What are the tire/rim specs? including offset. Thanks.

 

Well, you could look in the owners manual (page 9-9) which shows everything but wheel weight.

But here it is (columns are rim size, offset, wheel weight, tire size, tire load index/speed rating):

Bolt Pattern: 5 x 114.3

Base/Enthusiast/Touring AT
Front 17x7.5JJ 30mm 23.259lbs 225/50R17 94W
Rear 17x8JJ 33mm 24.140lbs 235/50R17 96W

Performance/Touring MT
Front 18x8JJ 30mm 26.565lbs 225/45R18 91W
Rear 18x8JJ 30mm 26.565lbs 245/45R18 96W

Track
Front 18x8JJ 30mm 18.188lbs 225/45R18 91W
Rear 18x8.5JJ 33mm 18.629lbs 245/45R18 96W

 

How do offsets works? I see the Z (6mt touring) has a 30mm offset. What does a higher/lower offset do? And when changin rims and such, what should i strive for?

 

help... anyone?

 

Still logicz,

Do a search and you'll find plenty of info. In short the higher the offset, the more "tucked" the wheel becomes. The lower the offset, the futher "out" the wheel becomes. Depending on what size tires you plan to run you can run a 22-30+ offset up front and in the back 22-35 is relatively safe...but once again the size wheel influences the look. Ie a 8" wheel with a 245 on it with a 33+ offset is going to look like the stock Performance wheras if you stuck a 285 on a 10" wheel, well...it's just going to fill things out a bit better. From there, if you want to get aggressive, you could stuff that same 285 on a 10" wheel and probably get away with something as low as a 22+ offset, but would be pretty close to fender rub.

Hope that helps.

 

offset refers to the distance of the wheel hub relative to the centerline of the wheel.

There is some webpage that describes it well.. but look at a wheel along the tread.. imagine a verticle line down the middle of the tire... a zero offset would have the wheel hub right on that line.. offset refers to the distance +/- that line.. left and right.. where the hub is.

A quick explanation is at

http://www.reliabletool.com/products/offset.htm