2014 at 08:24 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by nils
Hey Nathan,
the wheels on my Baja are custom offset and stud pattern by koya wheels in Brisbane.
with nuts and centercaps, cost me under a grand on my doorstep
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Hey Nils how are you mate? cool thanks, that sounds very reasonable. Ill look them up, there is a place at liverpool somewhere that I got my last ones
done but that was 15 years ago.. Cheers!
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