Dirty ass ugly brembos, cant believe you didnt paint them or anything.
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Dirty ass ugly brembos, cant believe you didnt paint them or anything.
I didn't paint them because when I put them on the clear wasn't peeling, the were 8 out of 10 shape, 8 track days later this is what happens :) I don't expect them to stay pretty from the use that they get, I do want to take them apart this summer and rebuild them and get them powedercoated, but hey, they work for what I use them for, and that's all i care about atm
Noob question.. I wanna get a pair of rota torques @ 18x8 with 48 offset. I want something aggressive but not to the point where I have to roll my fenders. I also want to fit brembos under them. Would that size work? Offset confuses the shit out of me.. =|
wheel offset and width only go so far for when it comes to fitting a bbk. its mostly shape and design of the spokes. the torques are a good choice as the spokes shape fits well with brembos and most bbk options. with the offset i would say go into the 30's you need I believe +32mm to fit over brembos. you will need some spacers i believe. with my spacers i am at +31mm and i have to roll my rear fenders.
Ray most aftermarket evo wheels are too wide/too low offset to fit in the Galant body
Jeff you will need 15 at least for those wheels you wanna shoot for an offset between 38 and 30 if you go much lower you'll need to run mad - camber
Ray most aftermarket evo wheels are too wide/too low offset to fit in the Galant body
Jeff you will need 15 at least for those wheels you wanna shoot for an offset between 38 and 30 if you go much lower you'll need to run mad - camber
I'm running 35 and I rolled my fenders but that's also because I'm runnin a 245/45 tire. Jeff if u wanted to run torques in an 18x8 ur gonna need et35 that'll clear brembos, ur gonna prolly run like a 225 40 or 225 35 to minimize the amount of fender work.
Well, I'll also be camber corrected in the rear.. I really don't want to have to cut the fenders. I have no problem rolling them. I really like the rota torques. I'm still confused as to what is better, a lower number offset or higher. I really want to be abl to clear brembos. So what size torques would I need to clear em, with camber correction, at what offset? And if you name an offset and say I can go as much as 35 or whatever. As much as 35 from 0-35 or 35-100? Still not understanding offset.. =(
The magic number that you want for offset is +35
If it's not made in +35 do I go lower or higher.
If it's not made in plus 35 you want to go to lower numbers but that means the wheel will stick out further, increasing the chance of rubbing
here you go my galant brother
http://flushstance.ccwheel.com/?page_id=635
this helped me understand with the diagrams and the definitions made sense with the pictures. add the backspace and the frontspace and you should get the wheels overall width. :)
With the rota torques the magic offset is +35 any higher you wont clear the brembos, any more and you will have major fender rubbage.
Jeff if your going to camber correct the rear on a 18x8 +35 offset wheel, your going to need to roll the fenders and run a tiny tire. Like a 215. I run 18x8 +35 with a 40 series tire, I have about 2 degrees negative camber and my rear inner quarter panels are cut/folded up and I only have about 10mm clearance. If I was to camber correct it, I would have almost no clearance and thats with the inners cut/folded up. I your rolling it, you will have less clearance versus cutting/folding.
offset is simple. for a given width (in your case 8"), the lower the offset, the more the wheels are pushed out away from the car's lengthwise centerline; the higher the offset the more the wheels are pushed in closer to the car's centerline. stock offset for our cars is +46mm. the reason you will need a lower offset than stock to clear the EVO BREMBO's is because you need much more room behind the spokes of the wheel. as a rule of thumb, depending on spoke profile design, wheels with a lower offset will offer more room behind the spokes because the wheels are pushed out further from the car.
now here's where it gets mildly less simple. a more narrow wheel can have a lower offset and still stick out EXACTLY the same as a wider wheel with a high offset (and a wider wheel w/ a higher offset might stick out the same as well). the point is offset and width have to be taken into consideration TOGETHER to determine final fitament for clearance to fender and suspension.
example:
8" +35mm
would stick out exactly as much as
7.5" +29mm
would stick out exaclty as much as
8.5" +41mm
but not all of these sizes are guranteed to fit the EVO BREMBO's. that is more a function of the spoke design. to fit brakes that big, the less lip you have AND the lower offset you have, the better chances you have of fitting those big front calipers (ther rear calipers are muich smaller so the front really dictates how much room you need).
would these fit brembos if i add a hmm say 8mm spacer? the are 18x8 with 43.. or am i better off with getting the 30 offset one, how much work to fit the 30 compared to 43... fender rolling and cutting alot?
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...=Car%2FMinivan
It depends on the spoke design, notice I said an offset of +35 is specifically for "ROTA TORQUES" I dont know for other rims. For example my old rims had an offset of +42, I had to use a 25mm spacer to fit the brakes, taking it to an effective offset of +17. So again Ill say, just like everyone else said, IT DEPENDS ON SPOKE DESIGN.
30 offset are a bitch to make it work without rubbing but the wide track is great
depends on wheel width. You could have a +30 17x7 that would work just fine.
In fact you could have a +30mm wheel with just about any width. Backspacing and overall width are the main things to consider. Offset and wheel spoke design matter when required to clear big brakes (at least for the most part).
I think I've made my choice.
Either this one:
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...834&wd=18&rw=8
Or this one:
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=8&vid=008389
2nd one hands down
Second one Jeff.
QNZ currently has the real wheels the second ones u linked to are copies of (WORK CR-KAI) on his 8G right now if you wanna see what they might look like:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...PICT366213.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/PICT3665.jpg
btw, if it were me i'd stay away from knockoffs... there are plenty of wheels out there that are much nicer for not much more money. the ROTA's u orginally were asking about are MUCH better than DRAG.
If I had the money to invest in those, I definitely would.. I have other plans for the car, the 6G74 swap is first. then exhaust, then wheels brakes and coils.. I'm just doing my research way ahead of time..
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...PICT366213.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/PICT3665.jpg
What size tire is he running on the wheels?
He is running 225/40/18 size tires
are these still on his car?
lol
No, these are in his living room, doubling as end tables.
ooo i'm jealous of his furniture
well my new set-up is fairly aggressive..i ought to have pics soon