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Gday guys,

Just a question.

Wheels i'm looking to get have an offset of 42, but the offset on my rolla is 35/40.

Firstly, the website says my car can take 35 AND 40? If it can take 40 offset mags, will 42 be a problem? It's 2mm, what would the tyre shop say, yes or no?

Any help would be great

Andy

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Bolt them up and see how they fit. The further + in the offset, the further the wheel track will be narrowed - so you will need to make sure there is no interferance with any of the suspension. I personally wouldnt want to narrow track - not really an improvement in any way that I can think of?

If you want to bring wheels out, you need to go the other direction with the offset - this at least will give you wider track and therefore can make for good gains in handling - and the car looks fatter:)

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hey does anyone know the offsets for a r33?

I bought a set of 18s and they're being fitted tomorrow :)

18x8, Offset +38, P.C.D 100. I think the GTRs have an offset of +48 to house those brembos, but I could be wrong.

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Mine are 38 all round.

They're made by Rays Engineering for Payton's Place and are a 7 spoke design. I bought them off the Yahoo Auctions in Japan (thru J-Spec ) and got them here for around $1300. I'm putting Hankook Ventus K104s on them 235/40/18f, 255/35/18r.

All up it's going to cost around $2200 for a brand new set of Ray's and tyres :) I'm happy.

As for suggestions; with tyres I was sold by the fact that the Hankooks have the same traction rating (AA), same heat rating (A), and better wear rating (280 vs 220) when compared to the Michellin Pilot Sports. The best part is they're almost half the price! with rims, anything YOU think look good will be OK with me :D

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