Daver??? and wheel questons...

[Freon VX]

I wish someone would do a (semi) difinitive tire and wheel offset guide. YOu seem to know a ton about fitting hweels and tires so I'll say this. I cant spend the big bucks to import the crono 4x4's, but I am going to get a set of special offset 16" rims here if it kills me. As everyone has stated before, you have the killer combo in tires and wheels. What was the Exact offset you have on your rims, and did the 265's your running require any trimming of steel or cladding?

If so, how difficult is this trimming? I really love Radiologues 15 x 10.50's, but the terms "required a FAIR amount of trimming both metal and cladding" scares me. I want the wide offset look, but do not want to do much more than minor cosmetic plastic trimming to my baby,

Please, some advice from everyone...


Bill

[AlaskaVX]

I have 16.5x10.5 Eagle commets with 31x11.5 Mickey Thompsons, It required minor trimming, just the front of the front fenders. You just cut off that part of the cladding that wraps into the wheel well up front (just the bottom 6" or so) You really can't notice it unless you know its there. Hope this helps, if you need the offset go to the Eagle alloys website and look up my rims. I think they are #18something as in 180-190

[Freon VX]

Thanks for the help mon... Daver actually wrote me an email that explains the offset and tire issues so incredibly well that I was actually able to call discount tire direct and sound like I knew what I was talking about. I love these boards. I have never seen boards with so little controversey and so much help for ANY topic.

Bill

[TDAWG]

OTT: I read this post and just to give my .02 about controversy.
Hey Freon VX. Welcome aborad. I know that since my 1st post and reading all others there have been times when it since like a soap opera with controversy and funny things that have happened. Spazz I also remember that you were in the middle of some
Like all extended families we have our share and wouldn't have it anyother way. It's ok for us to jump off on eachother but let some one else try it. You can take the person out off the VX but you can't take the VX out of the person. VXer 4 live.

[WyrreJ]

How about posting daver's email for future reference for everyone?

[Anita]

Davers email address can be found in the members section.

;Dr;

[kpaske]

How about (with his permission of course) posting the e-mail Daver sent you? I'm sure a few others here would be interested.

[Freon VX]

I dont imagine he would mind. Ill ask him and make sure all is ok. The info he sent me was awesome.



Bill


HEY I just noticed im not a newbee anymore. Now Im a zoid!

[WyrreJ]

Originally posted by kpaske
How about (with his permission of course) posting the e-mail Daver sent you? I'm sure a few others here would be interested.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[kpaske]

Originally posted by WyrreJ
Thanks for clearing that up.

I just realized now what you meant. Anita threw me off!!

[Anita]

oopsie... thats what I get for reading too fast...

My bad.

[Freon VX]

Heres the first letter he sent me:

Regarding the rims, they are 16x8" with a +10mm offset.
This means when you consider the stock 16/18x7 +38mm,
they stick out about 1.5" more than the stock wheels
do. ~1" (really 28mm) for the offset difference, .5"
for the 8" width. For my spare I just have a 16x8"
steel wheel (also black ) with a similar offset.

Because they stick out that much further, the biggest
tires I could fit without a lift were 265/70R16, which
are about 30.5" in diameter. Some say using stock wheels
they can fit 265/75R16, which are about 31.5" in diameter.
I had to do "a little" trimming of only the front bumper
cladding. Very trivial operation, and you could never
notice the difference unless you knew what to look for.
Basically there's a corner on the inside edge of the
cladding that points directly at the tire. It needed
to be rounded off. Real easy to do a clean job with a
Dremel.

The wheel size issue is so complicated. I recommend
finding a rim you like, and then ask the forum what
kinds/sizes of tires could fit given the rim size and
offset. I found the wheels I wanted, and then brought
them to a tire shop. Tried 265/75R16 first, but I would
have needed a lift or a lot of trimming to fit that tire.

Then, I asked him a stupid question, and got an incredibly patient answer that explained the issue even more:

No. +38mm and +10mm are both offsets from 0. Not +38+10,
but 0+38 and 0+10. The offset describes how far it is
from where the wheel contacts the face of the hub is from
the centerline of the wheel.

see: http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/offset.htm

What this means is, with a 0 offset, the hub will be right
at the horizontal center of the wheel. A positive change
in offest pushes the wheel in towards the vehicle, wrapping
around the hub. A negative change in offset pushes the
wheel out away from the vehicle.

The difference between my wheels and the stock wheels is
38mm - 10mm, or 28mm (about 1 inch), not 48mm. Since my
wheels are also an inch wider, the outer face of the wheel
is 1/2 of the difference in width (1/2"), plus the
difference in offset (28mm or about 1").

If you really want the same look, you should look for
16x8 with a +10mm offset.


There YA Go

[Daver]

Originally posted by Anita
Davers email address can be found in the members section.

;Dr;

Eesh. Stop reading for a few months and Anita tells everyone to email you. ;eekp; Thanks, Anita.

-Daver

[Freon VX]

Originally posted by SPAZZ
No controversy?????????;Dp; ;Dp; ;Dp; ;Dp; ;Dp; ;Dp; ;Dp; ;Dp;
haven't been around very long yet, huh????










btw, I have 32x11.5x17 Super Swamper SSR's


wasn't hard trimming and was well worth it

Spazz, I absolutely love the look of your truck! did you have to trim the front of the wells or both the front and back. I am trying to avoid trimming the back. Spazz, what size rims are you running and what was the offset? Also, I have never seen this wheel, what make and model is it. I really love Davers OZ Crono $x4 wheels, but dont have the kind of coin it would take to get them imported. Are the super swampers the one in all of your pictures? Rockin dude.


Bill