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  1. 12-25-2014, 04:01 PM #1
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    Default Don't know about wheel offset - help me

    OK, so my Audi Allroad has the following wheel offset:

    Wheel size 17x7.5 ET25 - 225/55-17 tires

    Does anyone know if I can use these rims? Here are the details on them:
    5X112 very good condition / high positive offset (+40) 8.5 inch width

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    Wider wheel with higher offset almost guarantees they'll rub on the strut since they'll be sunken in by 15mm and are 10 mm wider.
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    Depending on what the distance is to your strut is to the current wheel. You'll be pushing the rim closer to the inside by about 30mm.

    There is quite a few online calculators out there.
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    thanks, just dont know how to use the calcs, and it seems that the allroad is a unique beast for such things...
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    This may help: http://www.willtheyfit.com/
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    Default Re: Don't know about wheel offset - help me

    Originally posted by ricosuave
    OK, so my Audi Allroad has the following wheel offset:

    Wheel size 17x7.5 ET25 - 225/55-17 tires

    Does anyone know if I can use these rims? Here are the details on them:
    5X112 very good condition / high positive offset (+40) 8.5 inch width

    Thanks!
    On my allroad, I had +35, 8.5" rims, with 20mm spacers and it still rubbed very slightly when I was at the turn stop in both directions, and hitting a bump.

    +40 is a definite no-go without a spacer.

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    thanks guys, pm sent tik-tok
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    so it would appear that the further away from ET25 I go, the more I have to space it? IE and ET45 would require a 20mm spacer, a ET40 would be 15, etc?
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    Originally posted by k1l4m
    This may help: http://www.willtheyfit.com/
    This is far and away my favorite calculator for offset and tire sizes. The visual representation is what makes it. lol

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    BUMP. My first time considering adapters, but the Volvo has weird bolt pattern and ET25 (WTF).

    If my current wheels are 6.5x16in with 25mm offset, the adapters are 32mm thick, what should be optimal offset and width for the wheel in order to get a final offset fitment of 15 or 20mm and final width of 7.5/8 or 7/7.5 staggered?

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    There are places in the UK that can do customer spacers if that helps ?
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