Somebody correct me if I'm wrong here (without flames, please, since I
think this is a legitimate question) but, as I understand it, positive
offset means moving the tires/wheels farther out from the side of the
car. That should be achieved by a SMALLER backspace on the rims. To
my way of thinking, a 5-inch backspace on an 8-inch rim would hardly
produce much of a positive offset. Am I missing something here?!?!?
8<{)
The 6-inch rims that I'm running on my Mini right now have a
2-1/2-inch backspace. That's about as far out as I dare to push them
with ball bearing wheel bearings. Once I replace the front brakes
with Metro Turbo disks and install stronger Timken roller bearings in
the hubs, then I plan to order new wheels with a 2-inch or even
1-3/4-inch back space so, maybe, I can start running cantilever
slicks.
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
Scott Meyers wrote:
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> Someone wrote:
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> > The one thing not mentioned is the this is for positive offset rims, as most
> > (if not all) of the cars that run in STS use positive offset.
>
> The rims I bought were backspace of 5.0 (8" rims) - rather positive offset.
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