Hey everyone im confused about this offset thing... what should i want as an offset for a rim... the ones i bought have a 40mm offset is this bad or good? i wanted to lower my car with eibach prokit springs and kyb agx struts..... But everyone keeps talking about having the right offset what is the right offset for 17inch wheel on a civic?

 

40 on 17 inch wheel?

Dayum son....if I'm right that's the amount of tire that is shown after the rim itself....your tires are going to be extremely thin...I got 40s on my 16" and it's kinda thin....

If you go over a bump to fast or runover something, you could dent your wheel.....gl man.

 

good offsets for civics are 40-45

 

For a 17x7" wheel you need 205/40x17" tires with 42-44mm offset. 17x7.5" is around 43mm offset

 

You are talking about tire size, he is talking about offset.

 

o yea...lol dont know what i was thinking sry....

ugh i'm goin crazy

 

Most offsets on 17" wheels on a Civic is 40-43.

My Racing Harts were 40, ever so slight rubbing.
Other 17" wheels I have tried were 37-38.

A 40 profile tire on a 17" wheel is actually recommended.

 

Yeah, having a +37mm offset on wheels is not cool on a civic. Especially if you're running 45 series tires. :happysad:

 

It also depends on the tires.

 

Yeah, that was the thing, on my 16x7 GP-0's, I was running on 40 series tires with no problems of rubbing whatsoever. But now that I switched to a 45 series tire, there are some rubbing issues every now and then during everday driving.