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No one is saying that it isn't relative to wheel width, but do the math, a .5" reduction from a wheel will be .25" from each side of the centerline. .25" = 6.35mm, or just 6mm. Now, with an offset of +25 on an 8" wide wheel means that of the 203mm of width (8", keep up.), 126.5mm is behind the mounting surface, and 76.5mm is in front.

If you do the math on paper, and then measure your distance from your mounting area out to the fender and in to the strut you'll be able to see if it fits. Which it will.

haha you know if you put a 16x9 on a celica you'll have to stretch

I'll clarify when I get home. I'm not linking pictures from my cell phone.

This is what I am talking about when I refer to "stretch". There is a certain amount that is fine. Such as Harold's tires. My tires won't be stretched much.


This = bad



This = good

It will be close to flush in the front. This would be your best bet. As for the rear, you need a spacer if you want +25 all around. 20mm spacer would make the rears flush. You will have crazy strut clearance with 8in wide wheels at this offset as well.







Cool your jets champ. et40 looks like **** no matter how you run it. Go look at my post in this thread on my wheel fitment. I have no rubbing issues what so ever and have my Camber set at 0.

The whole, lowered cars use this offset and stock height use this is a bunch of crap. I may actually make a proper fitment guide tonight on wheel sizes and what is actually flush. (Flush does not mean, still sinks inside the fender, that would be sunk.)


As for soundslut, we already know the width and offset. Therefore, we do not have to randomly guess what would be flush.



Now. As for Fender rolling. The fronts are pretty much rolled for you from the factory. You can crush the plastic in a bit if needed, but I found they were rolled enough to not cause any issues. The rears need a good roll. I flattened the lip and that is all. I DID NOT pull my fenders at all to make my wheels fit.




Yes. Just roll the inside lip, dont worry about pulling the fender though.

I used measurements from two people's cars and deduced the best offset/width combonations from the information they provided. If 40mm offset on an eight inch rim is what clears with no modification that's what I'll suggest. If you think it'll work even though it sticks out almost a whole inch than what has been proven I hope you're sure cause I'd hate for him to be out several hundred dollars.

No need to be a douche about it either. I don't have a whole lot of time anymore to read the forums and last I looked at this thread a few months ago the relation to wheel width wasn't being considered in some peoples suggestions.

Considering the stretch of the sidewall, how much comfort do you want to give up to get a flush rim. The more you stretch an already lower profile tire the more harsh the ride will be... it's very possible to fit all sorts of offsets with tires having sidewalls stretched to the max. I'm pretty sure the people I got my info from weren't using anywhere near that stretched of a tire.

This post has been edited by WannabeGT4: Oct 6, 2009 - 7:42 PM

so was going to buy some H&R spacers on friday, 10mm on each wheel, currently have an offset of ET38 on a 17x7 rim, you think this going to ok? effectively the offset would become ET28, i'm lowered on Tein S.Techs so its not on a mega drop

you will have plenty of space for the wheel to sink inside the fender. You will be about 18mm shy of being flush.

This post has been edited by Harold_Fastwaker: Oct 6, 2009 - 8:07 PM

What I am say is try fitting a et53 9in wide wheel on our car as noted by your original calculations. It wont even come close to bolting up because the tire will have to go through the strut.

Yes, I realize your calculations are so people still have plenty of clearance for their sunk wheels. That is fine, in my world, it looks dumb. So in about 20 minutes I will post up the flush offset calculations.


As per low profile tires. I am running 45 series all the way around. I am not trying to be a douche. I am pointing out that the original calculations, which I realized are yours now that I went and looked are not right through and through.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=69919


You can go there for Flush Fitment Guide.

This post has been edited by Harold_Fastwaker: Oct 6, 2009 - 10:43 PM

My hero.

I just added a bit on adapters as well.

English must not be your first language because it says right there next to it in my first post that it probably won't fit.



You've lost all credibility with this post. You should NOT use non-hubcentric spacers on cars that have hubcentric rims from the factory... This is basic and is blatant mis-information. You're rim is located on your hub/spindle this way and unless your hub/spindle was designed as lug-centric(it's not) this is not a good idea.

If you wanna make your own post about flush rims requiring rolled fenders and stretched tires and spacers that are going to fvck your sh!t up by all means do so... But don't come in here and crap all over my thread.

This post has been edited by WannabeGT4: Oct 6, 2009 - 10:15 PM

What do you truly know about cars? Honestly.

Most people on this forum fall into the category of: I believe what I read on the internet when it comes to all this car stuff. You realize lug centric and hub centric are just there to center your wheel. You do realize this right. Because from what I gather you seem to think that a small plastic ring shoved between your wheel and your hub will somehow make your parts 100x better. And that should something go wrong my hub ring will bear the weight of my wheel so my studs are not ripped out. Seriously, is this what you believe?


I have been running Lug centric for over 80,000 miles now. Holy crap, nothing and I mean nothing has gone wrong. Oh my.....

and for the record. It is called a wheel. Not a rim.

And yes, I will go make my own thread. Good day sir, I said good day.

You just don't get it.

mines a daily driver and I often carry birds in the back and stuff in the boot so can't have rubbing nor do I want to roll the arches.

I DD mine as well. I lug junk all the time in my trunk, anything from my bike, to golf equipment, computer junk, mulch or sandbags, etc.

To reinforce 40mm being doggy doo doo on a lowered car, this is my first Celica on 17x7 et42. 2mm away from the magical number. Lowered on Ground Control coilovers. You can see just how sunk in the wheels are by the shadow the fenders are casting.

^ You think that's sunk in?



I think these rims are too skinny to look good with spacers anyway.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 7, 2009 - 11:33 PM

You don't wanna see how sunk in my Enkei RS-6 wheels are in my Celica. I bought them online without even knowing about wheels. Being young and stupid hurts you sometimes. I still have them...seven years later, LOL.