iX wheel thread

[RWD BLOWS]

Okay, I was just checking because I know some guys who bought Rota wheels (mainly FWD cars) had issues with their wheels clearing the brakes so they had to run spacers in the front to clear the brakes. I am looking at the JNC001 ET25 so idk if anyone can shed some light on this.

[kronus]

phew i was definitely googling rotor fitment for a second there

[nando]

Uh. No, the fronts use exactly the same parts. Only the rear brakes are different, and only the rotors due to the deeper ebrake drums.

[The Dark Side of Will]

ETA... NVM because I didn't check RealOEM first

[nando]

Brake clearance is rarely a problem. If they clear a RWD car, they'll fit the ix.

[RWD BLOWS]

Also it seems depending on what wheels you are trying to put on the car some may not fit depending on whether they clear the brakes or not. So how are you supposed to know what will actually work on the car?

[The Dark Side of Will]

I am still running stock wheels so I don’t have any personal experience, but I have saved this from earlier in this thread. (Don’t remember who said it, probably nando)

Generally, depending on tire size of course:
7" wheels - ET25-ET40 (ET25 is pushing it)
7.5" wheels - ET30-ET35
8" wheels - ET30 (+/-2mm or so - they are a tight fit).

9" wheels are never going to fit an ix properly (that is, not stick out 1" past the fenders), unless you do stupid things with "stance" and camber and undersized tires. Thankfully that seems to have finally died out a bit..

Quoted for future reference

[RWD BLOWS]

A freshly painted set of 15x7 OEM ix weaves with 15mm spacers looks great.

Those would look good. The only reason why i am pushing the issue with 16x8 ET25 is because there are so many wheel options this size. Im not much on the "stanced" look on cars anymore but I might Do something like this to get the wheels like that I really want. If I decide to go through with making this work in a professional manner I will definitely post up what I did to get it to happen.

[Kershaw]

A freshly painted set of 15x7 OEM ix weaves with 15mm spacers looks great.

[RWD BLOWS]

You've got it backwards. If you put a 10mm spacer your offset now becomes +15, so the wheel would be sticking out further than the +25.

Think of it this way, the higher the positive number, the more pushed in the wheel will be, and the higher the negative number, the further the wheel will be pushed out.

Okay so this is making more sense now, so my only chance is that this +25 wheel will work but it has me worried because it's a 8inch wide wheel.

[ThatM20Guy]

So this helps out a lot so if I have an 8 inch wheel at a +25 offset I could run a 5 or 10mm spacer all the way around? Or am I thinking about this backwards?

You've got it backwards. If you put a 10mm spacer your offset now becomes +15, so the wheel would be sticking out further than the +25.

Think of it this way, the higher the positive number, the more pushed in the wheel will be, and the higher the negative number, the further the wheel will be pushed out.

[RWD BLOWS]

I am still running stock wheels so I don’t have any personal experience, but I have saved this from earlier in this thread. (Don’t remember who said it, probably nando)

Generally, depending on tire size of course:
7" wheels - ET25-ET40 (ET25 is pushing it)
7.5" wheels - ET30-ET35
8" wheels - ET30 (+/-2mm or so - they are a tight fit).

9" wheels are never going to fit an ix properly (that is, not stick out 1" past the fenders), unless you do stupid things with "stance" and camber and undersized tires. Thankfully that seems to have finally died out a bit..

So this helps out a lot so if I have an 8 inch wheel at a +25 offset I could run a 5 or 10mm spacer all the way around? Or am I thinking about this backwards?

[ThatM20Guy]

So after a good bit of research I have come to the conclusion a few things....I still dont understand wheel sizing but I do know what I like and I want to ask you guys for some help. All the wheels that I like seem to be a 16x8 4x100 pattern and anywhere from ET0/ET20/ET25. So what I am really needing to know is will the ET25s fit? Do I need spacers, and if those wont fit what offset will work the best for a 16x8 wheel. I want to try to stay with the widest tire i possibly can as well. TIA.

I am still running stock wheels so I don’t have any personal experience, but I have saved this from earlier in this thread. (Don’t remember who said it, probably nando)

Generally, depending on tire size of course:
7" wheels - ET25-ET40 (ET25 is pushing it)
7.5" wheels - ET30-ET35
8" wheels - ET30 (+/-2mm or so - they are a tight fit).

9" wheels are never going to fit an ix properly (that is, not stick out 1" past the fenders), unless you do stupid things with "stance" and camber and undersized tires. Thankfully that seems to have finally died out a bit..

[RWD BLOWS]

So after a good bit of research I have come to the conclusion a few things....I still dont understand wheel sizing but I do know what I like and I want to ask you guys for some help. All the wheels that I like seem to be a 16x8 4x100 pattern and anywhere from ET0/ET20/ET25. So what I am really needing to know is will the ET25s fit? Do I need spacers, and if those wont fit what offset will work the best for a 16x8 wheel. I want to try to stay with the widest tire i possibly can as well. TIA.

[notanawdix80]

OZ EXCLUSIVE 16x7,5 ET35 205/45/16

Perfect fitment imo.
Probably gonna use bigger rubber on the future. And probably gonna take better pics :devil: