Wheel offset question

[brandon mena]

Does a 15" x 10" wheel with a 2" offset fit and is it hard on the spindles?

 

[Fudged Undies]

Is the offset positive or negative? IMO negative will put way too much pressure on the suspension and positive will rub BIG time.

 

[Travis Munday]

Someone, one of these days, needs to measure the ST for wheel fitment so we don't have to guess so much.



Although I do agree with Spiff, -2" offset on a 10" wheel would put 7" of heavy wheel where the suspension has to work a lot harder to control wheel movement. And if it's positive...that's 7" of wheel inside the wheel housing, where it'll rub sway bars, wheel liners, all those type of things.

 

[brandon mena]

OK so I believe they were RWD wheels so probably negative. So then the wheels would stick waaay out right? What's the correct metric and standard size to look for on a 15" x 10" wheel then? I have seeing 48mm 25mm and so on, what the hell are they?

 

[Travis Munday]

25mm is about 1", 48mm is a little less then 2".

 

[Johnny O]

On a 10" wide rim you want 4" to 4.5" backspace. Leaving out the thickness of the rim center, that's 1" to .5" negative offset. A lot of the blingin' rims have 2" or more positive offset, tucking the tire/wheel closer to the body, because they're really desinged for GM's.

 

[brandon mena]

Thanks JohnnyO, now I'll have to find me some like that.

 

[Johnny O]

Happy to help. Now for the love of God and all that's good about Sport Tracs, get some rims and bigger tires. I've seen the pics.

A check for Brandon's Tire Fund is in the mail. :lol: