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I am still trying to wrap my head around offsets and what will prevent any rubbing so hopefully this combo will work. I am looking at a set of Enkei

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Old 01-10-2012, 07:24 PM   #331 (permalink)
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I am still trying to wrap my head around offsets and what will prevent any rubbing so hopefully this combo will work. I am looking at a set of Enkei PF01 in 18x9 front and 18x10.5 rear. The front offset is 45mm with the rear at 15mm. Will the 45mm front offset prevent me from running a wider tire? I am looking at a 245 front and 275 rear. I am tracking this car but the suspension will stay mostly stock. I raced my 350Z in the stock class and loved it but with the oil cooler being added I am out and in a slightly new arena. the 370Z will be used for autoX and high speed touring. Enkei seem to be pretty good wheels and they are light which is must. I am keeping the stock 18" wheels for my winter tires. With a 10.5" rear, what kind of tire fitment am I looking at?
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Tyre choices for those width's will be fine, the stock sport wheels are 19x9 with 245 and 19x10 with 275 tyres to give you an idea.

for your offset choices, depending on which wheels you have...

if you have stock 18's, fronts with your new wheels, 15mm less clearance between wheel/strut, stick out 11mm further then now.
if you have stock 18's, rears with your new wheels, 19mm less clearance between wheel/strut, stick out 19mm further then now.

if you have stock 19's, fronts with your new wheels, 2mm more clearance between wheel/strut, stick out 2mm further then now.
if you have stock 19's, rears with your new wheels, 9mm more clearance between wheel/strut, stick out 21mm further then now.

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I am still trying to wrap my head around offsets and what will prevent any rubbing so hopefully this combo will work. I am looking at a set of Enkei PF01 in 18x9 front and 18x10.5 rear. The front offset is 45mm with the rear at 15mm. Will the 45mm front offset prevent me from running a wider tire? I am looking at a 245 front and 275 rear. I am tracking this car but the suspension will stay mostly stock. I raced my 350Z in the stock class and loved it but with the oil cooler being added I am out and in a slightly new arena. the 370Z will be used for autoX and high speed touring. Enkei seem to be pretty good wheels and they are light which is must. I am keeping the stock 18" wheels for my winter tires. With a 10.5" rear, what kind of tire fitment am I looking at?
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I think so, most the info out there is related to the 19" and I have the base 18". I want to make sure that whatever i ended up with would clear the sport brakes (adding them this fall) and not rub. Since I don't plan on doing any suspension work for a little while I am also trying to stay away from having to adjust camber. The more I look at it, I will probably end up with 255 fronts.

If I understood everything I have been reading correctly, the greater the offset, the less tucked in the wheel is and the less clearance I will have between the wheel and strut.

Edit: The PF01 are offered with 35mm and 45mm for 18x9, 15mm, 35mm, 45mm for 18x9.5 and 15mm, 38mm for 18x10.5. I still need to see if they will fit the sport brakes.

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mdxj -

offsets closer to zero will stick out more.....example: +5 offset will be more aggressive (sticking out wise) then a +20.

If you have sport brakes, you are limited to 19's and bigger....18's will not clear the sport brakes!

Hope i helped alittle bit

Your setup will depend on what tire size you want to run, how much camber (i see you dont want to run much), wheel offsets and suspension height.

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Hi, anyone can chime in on this?

I wanted a 'functional flush' look with max lip, with 20X9.5 +5 fronts and 20X11 0 offset rears, will this suffice?

Any suggestion on what size of tire i should run and how many camber needed?

Thanks!!
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offsets closer to zero will stick out more.....example: +5 offset will be more aggressive (sticking out wise) then a +20.

If you have sport brakes, you are limited to 19's and bigger....18's will not clear the sport brakes!

Hope i helped alittle bit

Your setup will depend on what tire size you want to run, how much camber (i see you dont want to run much), wheel offsets and suspension height.
Its starting to make more sense and sense i am not wanting to go super agressive I need to use more offset. I have read that the base wheels do clear the sport brakes a d quite a few other 18" wheels work. I have till Oct to decide so there is no rush at this point and i can spend that time getting smart on this stuff. Thanks for the help.
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You are right. Some 18's will work.
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Hi, anyone can chime in on this?

I wanted a 'functional flush' look with max lip, with 20X9.5 +5 fronts and 20X11 0 offset rears, will this suffice?

Any suggestion on what size of tire i should run and how many camber needed?

Thanks!!
I had 10.5 width. 0 offset and ran a 305-30 with -2.5 camber.

With that setup I would run a 295 or 305
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I had 10.5 width. 0 offset and ran a 305-30 with -2.5 camber.

With that setup I would run a 295 or 305
Thanks bro! That certainly helps! Any pictures of your current setup?
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that was my old setup...im running a -15 now in the rear with a 265
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that was my old setup...im running a -15 now in the rear with a 265
Ill really leaning towards 265/35/19 for my rears (19x11 +0). Do you daily your car? Hows the camber wear?
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Ill really leaning towards 265/35/19 for my rears (19x11 +0). Do you daily your car? Hows the camber wear?
I had a 305.30/19 on a 19x11+4 and was at 2.5 camber in the rear. You will be fine with a wider tire.
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Ill really leaning towards 265/35/19 for my rears (19x11 +0). Do you daily your car? Hows the camber wear?
Don't run a 265. There is no reason why you should not be running a 295 or 305
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Thanks for the feedback I got good advice from a friend for the offsets. The rear is actually +10 it was a typo.
What wheels did you go with if you don't mind me asking? I assume a 3 piece wheel?
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Anyone found a nice light one-piece wheel that's a 10.5+0 or 11+5 these can vary slightly but somewhere around these specs? NO knockoffs (I know Varstoen does but I'm all set with those)
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