The Official Wheel Spec & Picture Thread

chadbratt · Post by **chadbratt** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:24 pm

How do the 225's fit with a 30mm offset?

TommyT · Post by **TommyT** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:39 am

Here's a pic I borrowed from Merkurscorpio's Carlisle album since I don't have any pics with the new rear tires.

Borbet Type A's-Fronts are 16x7.5 et 15 with a small spacer to clear the calipers. Front tires are 225/40/16. Rears are 16x9 et 20 with 245/35/16. Absolutely no clearance issues at all however my rear quarters and front arches were modded before I purchased the car.

Tommy

dirtyford · Post by **dirtyford** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:52 am

contour 15in wheels, 195 50 15 tires powdercoated white, running wheel spacers for correct wheel to fender alignment. They will bolt up stock but the offset pulls them inboard quite a bit and looks funny.

Post by **86XR4Ti5SPD** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:11 am

Rota RB in royal gunmetal: 16 x 7.5, 4x108, 40mm offset with 205/50R16 Falken ZE912s. Stock suspension with no apparent clearance issues. Did have to rework the 3" pipe at the left rear.

xr4ti41028 · Post by **xr4ti41028** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:47 am

wow those rotas look good on there i was thinking about getting those ones or the rota grinds http://www.wheeldude.com/catalog/produc ... ts_id=1198

blizboy · Post by **blizboy** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:26 am

Panasport 15X7 ET30 Khumo 205/50/15. Fit perfectly over SVT Contour front brakes. Big plus........tires are cheap.

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turboplz · Post by **turboplz** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:33 pm

I'll have to take some pics and post tomorrow. I have Focus SVT 17x7 5-spoke rims, 215/45/17 tires and 10mm hubcentric spacers all around. The tires fit perfectly out back but I did have to trim the spring perch up front. I trimmed it all the way to the coil and have a bit of clearance now. I'm going to be installing 225/45/17 tires tomorrow so I will see if they clear.

As of right now with kyb front struts and stock springs, I only get fender rub on severe dips in the road. Overall a great ride, though any grooves in the road the car wants steer into.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:00 pm

turboplz wrote:I have 10mm hubcentric spacers all around.

Sorry, but I have to waive this...

A 10mm hub-centric spacer is physically impossible to fabricate for use with our stock hubs.

turboplz · Post by **turboplz** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:25 pm

Hmmm, I was just going off what I was told when I got them. I will have to get a pic I guess to determine, but if they're physically impossible, then I would have to assume they aren't hubcentric, lol.

I also ended up going with 215/45/17's again as the 7" wide rim just really couldn't handle 225's effectively. Went with the Hankook Ventus v12 EVO's. I've read tons of great reviews on these, so hopefully they will perform to those reviews!

grve66 · Post by **grve66** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:37 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
turboplz wrote:I have 10mm hubcentric spacers all around.
Sorry, but I have to waive this...

A 10mm hub-centric spacer is physically impossible to fabricate for use with our stock hubs.

to make a 10mm thick spacer that is hub centric should be rather easy. plus you could even get them made with a outer lip to be wheel centric also

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:59 pm

LS2XR4 wrote:to make a 10mm thick spacer that is hub centric should be rather easy.

Go grab a hub, stick a rotor on it, and then see if you still believe that.

LS2XR4 wrote: plus you could even get them made with a outer lip to be wheel centric also

Not following you on this one. Please splain.

whitelx · Post by **whitelx** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:01 am

I designed a few spacers at one of my previous jobs. A 1/2" hubcentric spacer was the shallowest I could go which still feeling that the hub would not break off. It was really thin in the transition from the hub bore to the spacer's hub. This was for a SN95 Mustang though, but a 4 lug version was also designed for the rear of Fox Mustangs.

You can make a 10mm spacer that is hubcentric to the car's hub, but there wouldn't be any room to make the spacer hubcentric to the wheel.

grve66 · Post by **grve66** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:55 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
LS2XR4 wrote:to make a 10mm thick spacer that is hub centric should be rather easy.
Go grab a hub, stick a rotor on it, and then see if you still believe that.

LS2XR4 wrote: plus you could even get them made with a outer lip to be wheel centric also
Not following you on this one. Please splain.

I had 8mm ones made already for my 45 offset wheel. do they protrude past the hub bore, Sure. but you still have 8mm of hubcentric already so the extra 2mm I dont think will cause any issues

here is a pic of the rear with the 8mm see shiny spacer

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images ... automotive

this is what I had made, similar to this but 8 mm thick and hub centric.

here is what i was talking about with the extra lip.

http://www.zeckhausen.com/Product_Descr ... pacers.htm

or call him
http://www.wheeladapter.com/wheel_spacers.php

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:57 pm

LS2XR4 wrote:I had 8mm ones made already for my 45 offset wheel. do they protrude past the hub bore, Sure. but you still have 8mm of hubcentric already so the extra 2mm I dont think will cause any issues

I'd say that 8mm thick is right about on the ragged edge of how far I'd go with a flat spacer. If you go any thicker than that you loose meaningful contact with the hub-center, give or take a few mm depending on the depth of the chamfer of the hub-center on the wheel.

BTW, we're mincing terms a bit which is causing confusion. When I refer to a "hub-centric spacer", I'm talking about a spacer which provides it's own hub-center as part of the spacer itself. Thus, the wheel is centered by the spacer which overlaps the original hub. The thinnest you can make these is about 13mm.

Note that on the rear, if you've converted to rear discs, you can do some minimal spacing by using one of the many different discs which can be used.

grve66 · Post by **grve66** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:42 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
BTW, we're mincing terms a bit which is causing confusion. When I refer to a "hub-centric spacer", I'm talking about a spacer which provides it's own hub-center as part of the spacer itself. Thus, the wheel is centered by the spacer which overlaps the original hub. The thinnest you can make these is about 13mm.

That would be called a hub centric ring. There is hub centric spacers, Hub and wheel centric spacers and lug centric .