Wheel offset question

[jrringha at adobe.com (John Ringham)]

Depending on the thickness of the hub of the wheel, you can machine between
3 - 5 mm's off. No more. So the max you could end up at is an 18mm offset,
which will still rub, unless your planning to do E30 M3 box style flared
fenders. I had a set of wheels machined 4mm off the front hubs because of
rubbing problems at stock height. Even after it still rubbed but much less.

Look at that wheel gap!
http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/11851/p0000003.jpg

What wheels are you looking for?

John


-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Toomasson
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:24 PM
To: flaatr@yahoo.com
Cc: area53@validpath.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Wheel offset question


Seems like taking that much off would jeopardize the integrity, no?

> Depending on the design of the wheel they can be machined but I don't 
> think  you'll be able to drop it down another 15mm.
> 
> If you have the rim try Wheel Tech in Santa Clara, they can perform 
> this
> service.
> 
> -Raffi
> 
> 
> At 02:13 PM 6/24/2004, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>>Is there anything that could be done to get a 15x7" but _ET12-13_ to 
>>fit on a VW?  I can't seem to get my head around offsets and the 
>>manipulation thereof.
>>
>>I've been trying for years to find a particular style of wheel, but 
>>they just weren't that popular even when they WERE available (and, no, 
>>it's not the  Ronal Teddy Bear!  ;)
>>
>>The thing is, this particular style of wheel was actually very common 
>>on another marque (BMW) and relatively available in Germany (if I can 
>>convince someone to ship em to me).
>>
>>I really don't want to settle for MoMo Quasars on my baby...  :)
>>
>>thx, JT
>>
>>
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