While you may be able to get away with using various brands and models, using different sized tires and wheels can lead to accidents and expensive maintenance issues. Mismatched tires and wheels put constant stress on your vehicle’s suspension and transmission, along with your brakes and ABS system.
215/40/17 are too small to match the stock size. You need 225/45/17 or 205/50/17 if you want a stretch tire. And if you want a tire that matches the width of a 8.5″ wheel, get 245/40/17.
How do you know if offset will fit?
Put simply, to find if your wheels will fit your car, measure the distance from your wheel’s center point to where it is mounted. This is the offset. Add that to half your wheel’s width to find the back space and subtract it to find the front space. Compare this to your wheel well to see if it fits.
The more negative the offset, the more aggressive stance you will get. This means the wheels will “poke” outside of the fenders. “Poke” or “Stance” is when the wheel and tire stick outside of your fender. A negative offset is what can create a larger lip or concave style which will push the tire out.
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How much offset difference is OK?
Even if the tire and wheel have enough clearance, the wrong offset can decrease vehicle stability. Generally, with new wheels, you don’t want the new offset to be more than 5 millimeters different from the old offset.
What does a +40 offset look like?
How far will my wheels stick out with a Offset?
So if you put a +15mm offset wheel on the car, the wheel is likely to stick out about 1 inch. If you’ve ever noticed a lifted truck or a low rider with wheels sticking out, its because the offset of the rim is very low and in many cases so low that they are negative offsets.
What offset will stick out more?
A negative offset gives an inset or deep-dish look: -44 is deeper than -12. The wheel will also stick out from the truck.
Is it OK to change wheel offset?
Yes it’s possible. If you want to increase the number of positive offset (ex. from +30 to +35), the back of each alloy wheel has to be machined down evenly using a special CNC machine. Note that not all offset changes can be achieved.
In New South Wales, you can’t alter your offset past the maximum specified in your vehicle’s placard. For off-road and commercial vehicles, fitted with front and rear beam axles, you can increase the wheel track up to 50mm in total, which means your offset limit is 25mm per wheel.
Is positive or negative offset better?
Easier to Fit Wider Tires
If you want to fit wider tires without having them stick out, positive offset rims will allow you to do just that. 4×4 owners will often choose positive offset wheels to avoid clearance issues.
Do you need an alignment after changing wheel offset?
However, slight changes in the offset (like -10 to zero) aren’t changing the geometry and you don’t need an alignment. Remember, the term wheel alignment is a misnomer. You aren’t aligning the wheels; you are aligning the suspension. Most times changing the wheels doesn’t require a wheel alignment.
Does offset rims affect handling?
Regardless though, offset does do more than just fill or not fill the fenders-it affects handling, steering, traction, even the service life of otherwise unbreakable suspension components like knuckle assemblies.
Are offset wheels hard on wheel bearings?
(The offset moves the loading from the inner bearing to the outer bearing.) It increases the torsional load on the bearing as well. Thus, a large change in offset can cause a bearing failure. This is true for both front- and rear-wheel applications.
How does wheel offset affect steering?
Clearance and a wider stance is good, however things can get interesting when it comes to steering performance. A wide wheel with lots of negative offset will move everything away from your steering axis, creating a higher scrub radius.
The more negative the offset, the more aggressive stance you will get. This means the wheels will “poke” outside of the fenders. “Poke” or “Stance” is when the wheel and tire stick outside of your fender. A negative offset is what can create a larger lip or concave style which will push the tire out.
What offset pushes the wheel out?
You can see how a positive offset will tuck the assembly further under the fender, while a zero or negative offset pushes the wheel out towards or even past the fender.
Does more offset cause rubbing?
Wheel offset specification moves the wheel and tire left to right (laterally) within the wheel well. Even if no increase in wheel or tire size has occurred, a change in wheel offset can position the tire differently enough that rubbing occurs.