new wheels

[snookes]

Looking for new wheels for the cerb
Found these
Thoughts on a postcard please

[Jhonno]

Yes.

[NilsP]

I was looking at these when I bought mine.
Really liked them but the rear offsets were bloody thight.
Unless you go for the original 8,5" width

[HarryW]

Look nice, but if you cant get the right offset then no...

I still have RL7's on mine and when I was looking for a different set the Compomotive MO6's caught my eye.

[snookes]

What are the offsets?

[NilsP]

snookes said:

What are the offsets?

You can find the offsets in this PDF: http://www.workwheelsusa.com/media/wheels/27/1022/...
I didn't go for them because i wanted 8" fronts and 9" rears
These are only available in 8,5" or 9,5"
I was thinking to go 9,5" for a while but with an offset of 38 it's a really really really tight fit.
You might get away with it if you have a later car as they have a slightly wider rear arches
On the early cars, no chance.
If you go 8,5" all round like the original spiders it'll fit.
You can go 18x8,5" ET38 all round IIRC
But you may want to get a geo after that because they're going to stick out an extra 4mm at each wheel

[Brummmie]

Where they sit in relation to the hub, so further in or out to the arches, so may or may not rub.
If you go for a 10" rear you ideally need a 50 offset, this works on my SP 10x18" rears, the 35 offset 10x18 Rotas i have like a little rub occasionally, even though i have reworked the inner arch. ETA with 265/35-18 Race tyres (square shoulders)

Edited by Brummmie on Thursday 18th February 14:00

[Mr Cerbera]

Well, from their chart I can’t see anything remotely like the original fitment size (for an ’01 series II 4.5) of e33 and e42

[Brummmie]

38 is probably your best bet, 9.5" might??? go. Especially with a 255 road tyre.
Front 8.5" on a 38.

Edited by Brummmie on Thursday 18th February 14:51

[snookes]

I was going 17" wheels
9 at rear with et 38
8 at front with et 35

These are in stock at driftworks

[NilsP]

snookes said:

I was going 17" wheels
9 at rear with et 38
8 at front with et 35

These are in stock at driftworks

Ah that about solves it then

[Mr Cerbera]

Lookin forward to some pics with 'em on and a report as to how they feel.

[Steve_T]

Might be worth having a chat with Tim at ACT, he sold Work wheels for a while and I think had some made with the correct offset for Cerbs as he had some on his.

Edited by Steve_T on Friday 19th February 12:48

[joecat]

I saw these 1 piece rims in the driftworks shop a few months back whilst on a Cerb related enquiry next door. They looked really good in the flesh but the available offsets put me off.
Not sure where the 8x17 rim with 35 offset came from as I only found either 32 or 45 offsets from their website.



From what I can gather, for a bit more money they do a 2 piece rim in this style to pretty much any size and offset you require. Whether they look as good is another matter..

[Jooles81]

Hello!

why not put some 7.5in front and 8.5 in rear wheels? Front should be perfect and rear a tad bit over-tired, but should be ok. Or am I missing something?

Julien

[Mr Cerbera]

Jooles81 said:

..... Or am I missing something?
Julien

Well...... maybe ....

[Jooles81]

You mean, the fact he OP is interested in 17in wheels rather tham 18?

Julien