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RE: Tire Question

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Subject: RE: Tire Question
From: "Brian Hollands" <Brian_Hollands@adp.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:23:08 -0400
That's correct.  If you go to a negative offset wheel, you'd have to flare or 
cut the
outside of the rear fenders to clear it.  I have 185/70-14's on 14x6 0 offset 
wheels now
and they rub on the inside of the outer lip of the rear fender without rolling 
the lip up.
Once you roll the lip they work fine.  The stock Later Roadster steel wheels 
have, IIRC,
somewhere around a +12mm offset - Anyone know for sure?
If you go too positive on offset (like FWD wheels which are around +38-40mm) or 
you go too
wide, you'll rub the leaf springs.

Brian '69 2000
Tampa, FL
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/oilleak/


-----Original Message-----




hi everyone.
ok, i'm confused.  do you want positive offset on wheels on a the rear of a 
roadster?  i
thought positive offset meant that the tire would be closer to the center of 
the car, by,
in this case, 20 to 25 mm.  with the already narrow rear track, don't you want 
to have
negative offset wheels?  if you use positive offset wheels, is there chance of 
rubbing the
leaf springs?

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