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Old 06-25-2009, 09:37 PM
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The Konig Beyonds, the finish is excellent.I ran a set of 18" for a while and really like slight dish the wheel has.The offset was 35mm.The Konig Beyonds come is two different offsets for a 17"...30 and 40mm offsets.Check out Discount Tires website(scroll up to about page 9).
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Im looking at the ones from discount tire. Which offsett should I go with for the 17x8s?
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Old 06-26-2009, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by JMG2k5GT
Which offsett should I go with for the 17x8s?
It depends if you want to see more lip or not.
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Old 06-26-2009, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JMG2k5GT
Im looking at the ones from discount tire. Which offsett should I go with for the 17x8s?
You could go with 30mm offset running the stock tire size-235/55/17's and have good clearance.Plus the wheels will still stay tucked under the wheel wells.The stock 17" Bullitts have a 45mm offset and stick way the hell in the wheels wells.I run a 17" wheel with the 30mm offset and it fits really good.
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Id like to see what the 17x8 in the Konigs looked like. Ive seen the 17x9 Bullits with the larger lip and I like its lip. Which would show more lip on the Konigs the 30mm offset of the 40?
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Old 06-27-2009, 06:48 PM
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Those look good.
You'll be happy Beyond belief!!
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Old 06-27-2009, 09:23 PM
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I have 18" x 9.5" (+45 offset) with 255/45 tires all around.



...and here is a close up of the lip.

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Old 06-28-2009, 08:46 AM
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That looks great against the black. Nice car. I though about doing a Bullit 17x8 in front and the 17x9 in the rear.

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Old 06-28-2009, 11:34 AM
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My tires now are 235x55x17", will that fit a 9" wide wheel?
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Old 06-28-2009, 05:00 PM
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That tire size(235-55-17) is wide enough for a 6.5 to 8.5 inch rim,you'll spread the section width of the tire so much you'll lose the ride quality on a 9 inch wide rim,plus you''l have premature tire wear on the edges. Section width is 9.65 on a 7.5 inch rim.That tire size(235-55-17) would be perfect on a 17x8 inch wide rim.

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Old 06-28-2009, 07:02 PM
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Anyone ever dealt with OEWheels, they have a nice 18x9 Bullit gunmetal that looks nice and is only $385 a set, I could do that and do wheels and tires probably
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