Nissan 200SX Club - South Africa

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 11:45 am**

The offset of a wheel is the distance from its hub mounting surface to the centerline of the wheel

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 11:47 am**

and what does it mean if it is different?

Sorry this is new to me i understand the pcd.

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 11:57 am**

means that a specific cars suspension gets designed with a wheel with a certain offset in mind (designers choice) .. affects track amongst other things

you can go positive or negative offset using a different magwheel for instance, but stray too far from what the suspension was designed for and you could end up with adverse/unpredictable handling.. abnormal tyre wear.. tyres touching wheelarches ,ect..

sorry, dont quite know how to explain better than this, maybe someone else can give a bit clearer explanation?

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 11:59 am**

think i understand thx

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 12:05 pm**

300sx wrote:but stray too far from what the suspension was designed for and you could end up with adverse/unpredictable handling.. abnormal tyre wear.. tyres touching wheelarches ,ect..

Thats the mild stuff, worst case you can destroy your wheelbearings, last time we priced they were just under R2k EACH from nissan, and you cant get anywhere else.

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 1:47 pm**

ok, thx guys, one more thing
what is the std offset?

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 8:37 pm**

off the top of my head i seem to remember that most nissans from the 90's
had a +40mm ish offset..

dont take it as gospel though..

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:01 am**

no interest ?

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:20 am**

300sx wrote:no interest ?

No money!

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:38 pm**

300sx wrote:no interest ?

no 5 studs!

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:21 am**

no 5 studs!

LOL! yeah, its a problem ..

Nissan 200SX Club - South Africa

original 300zx mags for sale..