Offset question, please help!

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Dec 3, 2006 | 03:36 PM

jman649916

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Offset question, please help!

Going down the road today and hit what must have been a brick and cracked off about a good 8 inches of the lip on my axis hiro 19x8.5's. Gotta order a new one tonight, but I can't tell which offset to get. I have no spacers, and the 19's sit exactly the same distance from the fenders as the stock 17x7.5's. What would be the offset?

PS. I tried the offset calculator, and couldn't make sense of it....I'm wheel retarded I think.

Dec 3, 2006 | 03:44 PM

nightdweller

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The stampings on the back of the wheel should help the seller with the

info your trying to get. Nathan

Dec 3, 2006 | 03:48 PM

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im not too positive but i think the offset is the measurement of...

the wheel lip. like from distance from the lugs out. so say your wheel stuck out (has a wide lip) it would be a positive offset or if the wheel has very little lip and most of the wheel goes towards the engine side it would be a negative offset. like your sig. those fat fives would have a negative offset. Im thinking if you measure the lip on the wheel see if that matches up to your options. You don't have the paperwork from when you got them? I doesn't have the specifications on it? Hope this helps and sorry for the novel! lol!

Dec 3, 2006 | 03:51 PM

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Here is offset info....

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