[DeTomaso] Wheel offset (ET)

[Garth Rodericks]

More useful links:

Good description and illustrations of types of offset:

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoWheelOffsets.dos

Wheel technical info - good straightforward descriptions and illustrations:
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html


Another wheel offset calculator (they must have all pagerized the same code as the measurements mix inches and millimeters):
http://www.gtsparkplugs.com/WheelOffsetCalc.html

Cheers!
Garth


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 From: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
To: "bflesland at gmail.com" <bflesland at gmail.com>; DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at realbig.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 9:57 AM
Subject: Wheel offset (ET)
 

Calculating the offset of a wheel:
First, measure the overall width of the wheel (remember, just because a wheel is 18x7.5, does not mean that the OVERALL width is 7.5”. It means that the measurement between the outboard flange and the inboard flange is 7.5”). 

Next, divide that width of the wheel by two; this will give you the centerline of the wheel.  Overall width/2 = Centerline  

After determining the centerline, measure from the hub-mounting surface of the hub to the edge of the inboard flange (if the wheel were laying flat on the ground – face up – your measurement would be from the ground to the hub-mounting surface). This is your back spacing.  

Back spacing - Centerline = Offset 

Wheel Offset Calculator:
http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp