jon.l Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Reading a few posts over on MX5 Nutz about the effects of lowering the offset on an MX5 have lead me to wonder if there is a point where you can still retain a large part of the cars characteristics (which we all know and love) but also have an increased contact patch/wider 'stance' (I hate that word)? I know that generally there are two types of people, those fit the wheels that make the car handle the best and those that fit the wheels that make their car 'look' the best, but can there be a happy medium where one can, say, make the look a little more aggressive or even just open up more choices of wheels? I understand past a certain point you are changing a lot of fundamentals in the geometry of the suspension, I wouldn't be looking to push that far, just to perhaps fill the arches out a little. Cheers Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Dramatic change in off-set or spacers is not end of days providing you don't fit 10j 20" wheels.... Keeping within designed wheels the camber can be altered to correct the position of the contact patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.l Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks for replying Tony, if for example I was to fit a set of 8j wheels with a low offset (et10 or et0), are we saying thats really not a good thing or can the car still handle well on these. It's unlikely I'd do that but I'm interested in asking the question Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 8j 0et will put the contact patch outside of the pivitol point and give dire handling on bump, so in this case the camber needs to be moved to re-direct the "Steering Axis Inclination". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.l Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Forgive me for sounding stupid but when you say moved I take it you mean adjusted as opposed to physically changing components? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yes adjusted.... The 5 camber adjuster has a +- 1 degree 30 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.l Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yep that makes sense, cheers In the grand scheme of things am I going to be better off with the right offset/size wheels for adjustments sake? Ie can the car adopt a wider range of settings with the right wheels? I'm guessing yes but advice from those who know is always good. Cheers Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 It's best to stick with recommended off-sets because compensating for non OEM off-sets might deny the ideal chassis positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.l Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks for clarifying Tony Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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