White Rims on Celi w/ offset quesiton w/ picture Options

[gabyz]

so I bought these white beauties to be put on my white Celi and waiting for them to get to me...yes i know..I am in the minority of Celi fans that like white on white...but to be fair..I only like white rims as long as they have a polished lip/deepdish look on them (plain white is ugly IMO)...

so my Question is this..the factory rims for the Celi I have are the standard 15 x 7 with offset 45 imprinted on the rim...these white ones are 17 x 7 so the dimensions are not a problem, but the offset is 40... If i want to get the same offset as the factory ones..all i have to do is buy 5mm spacers right?

btw..i plan on removing the namebrand sticker on the rim


This post has been edited by gabyz: Aug 21, 2007 - 9:16 PM

[95celgt]

your reading the offsets wrong, the higher the number the more tucked in they become, so theoretically the new ones will stick out 5mm more than stock, and thus it is impossible and also unlikely that you would want horrible 45 offset.

[gabyz]

your reading the offsets wrong, the higher the number the more tucked in they become, so theoretically the new ones will stick out 5mm more than stock, and thus it is impossible and also unlikely that you would want horrible 45 offset.

thanks..lol...i think I finally understand it. hopefully 40 will look much better than the stock 45

[jgreening]

+40 will work without a problem on a 7" wide rim. You will hardly notice a difference. By the way, there are tons of posts on here that say the stock offset is 38-40. I don't know because my stock GT rims did not have any number imprinted on them. My first set of aftermarket wheels were 7" and +40 and they looked fine.

[gabyz]

+40 will work without a problem on a 7" wide rim. You will hardly notice a difference. By the way, there are tons of posts on here that say the stock offset is 38-40. I don't know because my stock GT rims did not have any number imprinted on them. My first set of aftermarket wheels were 7" and +40 and they looked fine.

here is my stock rim...I said 45 becasue thats the number right after 15 x 7...so i assume that must be the offset...yes?..no?

[jgreening]

Could be. I am not sure. I have never seen any literature on the stock offset. I think we, as a community, have just taken it for granted that the stock offset was in the 38-40 range. Realize that we are talking one half of a centimeter here. On a 7 inch wide wheel, it just doesn't matter for rubbing purposes.

[95CelicaST]

Yeah +40 will look good. I had some 7" wide wheels and a +42 offset and it was fine.

[gabyz]

Could be. I am not sure. I have never seen any literature on the stock offset. I think we, as a community, have just taken it for granted that the stock offset was in the 38-40 range. Realize that we are talking one half of a centimeter here. On a 7 inch wide wheel, it just doesn't matter for rubbing purposes.

mhm..good point...now its just a matter of getting them in by Wed and picking tires