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I bought a set of 18x10.5 te37s for my GTT.

I put them on the car to see how they fit, and they poke out 30mm on both the front and rear!!

I am aware that this is an offset issue, but if i am to use these wheels, wot are my options in terms of lowering and camber? Ill be installing coilovers soon. I had the car on an angle in the driveway, which brought the front right and rear left wheels up into the wells. In doing so there was about 10mm gap between the tyre and guard, but also reduced the poke to about 10mm. Is this a fair representation of how the wheels will poke after lowering? Or will the poke stay at 30mm?

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when you just lower it without actively changing the camber the wheels will naturally gain camber on the front and rear, usually more on the rear because it can be lowered more than the front

thought it doesn't sound like camber alone is going to fix your problem i think you're going to be up for a guard roll at least

sounds like you bought these wheels without putting a second of throught or planning into it.. ?

Let me guess... you are going to put some puny undersized tyres on as well! You should have at least 275 or 285s. You will need more than a guard roll you need extensions welded on (or buy some more realistic sized rims).

18x10 is extremely silly to say. an 18x10+45 will sit well inside the guard whereas an 18x10 +15 will poke quite a bit even with some lowering. DO your homework instead of asking silly questions like Will an 18x10 fit or will it be too big.

you will destroy tyres with aggressive camber, just get a smaller wheel.

if you dont have coilovers i assume the rest of your car is stock so dont really need the contact patch a 10.5 will give

go for some 17's in a 8.5 or 9

Sorry for hijacking but I'm about to put a wide bodykit on I worked out my stock rim specs to be 17 x 8 with an offset of approx +30.the rim sits a decent 30mm inside the guards and 30mm away from the shocks. I'm gonna put a body kit which will make the guards 30mm wider so abt 60mm space with stock rims. I'm a noob with wheels and I'm trying to find out what's the biggest width and offset for an 18 I can have without rolling and interfering with the suspension. Thanks

Hey Guys.

i had just bought Volk GTC 18x10 +24 for the rear wrapped in 255 35 18 also got a GTT,

just waiting for them to arrive. i was thinking that they should fit, all id need is a slight roll of the guards..

Am i way off or pretty much on the money.

Sorry for hijacking but I'm about to put a wide bodykit on I worked out my stock rim specs to be 17 x 8 with an offset of approx +30.the rim sits a decent 30mm inside the guards and 30mm away from the shocks. I'm gonna put a body kit which will make the guards 30mm wider so abt 60mm space with stock rims. I'm a noob with wheels and I'm trying to find out what's the biggest width and offset for an 18 I can have without rolling and interfering with the suspension. Thanks

I always say it.

17>18.

This, I run 17x9 +30 with 255s on the back of my 33. Function :)

As far as I'm concerned any rim issues due to low offset can be rectified its just a matter of money and legality

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