what size rim??

[lwrdxsport]

I have been looking for a while and have searched many different posts on rims but couldnt find which rim would fit my 2003 sport. I was on summits website and i like the cragar soft 8. I want the stock 16 inch rim size to go with my new definity dakota m/t's. which cragar soft 8 rim should i buy? I did not want to just purchase them by the lug pattern because i wasnt sure :/

 

[lwrdxsport]

anyone??

 

[lwrdxsport]

I think I am just going to buy 1 rim and if it fits i will buy the next 3 if it doesnt then just buy and return til i get the right one...

 

[lwrdxsport]

can anyone help??

 

[heathmo]

My guess is that you're not getting alot of responses because it's been asked a few times, they're probably hinting you should search. But my educated guess, because I'm not 100% on this is -4 is the backspacing I think for 15x8.

 

[lwrdxsport]

thats the problem i got new tires and they are to fit a 16 inch rim. You cant put a 15 inch rim on a 3 gen sport because of the rotor diameter, there isnt enough room. so with the 16 inch rim it will space the tire out further and that is what i wanted. this is something i have wanted for a while but have never been able to determine which back space and offset i should obtain. they had a 16x7 and a 16x8 but i wasnt sure which one to get...

 

[heathmo]

How big are your tires, that's what will make the difference, 31s and up I'd get the 16x8, I'm pretty sure on the 8" you can fit up to a 33" maybe larger, that's a question for some of the other guys, if you're going for stock size, then x7" is what you'd probably want, in that case get -3.75, I'm pretty sure that's stock backspacing, I always forget the offset I think it's -4 or -9. Again something you might want to do a search on. Or just take the original rims in and have them tell you. I'm sure an auto shop should be able to tell you exactly what you're after.

 

[lwrdxsport]

well the idea was to buy the rims online from sumitt so thats why i was trying to figure out what size to get i plan on getting 33 in the future so i dont want to have to get rims twice

 

[JCUZ]

Roadbully has 16x8 with -12 offset and 4" backspace on his 3rd gen ex. it looks great and no clearance issues.