What is the offset of the wheels?

[Kenny]

What are the offsets of these wheels? I see +6 and -18 on the websites but have do clue which is which and don’t want to make a mistake

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[Dkretden]

‘Wheel offset is the distance in millimeters from the center line of the wheel to the mounting surface. If the mounting surface is closer to the face of the wheel it is known to have a positive offset and if the mounting point is closer to the inside of the wheel it has a negative offset. Center or no offset is when the mounting point is directly on the centerline of the wheel.’

Wheel offset will “push or pull” your tires out or in from stock......

Your stock rims are 7.5 inches wide with a 44mm offset.

This calculator can help you.....

https://tiresize.com/wheel-offset-calculator/

 

[Kenny]

‘Wheel offset is the distance in millimeters from the center line of the wheel to the mounting surface. If the mounting surface is closer to the face of the wheel it is known to have a positive offset and if the mounting point is closer to the inside of the wheel it has a negative offset. Center or no offset is when the mounting point is directly on the centerline of the wheel.’

Wheel offset will “push or pull” your tires out or in from stock......

Your stock rims are 7.5 inches wide with a 44mm offset.

This calculator can help you.....

https://tiresize.com/wheel-offset-calculator/

So the -18 wheel has the large Li- on the outside - right? Thanks

 

[blnewt]

Looks like they only make the -18 offset in the Jeep bolt pattern (5x127). I would run the +6 if they had it for the Jeep though.

 

[Dkretden]

So the -18 wheel has the large Li- on the outside - right? Thanks

I don’t understand the question . “Li”?

A negative offset wheel will have a “deeper dish” from the front of the rim and it will have the effect of pushing your wheels/tires further away from the body of the Jeep.

A positive offset will have the visual I,pact of a shallower dish and will pull the wheels back into the body of the Jeep.

Both types of offsets naturally impact backspacing.

 

[Discount Tire]

As mentioned, in the JL 5-127 bolt pattern the only offset offered is ET-18 which on a 9.5:" wide wheel is ~4.5-inches of backspace.

The wheels will most likely work for you depending on tire size just bear in mind that the Armory wheels are going to sit about 3.5-inches further outwards when compared to where the O.E. wheels sit now.

 

[_thewick]

As mentioned, in the JL 5-127 bolt pattern the only offset offered is ET-18 which on a 9.5:" wide wheel is ~4.5-inches of backspace.

The wheels will most likely work for you depending on tire size just bear in mind that the Armory wheels are going to sit about 3.5-inches further outwards when compared to where the O.E. wheels sit now.

I was talking to a guy from Tire Rack today and said “there’s absolutely no way you can have a negative offset wheel without a lift”... which doesn’t really sound right to me. In fact not only did he say I should try to get as close to stock as possible (no less than 30), he said I should try to go higher. This really confused me because I thought that would push the wheel closer to the vehicle and cause clearance issues; when I questioned him on this he said no, the negative would cause clearance issues when turning the wheel. That still doesn’t sound right and I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this I guess... I really thought the key to lateral clearance (not tire height/fender clearance) was backspacing, which is calculated from width and offset. How does more backspacing = more clearance?

 

[ChattVol]

I was talking to a guy from Tire Rack today and said “there’s absolutely no way you can have a negative offset wheel without a lift”... which doesn’t really sound right to me. In fact not only did he say I should try to get as close to stock as possible (no less than 30), he said I should try to go higher. This really confused me because I thought that would push the wheel closer to the vehicle and cause clearance issues; when I questioned him on this he said no, the negative would cause clearance issues when turning the wheel. That still doesn’t sound right and I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this I guess... I really thought the key to lateral clearance (not tire height/fender clearance) was backspacing, which is calculated from width and offset. How does more backspacing = more clearance?

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