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Old 07-03-2005, 12:53 PM
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Ya, that picture is actually pretty good illustration of the what "offset" means. It's not giving you #'s but showing you what offset is so you can understand what the #'s mean when you are looking at wheels. If you are shopping for wheels and you don't understand it I would take the time to look it over more closely until you do.

The basic points you should be finding out are:
1)the offset you want will depend on the width of the wheel you choose.
2)the larger the positive offset the further out of the wheel well the wheel will sit and the more likely the tire will rub the body
3) the smaller the positive the further inside of the wheel well the wheel will sit and the more likely the tire will rub something on the inside

If you are getting a 7.5" wide wheel the closer to +55 the better.
If you are getting a 8" wide wheel a +49 works very nicely.
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