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ksechler

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Hi all:

In searching past threads I have found that there are a lot of different tire sizes and offsets in use. Being a little new to the game I wanted to ask before I buy if this combination would work

16X8 wheel with +4 offset and 225/50/16's.

The car is lowered an inch. Should I offset more or will this fit in the fender if I roll the lip?

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It all depends. I have seen cars with that size have no clearance issues and others rub in the front or rear or both. I think tire brand and model contribute more than anything. I run Hankook RS2 tires on zero offset rims and I had to do a lot of cutting in the rear. I trimmed somewhere around 8mm off my flanges. Others have run the same sizes, but different tires with no rubbing. I run badly in the front when turning and backing up. It clears fine when sitting still or going forward.

+4mm will certainly help compared to zero offset, but the 8" wide rims might give a bit of that back. The shoulder of the tire probably won't be much different between a 7" and an 8" rim, but I haven't tested them back to back.

I argue this point every time someone asks about lowering... Lowering a car does not change the tire clearance at all. The tires still need to be able to travel all the way through suspension travel without rubbing. Lowering a car only changes the starting point, but the path stays the same.

Check this thread http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/thread35079.html for pics of my trimming and clearance tests

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Jeff, thanks for the help. I ordered some Rota RB-R's 16X8 with +4 offset. I hope they work out. My search of the board seemed to point in that direction. I was surprised how unhelpful so many of the tire vendors were. You'd think that a 16X8 4-bolt is something exotic. I will post pictures when I get them mounted up in hopes that it will help some other folks. I think I would be dead in the water with out the member support on this board.

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