Wheel Sizes & Offsets For Skylines

[boiracer]

those look like some crazy numbers, I could understand a little for road camber etc. but 1.3 to 3.6 is a big difference. can you see it in the back wheels?

[Manuel Kasko]

Yeah you can really notice that one wheel is different to the other.

But I always though 3 degrees was like those epic stance cars?

or is 3 degrees pretty reasonable?

[jessiek]

Hey guys, just curious on what tyre size to run on my wheels(still to get them) 350z anniversary looking at 225-40-18 for the fronts and 235-40-18 OR 245-35-18 if someone could help me out car is R34, which one would be the better choice?

[RB2600]

Skyline model = R33 GTR
Wheel diameter = 17 inch
Wheel width = (F) 9 inch (R ) 9 inch
Wheel offset = (F) 30 (R ) 30 ---> (F) 10 (R ) 10
Tyre size = (F) 245/45/17 (R ) 245/45/17
Modifications to fit = None

AFTER / BEFORE

[Sinista32]

Daniel - that's out of whack mate.

Front L+R and Rear L+R numbers should be pretty close to each other.

eg:

Front L = -01.85 R= -01.86

Rear L = -02.26 R= -1.99

So yeah fractionally different - not whole numbers apart

Edit: 3 degrees probably to much for the street. Fine for the track

Depends how much tyre wear you can bare.

Hey guys,

I have never been completely happy with how my 18x9.5 +22 rims sit on my car.

So I decided to call up the place who did the wheel alignment and get the specs for the camber that they put on it.

Below are the details

Front Left: -2.27deg

Front Right: -1.14 deg

Rear Left: -1.39deg

Rear Right: -3.69deg

Does this sound right? I always thought 3deg camber was something the fan boys did

I'm questioning if he actually gave me the correct info.

Looking at some whiteline camber arms to help correct this.

Edited August 8, 2013 by Sinista32

[boiracer]

^this

3 degrees is very racing car, not quite hella hectic von shizzle......but def not daily driver type stuff.

[Sinista32]

Fanboys will go 5 to 9 degrees on the black bimma running 20's tucked under the guard with a 6" wooden cross and Ju Ju beads hanging from the rear view

[Manuel Kasko]

Okay awesome.

So they have bushes that allow you to adjust up to 0.75%

I was thinking of getting them for the front

And camber arms for the back to adjust the most.

What do you think?

Or should I be getting camber arms for the front as well.

[boiracer]

front has no movement, but rear has a few degrees of adjust. camber adj blocks at the front will be fine, but you will need the arms to fix that rear. But that leads to the question, why is the car so far out at the rear? is this as good as they could get it? or is it just a dodgy alignment job?

[Manuel Kasko]

I'm really unsure what happened.

I took it to a local Canberra tire place.

Seems very strange that they allowed it to be so different for both sides. Makes traction very strange in the wet. I was thinking with arms I could get it to almost flush.

[boiracer]

or take it back to them and ask? there must be a reason for those numbers, even if it is just a dodgy job. or a loose bolt. something

[ARTZ]

Yeah rears shouldn't have more than a degree or 2 at most..3 on the front is fairly common, I run it but not on the back...and they shouldn't be that different side to side..half a degree at most...sure you haven't got a bent control arm...

It must look odd from behind your car...

For good handling you want r 2-3 on the front and 1-1.5 rear...for good looks you want to wear a dress and heels..

[boiracer]

It would look and drive wierd.

my camber is at about 1.5-1.8 front and about 0.6 at the rear....I like being able to get out of a corner without drifting it

[boiracer]

Skyline model = R33 GTR

Wheel diameter = 17 inch

Wheel width = (F) 9 inch (R ) 9 inch

Wheel offset = (F) 30 (R ) 30 ---> (F) 10 (R ) 10

Tyre size = (F) 245/45/17 (R ) 245/45/17

Modifications to fit = None

AFTER / BEFORE

needs more low!

[Frosty]

Hey guys,

I have never been completely happy with how my 18x9.5 +22 rims sit on my car.

So I decided to call up the place who did the wheel alignment and get the specs for the camber that they put on it.

Below are the details

Front Left: -2.27deg

Front Right: -1.14 deg

Rear Left: -1.39deg

Rear Right: -3.69deg

Does this sound right? I always thought 3deg camber was something the fan boys did

I'm questioning if he actually gave me the correct info.

Looking at some whiteline camber arms to help correct this.

ouch!

[Frosty]

Yeah rears shouldn't have more than a degree or 2 at most..3 on the front is fairly common, I run it but not on the back...and they shouldn't be that different side to side..half a degree at most...sure you haven't got a bent control arm...

It must look odd from behind your car...

This is on the money

For good handling you want r 2-3 on the front and 1-1.5 rear...for good looks you want to wear a dress and heels..

this is a little too much on the rear as far as static camber is concerned in the rear regarding traction and handling.

[Frosty]

I'm really unsure what happened.

I took it to a local Canberra tire place.

Seems very strange that they allowed it to be so different for both sides. Makes traction very strange in the wet. I was thinking with arms I could get it to almost flush.

if you come up the coast i have a guy that can do your car

[Manuel Kasko]

if you come up the coast i have a guy that can do your car

On a weekend haha?

[Frosty]

On a weekend haha?

he can do a saturday

[Manuel Kasko]

Well once I get my camber arms etc
I will let you know and if I am heading up sydney way we can organise something