Increasing My Size!!

[vt_maverick]

I went from the the stock 18's (38mm offset) in 245/60/18 to Borbet 18's (-2mm offset) in 265/60/18, which I believe means I've moved the outside of my tires 50mm (40mm for rims + half of the extra 20mm of tire width). I had to trim the front cladding on both sides and a very small square off the rear section of the front wheel well (driver's side only - weird). Neither are noticeable whatsoever.

Hard to say whether you'd rub with lower profile tires on wider offset rims without heavy slide rule usage. However I think it's reasonable to assume that if you have to do any trimming it won't be substantial.

Go for it!

[89Vette]

Here's another question...

It sounds like the VX's need a larger-than-avg center bore hole. Not that other SUV/Trucks don't need that size as well, but it's larger than avg for the newer rigs. Also, by looking at the size of the center hubs for stock VX wheels, they concluded that a large, deep cap would be necessary.

As such, one local wheel store said very few wheels (only one brand) would have center caps large enough to fit a VX. But, when going back thru the wheel thread (at the top of this section), I notice a HUGE variety of wheel cap sizes. Heck, some of the wheels look like the center hub is completely covered and fits very nicely under a flush wheel face.

How can there be so much variance in the center cap section? Just picking a couple of random pics to show my point....

Here's one with big-azz center caps just like stock...


But here's another with essentially flush center caps....


So, what's the scoop with the center hub? Can I use a wheel with a flush cap like the white VX above?