The offsets are VERY low, you'll have to pull the fenders to make them fit.
Hi and low-disc refers to the different type of wheel face (or whereabouts it sits in the rim). A hi-disk set up has better clearance which means you can fit larger calipers (ie. Supra 4-pots) and still use that wheel, and the low-disk refers to how deep it sits in the rim.
Oh, and chucking spacers on them would lower the offset even more.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 12:54 am, by: Ryan Rankovic(Ryan1j)
thanks for the fast replies guys
so 114.3 is ok? pull the fenders? same thing as gaurd rolling? flaring? would a wheel joint do this for me if i got them to fit tyres and the rims? are soarer gaurds suitable for flaring? i dont care if they need to be touched up with paint or anything, but is the gaurd strong enough to be pulled out to suit these rims?
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 08:54 am, by: Dominik Bloemhard(Dominik)
VIPStylecars.com is down at the moment but there is a guy on there that fitted 18x11s with close to zero offset with only guard rolling. Granted the wheels have a bit of 'poke', its nothing a bit of guard pulling or camber wouldnt fix.
Edit... ooh, looky-looky i managed to find some pics. Its the car at the front (the car in the back has similar fitments though!)
^ I remember reading about that SC3. The wheels have a ridiculous offset on them (like +7 or something). A little to extreme but I love the way the wheels sit on the Soarer behind it (the gold Work Meister S1/SSR Professor wheels).
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 09:45 pm, by: Morgan Cross(Morgan)
Forget if they will fit or not, the car will more than likely drive like a Sofa bed with them on.
Not the mention you will be differing from standard offset by more than 10 so it wont be street legal either, nor are they within legal width limits for Vicotians for a Soarer.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 11:12 pm, by: Dominik Bloemhard(Dominik)
I think the reasoning is that offsets affect the car's handling dynamics, and this means the car will perform differently to what the manufacturer intended... Or perhaps its about the extra stress on wheel bearings.
But almost any mod you do will affect the handling dynamics, and any performance mod you do to the engine will probably cause more stress on the engine components, so i'm not sure...
I believe you can get them engineered in VIC though. NSW is a bit more difficult...
Btw, if VIPStyleCars.com wasnt down atm, there are members there that could answer your questions on Soarer fenders in an instant....
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 11:17 pm, by: Dominik Bloemhard(Dominik)
Also, what are the wheel specs on Ueno's drift soarer? I can guarantee you they arent +50 offset 8" wide, and i bet that car handles better than a Sealy Posturepedic!
Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 08:44 am, by: Dominik Bloemhard(Dominik)
Well that may be, but i was also just trying to make a point I think we should leave the conjecturing about the handling characteristics to those who have actually run similar wheel/suspension setups. Suspension and handling is a pretty complicated subject, and just because someone had tramlining with +32 offset wheels doesnt mean we can extrapolate that all low offset wheel setups will handle badly.
Now, it may be that it will drive like with those wheels, but i'm not going to pretend i know how it will behave on his car. And if it does handle badly, then I am more than happy to take those wheels off his hands for my Cedric!!!