16x8 wont fit need help

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16x8 wont fit need help

By civic15
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:26 pm #320447 Have 98 Civic hatch with 2 1/4 inch drop kit my rims are 16x8 with 205/45r16. What should i do to make them fit
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Re: 16x8 wont fit need help

By bigJOE671
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:58 pm #320448
civic15 wrote:Have 98 Civic hatch with 2 1/4 inch drop kit my rims are 16x8 with 205/45r16. What should i do to make them fit


Post a pic of it
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By Apexracing
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:41 pm #320462 get spacers

By rustydx
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:21 pm #320518 Spacers
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By civic15
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:31 pm #320530 rims: 16x8 0mm offset would put 195/45r16 or 185/45r16 to get strech tire so i get few inch to get closer to my inner fender

picture is a few comments lower
Last edited by civic15 on Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:55 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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By teal_dx
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:32 pm #320531
Spacers


We don't even know why they don't fit. I would wait to learn more about the problem before telling him to buy spacers.

Spacers will only be useful if the wheel offset is too high, causing the inside of the wheel to hit control arm / suspension parts, or the inside of the spokes are hitting the caliper.

If the offset is too low, causing the wheel/tire to rub the edge of the fender, then he's going to have to do fender work, add negative camber or get a lower profile / skinnier stretched tire. :wink:


edit: you just posted the offset as I was typing this post. 0 offset is the problem... You're going to need to
1. roll the fender
2. get a stretched tire
3. go even lower so that you get negative camber which will help tuck the top of the tire in, away from the fender edge.

Also, can't get the link for the pic to work. Is this in a public album on FB or private? The only civic I saw on your wall was a purple EK and the wheels fit fine.
Last edited by teal_dx on Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:41 pm, edited 3 times in total.

By HeikDiesel
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:33 pm #320533 How would spacers help this problem?
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By 95kuope
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:38 pm #320534
civic15 wrote:rims: 16x8 0mm offset would put 195/45r16 or 185/45r16 to get strech tire so i get few inch to get closer to my inner fender


i dont know hpw to add pictures on this site so here my facebook link just check on my wall


to see the picture :

http://www.facebook.com/civic15


right click on the image & copy image location & paste between the img code. Image
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By teal_dx
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:40 pm #320536
95kuope wrote:
civic15 wrote:rims: 16x8 0mm offset would put 195/45r16 or 185/45r16 to get strech tire so i get few inch to get closer to my inner fender


i dont know hpw to add pictures on this site so here my facebook link just check on my wall


to see the picture :

http://www.facebook.com/civic15


right click on the image & copy image location & paste between the img code. Image


he tried that but is didn't end in ".jpg" so it didn't work. You have to link the actual image link, not the page that the image is on. :thumb:
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By civic15
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:48 pm #320538 Image[/img]
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By 95kuope
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:52 pm #320539 looks like offset issue
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By civic15
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:57 pm #320540 well i have camber kit is there a way i can make it fit

By EJ1_MK
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:20 pm #320557 Its the 0mm offset is why it sticks out with spacers will only make it worse.

Even with adding - camber will not help with them sticking out that much

Suggestion is to sell wheels and get a set with a + offset like close to 35 then it will actually be in the fender properly.
Last edited by EJ1_MK on Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By teal_dx
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:12 pm #320570 it can be done:
http://www.google.com/search?q=16x8+0+o ... 2&bih=1006

but you'll need to do the 3 things I listed above.

Or Just sell the wheels and get ones that fit better as EJ1_MK suggested :thumb:
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