wassup azine members. can some people please post pics of their 2nd gen tl's if they are running 18 or 19 inch mesh rims with a 8.5 or 9.5. i want to see how the lip on the 8.5 looks on the car, well a 9.5 also

 

i have 18x8 +37 18x9 +35

 

oh and... the lip matters with offset..

so a 18x8+45 will have like.. no lip while a 18x8 +37 will have like 1 inch... and a 18x8 +29 will have like.. 2 inch or so.

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-photograph-gallery-99/new-wheels-photoshoot-721312/

there you are exact widths, but the disc type and offset are what really determines the lip of a wheel fyi

 

i got 18x8.5 +31 18x9.5 +37...

 

freakin dam wheel whore I swear!! You guys are making me consider 18'Zz

dam bro post some pics......changed the rim color yet or what??

 

forgot that..

 

ok heres what i want to do im trying to do either an 18 or 19 inch rim by 8.5 in the front and 9.5 in the back but mad people are telling me its going to be quite hard to do because this car has such a high offset. now after i sdaw what 02actclean did i was amazed and i knew anything was possible. but major work had to be done to fit those wheels and i dont want to go through all that trouble. rolled fenders, shaved bumper, front splash guard taken off and banged out wheel well really? too much work just to fit rims. so in other words what offset would i have to do on the car to give it a staggered look? anyone please comments welcomed help me here...... thanks guys

 

you just want a staggered look?

just get 18x7.5 +48 in front and 18x7.5 +38~ ish in the rear..

 

well by going x 8.5 amd x9.5 your going to have a staggered look already, now imho making wheels fit isnt really to hard all I did for mine was get an angle grinder and started grinding away, very simple, im pretty sure I can fit x10 in the rear if I wanted and probably will go that route soon

 

yeah but a 7.5 really doesnt give off much of a lip right?

 

yeah but every place ive went to they told me a 9.5 wont fit and then i see it done to your cars so im like wtf? i know its possible

 

see but i really dont understand the whole offset thing though. if its 8.5 all around but with a lower offset in the back how does it have a bigger lip?

 

disc type is what gives you a bigger lip the type of rim also deoes too type O with work wheels give you a larger lip theres alot of things that come in play not just width

 

mrchan what did you do to fit those?

 

my 9.5's? all I needed to do was shave the rear tabs and thats it. You can make 9.5's fit easily and you always have the choice of running negative camber. But right now im running 0 camber its its perfectly flush with a slight poke.

 

Yeah but r u rubbing? Is it a daily driver?

 

For what i did it was a precaution. up in the rear fender is this nasty piece of metal that would destroy a tire. so i folded it back. I also rolled and shaved FENDER... and shaved bumper tabs.

I adjusted my camber recently.. its prolly about 0 degrees.. you would be amazed at the tiny amount of clearance i have between my wheel and fender.. its about 2-3mm. I'll take a pic. Heres a pic from a couple weekends ago with maybe 3 degrees of camber in the rear.. its super flush now.

 

Damn actclean wished u lived in jersey so u could help me out lol

 

^^Thaaaaats what she said... hahahhaa



Its trial and error... you jus gotta figure it out.

 

No I dont rub and Yes its my daily driver about 300+ miles a week so yah

 

Yeah I do about the same 250 a week

 

mrchan what kind of rims are those?

 

the ones in my link? they're work vs-xx x 8.5 front and x 9.5 rears

 

na the ones the had on the link at the beginning of the thread the mesh ones