hey guys, was there an older generation of the volk sf challenges that had no lip? where the spokes connect directly to the edge of the rim?

 

Maybe you're thinking of the old Volk Daytona Speed?

 

ahhh... so thats what its called...yes, i believe those are the ones, are those rims any good? light? popular...?

 

these are the ones i was talking about...what do you guys think? they are:
front: 18x9 +45
rear: 18x10 +48

 

as long as you do 25mm spacers, they might look decent.

 

Add another 5mm to that

 

do those rims look that bad??

 

No they don't look bad..it's just that offsets are too high. but I can see the reason why..offsets on wheels that are sold in Japan are generally very conservative.

 

conservative? offsets of +45 and +48 will make the rim stick out of the wheel well no? what are the spacers for then?

 

No with that offset the wheels will be tucked in. Remember, lower the offset number, the further the wheel sticks out. You need spacers to drop the offset to +25 or below to make it look good. Adding 25mm spacer to let's say +45 will make the offset to +20. It's actually subtraction.

 

crap...and all this time i thought the higher the offset the more it sticks out...damn..so these no good without spacers then. what a drag. what size width tires should i put on these?

 

255/35/18, 285/35/18 or 245/35/18, 275/35/18