Thread: offset, please explain
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Old 05-12-2009, 02:25 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Phimosis View Post
Whoa... Let's backtrack. The tires too far into wheel well equals too small of offset, right? Higher offset will bring the wheel out to the lip of the fender. Personally, I love the Rays 19x10 rims and my last car was a C6 Vette with 19x10's on the back and I had 305/30/19 Bridgestone RE070a's on it and they looked perfect. I'm badly wanting 305/30/19's on those Rays Wheels!
reverse your thinking lower means further out higher means further in:

for Example
Low Offset:
...[CAR]...
(-)____(-)

High Offset:
[CAR]
(-) (-)
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