offset?

[slave0ne]

I am a little confused about wheel offset.

Does anyone here know what the offset is for stock 2004 wheels?

Would an offset of +42, +43, +45 be okay for my 04' ep3?

thanks for any help with my noobie questions.
-J

[VividDreams]

im not sure about the 04's but someone just told me in my thread about offset that the 02-03 wheels are 43 or 45 mm...

id say, anywhere between 40-45 would be fine, after all, 5mm is only about 1/4 inch

[Civicvtec1ps]

45+

Anywhere between 42-45 would be prefect.

[slave0ne]

cool thanks!

-j

[bobdobbs]

Guys, giving an offset recommendation without knowing the rim width is sorta useless. I.e., the offset on a 6.5" rim doesn't necessarily work on an 8" rim.

[slave0ne]

my bad. the rims I am looking at are 17x7.5 and 17x7...
so what actually is the offset of a wheel? the 17x7.5 wedsports I was looking at have offsets fo either +43 or +45.

I am not sure if the questions in my first post makes sense.

Does the offset of the wheel determine what tire you need? Or should the offset of a new wheel need to be the same or close to the offset of your stock wheels?

-j

[Vertigo]

I have 17x7.5 with +45 offset and no problems.
Offset is calulated by measuring the back of the wheel hub against the middle of the wheel. It's kinda hard to explain without a diagram. Offset doesn't determine the size of the tire. The size and width if the wheel does.