chimaera wheel offset

[adavy]

I know, yet another question but.........

Can anyone tell me if i can get away with 17" et38 wheels at the rear of a 98 chim4.5

any help will be welcome

[OscarT]

What width are the rims?

[JR]

8" rims and a 5mm spacer would be OK.

[adavy]

rims will be 7 or 7.5"

[OscarT]

Standard 16"s are 7.5" wide.

[JR]

225/45/17 with 7.5" rims and 5mm spacers then. (With 8" rims you could have 245/40/17)

[OscarT]

You can have the 245s on the 7.5in rims too.

[JR]

OscarT said:

You can have the 245s on the 7.5in rims too.

For 17" only if you go to 45 profile and then you get clearance, suspension angle, gearing and speedo issues.

[Overhere]

I've just bought RS softspoke 17" x 7.5" I've bought 7mm spacers for the front as the calculator on Black Circlesays 7mm will put the outside edge of the rim at the same place as the Estoril. One potential problem is I measured about 9-10mm of wheel stud threads into the wheen nuts, a little nervous but the wheel clears at full lock, maybe a 5 or 6 mm spacer?

For tyres I'm still looking, my thought is 225/40 for the front and 245/40 for the rear, but having trouble finding 225/40/17 tyres, also thinking about going wider, 235/40 are available and will should fit up front but 255/40 for the rear I've read shouldn't go on 7.5" rims, should be 8"+ which I don't have.

I looked at 45 profile for the fronts but it adds 28mm to the diameter of the wheel and puts it about 4.65% out.

Any thoughts, has anyone used these wheels and gone through all this?

Thanks

[macdeb]

Overhere said:

I've just bought RS softspoke 17" x 7.5" I've bought 7mm spacers for the front as the calculator on Black Circlesays 7mm will put the outside edge of the rim at the same place as the Estoril. One potential problem is I measured about 9-10mm of wheel stud threads into the wheen nuts, a little nervous but the wheel clears at full lock, maybe a 5 or 6 mm spacer?

For tyres I'm still looking, my thought is 225/40 for the front and 245/40 for the rear, but having trouble finding 225/40/17 tyres, also thinking about going wider, 235/40 are available and will should fit up front but 255/40 for the rear I've read shouldn't go on 7.5" rims, should be 8"+ which I don't have.

I looked at 45 profile for the fronts but it adds 28mm to the diameter of the wheel and puts it about 4.65% out.

Any thoughts, has anyone used these wheels and gone through all this?

Thanks

I have RS 7 spoke diamond cut on mine. Tyre sizes used are; 215/40/17 FRONT and 225/45/17 rear [to bring gearing/speedo as close as before] With the calculator I used It meant that the outer rims would be; 4mm in on front and 2mm in on rear. I used 10mm spacer's front and rear [to assist brake upgrade on front] with longer studs [easy job and much safer]. Will probably get rears milled 2 thou' down to 8mm. No clearance issues whatsoever. Hope this helps a bit.

Edited by macdeb on Sunday 5th October 14:08

[Overhere]

Thank you very much Mac, where did you get the longer studs?

Thanks!

[macdeb]

Overhere said:

Thank you very much Mac, where did you get the longer studs?

Thanks!

Your welcome, the longer studs came with the spacers [eibach] and got those from Demon Tweeks.