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Does Wheel Offset Effect Tire Size?

Old Jul 23, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Wheel offset is a confusing concept for me to grasp for some reason. I'm buying new rims and using my old tires on the new ones. I want to make sure that changing offsets wouldn't make my tire not fit, rather just change how far from the center of the car my tire sits.

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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tire offset is just how far the tire and rim sit outside or inside ur fenders but as far as using old tires on new offset rims dont see a problem unless u get a offset rim and 33+ tall tire it will rub when full lock to lock need to trim bottom corners of fenders
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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look in my photos in tech there are some good pics with info on offset

and read this link
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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ok got it. I'm just trying to learn everything I can beforehand so I don't end up with $600 worth of rims that won't fit. Thanks
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