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Old 01-30-2006, 05:55 AM
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Are 17" 45 front 48 rear offsets ok?? Also how do people rate Toyo T1R's and Yokohama A539 (heard they are crap in wet!)

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Im running 48 in the front and 45 on the rear... (pause for gasps!)

...Which is a very conservative set up. Then again its not like im tracking the car.

Theres a table somewhere that shows you the offsets that are suitable depending on the size/width or rim etc...

...Ill have a look for it

Toyo's are good IMO, good in the wet also. Never had any experiance with the yokos
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anyone else?
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depends on the width of the wheels....

i'm running 17x7 +42 and 17x8 +47... and i'm slammed with no rubbing..



but the wider your wheels are the higher offset you'll need... the stock offsets are +55 front and +65 rear...
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I ran Volks CE28's @ 9" with +48 on the rear with 255 tyres (IIRC) and it rubbed on hard suspension compression.

Current set up is in my sig!
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How about tyres, are the A539's crap?
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ive had the yokos and they were good in the drybut horrible in the wet!!

also had the toyos and theyre superb!!
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See my sig for wheel width and offsets. No problems even when I had 45mm drop on the front

Oh, and the wheel offset guide referred to above was already in my sig - people should pay much closer attention to my sig
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I have used A539's on front drive Escorts quite a lot.
Good tyre, reasonable wear but not upto the standard of tyre munching cars like the S.

If going Yoko's you need something like the AVS
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Think Toyo's are the ones for me. I fthey are good enogh for paper lawyer they are good enough for me!


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