[flash]

i should have mentioned this, as a reference, i have a 57mm offset on my 18 x 9 on the front, which is what you would get with a 10mm spacer on a 67 mm offset rim - i definitely needed alignment correction due to the increased grip - the aluminum nuts were also definitely a no-no with that width and forces increased due to the size - they work fine, and i love the handling, but adjustments and changes were required

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[caffine]

What are the negatives of going with rims of same widths at each end of the vehicle?

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[flash]

on a stock car, perhaps a touch of oversteer, depending on the width, tire, et - there are guys running the same size 16 though, and seem to be fine - the staggered widths were really just a carryover 911 aesthetic thing

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[mattipuh]

[quote name='flash' post='61112' date='Oct 3 2008, 11:04 PM']i should have mentioned this, as a reference, i have a 57mm offset on my 18 x 9 on the front, which is what you would get with a 10mm spacer on a 67 mm offset rim - i definitely needed alignment correction due to the increased grip - the aluminum nuts were also definitely a no-no with that width and forces increased due to the size - they work fine, and i love the handling, but adjustments and changes were required[/quote]



U mean that stock nuts will not handle the increased grip, or increased weight of the rim&wheel combo? Steel nuts would be boring, because I just love the lightness of stock aluminium nuts!! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> But of course, if there's durability issue with the stock nuts, it's better to have few extra grams on each wheel compared to crashed vehicle and damage done.



I think I'll go with 10 or 15mm spacer front, that should still make wheels fit to my car.

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[flash]

correct - the aluminum nuts are not as good as steel for holding torque after repeated removals



done right, 10mm will involve changing to longer studs



15mm will involve an entirely new set of studs on the spacer (that meaning one set to bolt the spacer to the hub, and one set to bolt the wheel to the spacer), and a second set of nuts, and will definitely involve steel nuts - the weight gain is about 3lbs per wheel

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