Thread: What are the factory wheel offsets
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Old 11-06-2011, 01:58 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AviatorTim View Post
How would I find out how much brake caliper clearance a particular wheel like the XXR 006 has?

You will have to ask around or have a shop measure the clearance for you.

I'm not familiar with the "BBK" abbreviaton. What does that mean?

Big Brake Kit

I assume you're talking about how the OEM 18" 370Z rims have no lip yet offsets of 43mm front/15mm rear. The rear wheel has a noticably bigger "bloom" in the spokes than the front wheels because of the smaller offset. If I understand you right, to have no lip with a low offset you'd have to have spokes that "bloom" forward because a flat spoke design with low offset would have a big lip. Was that your point?
Bloom as you call it is commonly referred to as Concavity of the wheel.

Offset alone should never be used as a universal determination of whether a wheel can fit your brakes.
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