wats up yall.. new rx8 owner here... tried searching around but couldnt find many results. im looken at purchasing some new rims, 19x8.5 +38mm front/ 19x9.5 +35mm rear... will these work ? im looken at getting those tein S springs soon too.. thanks !

 

LoL sounds like my set up if you searched a LITTLE harder you would have found 1000 posts on it. So yet it will work :D

 

aha yea man i tried searching... so u got the exact same setup huh ? are u lowered ? it be coo if u had some pics

 

im just most worried about the offset... ive got alot email replied back from sellers saying that the rx8 has a high offset... just making sure 35mm offset will work in the rear with 19x9.5s ?

 

if you lower it the the car will be real close to rubbing

 

Pretty sure the offset will be an issue in the rear

 

if you are lowered, you will rub the rear. will need an aggressive fender shave or fender roll. i have a +36 on the rear and i rub slightly when going up slopes at an angle. and i have a fender shave too (not too aggressive).

 

From my extensive experience this is where you would need to be:

Stock fenders:
19x8.5 +35 is about as low an offset as you want to go
19x9.5 +45 is about the lowest I'd suggest

These are for tire sizes 245/35/19 and 275/30/19

I am running a 10 +45 which is like a 9.5 +40 from a front spacing aspect, and I had rubbing issues. I rolled about 4mm of the rear fender lip and have no probs now.

I'm blowing out some Volk GT-V wheels in Mercury silver. not sure if that's your budget. They are in the 1900 to 2kish range. Just at the border of that depending on whether or not you want centercaps etc....

 

thanks... ordered the rims today. pics to come soon

 

What did you end up getting? SPecs?

 

Hmm I have 19 * 9.5 in the back with 275/30/19 lowered with tein s techs and koni shocks....no rubbing

 

but its the offset that will cause the rubbing.. and u will have to wait to see the rims, and pics..

 

Man, I'd love to see some pics (side and rear) of that set-up! Any chance?

 

umm I have a few pics of them on here i'll try and see if I can find the threads I posted them in