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Postby Hellmun » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:10 pm

It's measured in Millimeters. It's the distance from the centre of the rim to where the wheel attaches to the hub. E.g a 0 offset means the plate where the wheel nuts are screwed on is in the dead centre of the wheel. If it was a 200 wide tyre this would be at the 100mm mark from either side of the wheel. Positive offsets place the wheel hub further towards the outside of the car.

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Postby Hellmun » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:12 pm

This site will have a picture which should make it easier to understand what I mean. I don't know what a laser's standard wheel offset is though offhand.

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

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Postby StanTheMan » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:48 am

FYI The offset for the NA8 was -45mm.
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:54 pm

It should be stamped on the Laser's standard rims.


Just remember that as rim widths change so do offsets... a +20mm offset on a 6 inch rim is entirely different to a +20 offset on a 8 inch rim for example
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Postby PUR157 » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:41 pm

StanTheMan wrote:FYI The offset for the NA8 was -45mm.


Do you mean... +45??
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:56 am

-45's would have looked awesome lol

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Postby StanTheMan » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:14 am

errr....right. :oops:
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