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I keep reading Jimny wheels with an offset of 0 and need to point out that they have an offset of 5, not 0. If you go to 0 you'll have brake caliper clearance issues!
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I'm still a little confused about the whole offset thing as im being told things from -30 to +5, I looked on my OEM wheels and they are ET 5, does this mean they are further towards the arch or closer to the brakes than for instance ET -5? If they were closer to the brakes wouldn't that mean I could go to ET-10 for example and have more brake clearance?
Sorry for sounding like such a noob.
Edit: I've just seen this which helps solve my own question.
www.bigjimny.com/index.php/forum/6-jimny...set-and-inset#219370
Does this mean if I go for something like -10 offset it would be okay? I want to bring the wheels closer to the arch for a bit of a stance look but also dont want to ruin brake caliper clearance.
I've also just found this page.
www.jimnybits.com/suzuki-16-black-7-modular-steel-wheel.html
It says here -15 offset gives appearance of 39mm wheel spacer yet +10 still gives an appearance of a 14mm wheal spacer?
So whats wrong and whats right?
Ok. So a Jimny is et5 which means that mounting face of the wheel is 5mm closer to the outside of the wheel than the inside. If you could find a wheel with the same width but a -15et that would move the wheel outwards by 20mm but there are no 5.5j wheels readily available in -15 most commonly they are 7j so the outside edge of the wheel is an additional 3/4 inch or 19mm further outwards still hence 39mm mentioned. If you then use a 10et wheel the mounting face is an additional 5mm closer to the outside of the wheel and again add the extra 19mm of width and the outside edge of the wheel is now 14mm further out than standard.
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Aaahh thats great thank you, so now the question that follows is how damaging would it be to go for an offset of -15 on a set of 15x7s? would this destroy the bearings as I have been told this in the past.
It's going to put more stress on them certainly because the imposed load on the bearing is outside its design parameters. By how much it shortens the service life of a bearing is more difficult to quantify as the use and abuse that it will see is a significant variable. Just driving on a well maintained road every couple of weeks is going to be kinder than 6 hours every weekend bashing a quarry.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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