Hello guys,

 

Just looking at a set of wheels and keen to know if they would fit ok from your experience (don't fully understand offsets etc)

 

They are 19" 9j front 10j rear and 30 offset all round.

 

What do we think?

 

Thanks James.

Its likely the rears will rub on the arches with that width and offset unless you roll your arches.

Fronts might be ok, would sit quite flush, but could have rubbing issues with lock.

Common sizes for our Zed are front 8.5 ET 25-40 rears 9.5 ET 35-40.

The LOWER the ET, the further out the wheel will sit, and obviously wheel width is important as too wide will create both inner and outer clearances issues.

FYI - if I remember the stock JSPEC Z runs 7.5" wide wheels with an offset of 35 all round.

Play with this offset calculator to understand it all better....

 

https://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator

 

There is also an element of guess work in how well they fit so quite a good idea to find some wheels known to fit the Zed without issue. Look at various examples on this forum.

Tyres size choice is also important in relation to the wheel width chosen too, as getting this wrong can end up causing scrubbing.

Too wide a tyre might cause scrubbing because it doesn't stretch over the wheel nicely, too narrow gives an over stretched look and reduces rim protection.

Hope this helps.

Those sizes aren’t bad to be honest James. You would need to roll the little lip on the rear arches for clearance and you would need to use caution on your tyre size choice. The fronts will fit nicely but I you would need to be cautious of caliper clearance depending on what the spoke design (and what brakes) you have.

 

Here is a pic of my car for reference. The specs you have listed would make the front wheel retract in by 2mm and the rear wheels extend out by 1mm. So perfectly doable but the choice of tyre is critical and the caliper clearance is hit and miss! What wheels are they that you’re looking at, still a BBS LM style?

 

 

I mirror lonezedders comments, his advice is bob on from my experience too.

Thanks for all the comments and help guys, I think I don't want any kind of headaches really so will hold out for a correct fitting set of LM reps!

 

I may have found some. :)