Visual Aid for Offset

sergkoko · 01-22-2013, 07:48 PM

I noticed alot of our forum members have a hard time understanding and correctly expressing their offsets, so here is a visual aid.

The reason I made this is alot of people tend to think that if they have a wheel that has an offset of 25 and they add a 5mm spacer to it that it becomes 30 offset. What you are doing with a spacer is pretty much moving your hub surface further into the wheel, which makes it a lower offset by however many MM the spacer is.

The generalization you can make from this is that when the offset raises the wheel tucks more into the wheel well and when it decreases the wheel moves out towards the fender.

I hope this helps us visual things a bit better.

I appologise about the paint drawing as I felt like drawing it myself because I am bored at work

Longbow64 · 01-26-2013, 03:08 PM

Check out this website for a visual comparison

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

sergkoko · 01-29-2013, 05:49 PM

LOL that makes my paint drawing look like something a parent would put on their fridge

M3 Esq. · 02-05-2013, 11:03 AM

Thanks this is helpful.

01-22-2013, 07:48 PM	#1
sergkoko Comrade Drives: 09 E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 118 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 [0.00]	Visual Aid for Offset I noticed alot of our forum members have a hard time understanding and correctly expressing their offsets, so here is a visual aid. The reason I made this is alot of people tend to think that if they have a wheel that has an offset of 25 and they add a 5mm spacer to it that it becomes 30 offset. What you are doing with a spacer is pretty much moving your hub surface further into the wheel, which makes it a lower offset by however many MM the spacer is. The generalization you can make from this is that when the offset raises the wheel tucks more into the wheel well and when it decreases the wheel moves out towards the fender. I hope this helps us visual things a bit better. I appologise about the paint drawing as I felt like drawing it myself because I am bored at work Attached Images __________________ 09 Black DCT Coupe, smartTV, White Halos, APR Splitter, ZCP Spoiler, MS2 Intake, B&B Exhaust, 4 Rear GTS wheels 275/295 PSS.
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01-26-2013, 03:08 PM	#2
Longbow64 _______ Drives: 09 E90 M3, 13 X3 35i MSport Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: El Paso Posts: 528 iTrader: (3)	Check out this website for a visual comparison http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp __________________ '09 E90 M3 SG \| VF620 SC \| BPM Sport coding \| AA Catless Exhaust \| KW V3 \| BMW Performance Wheel \| Alpine 8K Eyes \| 355M Style Wheels \| Recaro Child Seat '13 X3 DSB with M Sport \| H&R Springs \| Gloss black grill \| Coded by me

01-29-2013, 05:49 PM	#3
sergkoko Comrade Drives: 09 E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 118 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 [0.00]	LOL that makes my paint drawing look like something a parent would put on their fridge __________________ 09 Black DCT Coupe, smartTV, White Halos, APR Splitter, ZCP Spoiler, MS2 Intake, B&B Exhaust, 4 Rear GTS wheels 275/295 PSS.

02-05-2013, 11:03 AM	#4
M3 Esq. Mind of an effing scientist. Drives: Safely Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT Posts: 1,097 iTrader: (2) Garage List 2011 328i XDrive [0.50] 2013 BMW M3 [0.50]	Thanks this is helpful. __________________ 2013 M3 Coupe Jerezschwarz/Speed Cloth/Competition/DCT/BMW PE/CF Bits/Dinan Goodies/Volk TE37SL 2011 328i XDrive Alpineweiss/Premium/Convenience/Sport

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