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23rd August 2014, 06:33 | #1 |
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Safe amount of offset on the wheels?
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I'm still shopping for nice wheels, but I noticed that it is difficult to find nice wheels that have a 50 offset (my 15" contour have a 50 offset and according to internet, that's what Rover recommends). I've been looking at a few wheels, and some have 30 or 35 as a offset and I even found some with an offset of 60. I know you can use a spacer to compensate. What would still be a safe difference in offset? Would 35 still be perfectly fine without a spacer? Would 30 be waaaaaay to much?
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Personally I wouldn't go further out than ET35 and with ET60 rims would bring it back to at least ET50 by using a 10mm spacer. Last edited by VMax1000; 23rd August 2014 at 08:51.. Reason: forgot something :) |
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you need a nice set of Carlos Fandango super wide wheels....
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23rd August 2014, 09:25 | #4 |
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So no more then 35? Because I don't think you can fit something that will correct 35 to 50... (??)
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The more you bring the wheels out (by reducing the ET) the higher the load on the front suspension and bearings will be. |
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Okay.... well guys... to be honest I just bought myself a few wheels...
They are 18", look great next to the car. (apart from the BMW logo which needs to go!) But... they are ET20
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To give an idea about looks at different ET values. From a beamer site but principle applies.
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I know how the whole ET story goes , but thanks for the explanation.
I ended up buying them because I got a really good deal on them. I'm just gonna clean them up, give it a quick polish and put them on a second-hand website. An ET value of 20 is just gonna be WAY to much for the 75. I'll destroy my wheelbearings and such with it. But I recall that they often say that a ET difference of +5 or -5 is acceptable, I kinda hoped that the Rover was so well engineered that they could cope with much more than that . However, an ET of 20 when Rover recommends 50 is kinda pushing it .
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Not only that, you'd need a hub adaptor of at least 20 mm to correct the stud pattern so your offset would be 0
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That's true... I'd be like driving next to your own wheels
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