The offset doesn't affect concavity of the wheel much, the actual width of the wheel does. The tsx has huge wheel wells, enough to fit 9-10" wide wheels. But you'll have to factor in ride height for rubbing issues, the lower you go the more chance of rubbing.

 

thanks rob, good to have a reference

That's what I was worried about, the lines. Basically looking for a picture out there where the person has the base/tech rear with SE side skirts. I am a bit picky... likely will leave it as is. When I look at the SE TSXs as a whole, I really like the lines achieved from the front 2-piece and side skirts. I'm not too fond of the SE rear though.

 

I have to disagree. Although greater wheel width does provide more room to be concave, offset matters a great deal too, IMO.

Using Forgestar F14s as reference (picked this wheel for no real reason other than I've been on this site before and have seen the charts): http://www.forgestar.com/v2/wheelsf14.php
Look at "deep concave" vs "super deep concave" for 19x9.5" wheels. Notice the offsets. Super deep concave version of the wheels have a very low range of available offsets, simply because it's impossible to make it that concave if the cb/lug holes weren't so far into the wheel.

See this diagram as well:


The very definition of offset is how off from the center of the wheel the cb/lug holes are. Lower the offset, further into the wheel it is. And as a consequence of this, the further in the holes, the more concave the face will look because the spokes will have to come back outwards to reach the outer edge of the rim.

Now obviously, with a very low offset and the wheels aren't wide, the holes cb/lug holes may go beyond the inner lip of the rim, which makes no sense. So while I do agree wheel width is important for concavity, offset should not be overlooked either.

PS: With that diagram above, think of it this way. If you have a 9" wide wheel but you have a +55 offset (i.e., something high), your wheel will be wide and deep, but the face will be pushed to the far right and thus not be concave.

 

The pictures I remember were of a white tsx. He didn't have the front bumper, just the skirts and rear. Might have been jeroplex. Maybe this will give you enough to search for to find what I am thinking of.

 

You must be mistaking it for its Mexican brother, Taco Bell.

 

I just meant most wheels only come in a few mm difference in offsets (+32 vs +38 etc), and wider wheels are usually more concave.

 

Car update:

 

^ this guy owns all of these?

 

Yeah. He has a large custom garage+lifts at his house plus a ranch with a big garage. Probably around 15-20 cars.

 

*jaw drops*

 

I have a Tech, but I have the full Aero kit. Dunno if it helps you with what you were looking for, but my "Hi everyone!" thread has a bunch of pics of my car.

 

OMG Benben is alive car looks amazing

 

 

lol that's actually really common around my area....

I envy those people..

 

I don't think I'd want that many cars. I would never become familiar with them. I would also imagine, I'd have a favorite or a more DD friendly car that I would drive more often.

For the wealthy, owning multiple cars is a tax break if they log them as a business expense.

 

whats up guys im back from the grave

 

hey, read that you're back into the euro scene. any pics of your ride?

 

Sup guys I'm back in FL

 

So like... I do speed test when I go places just for fun and well.... I'll let this photo speak for itself I love Korea!

 

Wtf?! How the Fuuuck?!

 

Lol i get like 200mb on my campus!

 

@ Aston Martin...

 

Dat upload speed doe.

 

Take that, Korea!

 

 

^^^ that tlx is sexy!

That's a commercial circuit though bub.. Well maybe the connection in Korea was too whoops

 

I'm in Grand Cayman and I've never seen so many modded cars before in my life. Pretty much 1 in 5 cars here are lowered. Also soooo many first gen tsx accords.

 

I'm starting to love those LED headlights on the new Acuras.

 

Modded as in rice mods or nice?

 

One of my neighbors bought a Fiat 500. Pretty sure it's the turbo version also. It actually sounds pretty badass for a car of its size.

 

the fiat 500 sounds pretty beast.

 

FINALLY finished my Nexus 7 install

 

Good morning ladies! Took this over the weekend after a wash and an application of Permanon...

 

 

Looking good there crappy pants

 

Won't screwdriver put your eye out when you set on the gas?

Looking good. I assume the color match of the surround is better in real life.

 

lol the screwdriver is just there since i was working on it...

Yeah the color match is perfect... it's the metra dash panel. Fits really nicely.

 

Ahhh, I see. I thought it was there as part of the radio....

Years ago I had to carry around a screwdriver to coax the parking brake interlock to allow me to shift out of park on my Jaguar.

Just kidding. Looks clean from the photos.

 

Not terrible. Mostly lowered cars with respectable wheels. Most are jdm. I've seen like 5 old skylines and a ton of modded first gen tsx/accords.

 

Does anyone know what size washer fastner is attached to the screw thats holds down the top part of the intake resonator?