What is Wheel Offset? (Quick & Easy Explanation)
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2023
- By far and away, the MOST FREQUENT QUESTION we are asked here at KONIG is "What is Wheel Offset?". We find this really strange because OFFSET really is very simple to understand. Wheel Offset is the distance between a wheel's mounting pad, and the centerline of the wheel. Let's break this down together in a visual way so that's it's easy to understand!
Wheel Offset is an important thing to understand because it determines how a wheel will sit on a car in relation to the rest of the vehicle. We see wheels in a variety of sizes and offsets out there, the reason for this is because there are a lot of different cars out there to fit! Offset helps wheels of different sizes fit onto cars of different shapes and sizes. For more information on other terms like Backspacing, Load Rating, PCD, Bolt Pattern, etc... give us a Subscribe because we make tons of informative content like this every week.
00:18 - what is wheel offset?
00:34 - wheel width / centerline
00:41 - how to find the centerline
00:46 - fact about measuring wheel width
00:56 - mounting pad
01:14 - distance between mounting pad and centerline
01:31 - positive offset
01:40 - negative offset
01:57 - meaning of "ET"
02:13 - "ET"/Offset on a website
02:46 - from OE offset to aftermarket wheel offset
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Had to watch this a second time to grasp the off set issue. Too bad you didn’t show a rim animation scene on the mustang showing the fitment on the car displaying differing off sets as stated. Thank you for this tutorial
This is probably the best video to explain it. Not stupid long. Has visuals. 10 out of 10
Finally, a video that is short and gets straight to the point! Appreciate the video!
Thank you buddy, great video.
Bravo well explained
Simple, straightforward, visual.
well said and explained... Thank you for this! :D
Sweet dude that was soo easy to comprehend! Illustrated diagrams with dimensions, is all us new-to-the-scene crew need to understand the technical specs. Keep up the good work.
Best explanation ever...thank you
Amazing!
best animation to understand this omg finally
interesting. thank u so much!
Thanks
literally a GOAT for making such a simple yet understandable video
Thanks for the explanation I kind of knew this anyway, for me I want to know what offset is acceptable for my car I have a 2020 CRV with 7.5 inch width wheels Offset 45 I want to start using a set of older Honda wheel I have to mount Winter tires on they are 7 inch wide with a Offset 55 this means their will be a negative offset of 10mm I just need to know if this would be safe acceptable without having to modify the Geometry of the cars suspension, or is it a bad idea to attempt this any ideas on this would be appreciated ?
Good video guys
Nice music!
I’m one of those easily confused types. I wondered if Backspace and Offset were different things. Sounds like they’re basically the same. Like do rims exist that in their specs or description they list Backspace And Offset?
Brilliant
Hey thanks for the information, it’s actually makes really more sense right now for me I was looking for rims and wheels for my car and the option is 255/35 R19 8,5 ET 43 that’s what is recommended for my car but the problem is I have not found ET 43 I have found ET40 or ET45 are you really don’t know what to do