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Can you help me understand - when looking at two wheels, 17x9 +25 and 17x9.5 +32, as far as I can tell it sounds like from owners the 17x9.5 will actually fit better than the 17x9 +25, on the same tires. How does that work? Or is that not right? 0.5" is about 13mm, so let's say half of it contributes to the "outside" part - 6.5mm. so I gain 7mm pushing the wheel back "in" with the 17x9.5, and I lose 6.5mm pushing the wheel out based on the width of the wheel itself. isn't that going to be nearly a wash?
I'm on the stock 17x8 BBS wheels right now on 245/45-17, and I barely have any space between the coilover springs and the tire itself. How does that work?
Your stockers are +38, so of course they will sit further inboard & closer to the coilover
Regarding the +25 vs +32
Its a bit of a wash. The +32 is certainly a better EvO offset but the 9.5" exaggerates the offset making it similar to the +25
Here's the overlay which shows they are both similar w/the slight stretch on the 9.5" wheel
Your stockers are +38, so of course they will sit further inboard & closer to the coilover
Regarding the +25 vs +32
Its a bit of a wash. The +32 is certainly a better EvO offset but the 9.5" exaggerates the offset making it similar to the +25
Here's the overlay which shows they are both similar w/the slight stretch on the 9.5" wheel
Joe
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so I was debating with 17x9 +25 vs 17x9.5 +32 with the wedssport tc105ns. as far as I can tell from your diagram, no real reason not to go 17x9.5
yup, that's what i'll go with! I've got a shop that does rolls, I'm assuming i'll still need to roll the front and rear a bit, based on this pics in this thread:
dunlops def run wider than the re71r, but still will be close. hopefully it clears everything! may have to adjust the heights on my ohlins, see if I can run a tiny bit more camber etc though I'm sure suspension wise I should clear. sometimes hard to tell how it all moves under extreme loads though
