Custom wheels can be cut to clear the calipers of the OEM BBK if you have it. I'll just name a couple: DPE, HRE, IForged, ISS Forged, D2 Forged, Rotiform, VIP Modular. All these will run you anywhere from $3500-7000 depending on brand and size.

 

^^correct. You choose your disk size, your wheel width, and offsets. This is the only way to get a true custom fitment for a car, and def the best way(aka: not having to run spacers). This also allows you to produce the most amount of lip or concaveness depending on what style of wheels you like.

 

I want a big lip. Still confused about how it works. I know the disk is a part of bigger lips. Somewhere said that the lower the offset the bigger the lip, which makes sense. So a 20x10 with a lower offset is a bigger lip than a 10.5 with a higher offset?

 

I'm actually planning on bagging my '05 FX35. Have you ran into any problems w/ your stock components at all? I know you mentioned you drive your car A LOT, so I want to be prepared for anything going wrong after installing it.

One of my buddies has baggs and the lower he sits, the bouncier it gets because of the amout of motion the bag can move, and the more air/higher its raised(yes, 4x4 mode), the ride because smooth and stiff. This is the same reason why many people switch to a bag/coil setup, so that way they can still be stiff when slammed.

 

This depends. Your disk size plays a HUGE roll in your lip size. There's usually 3 types of disk:

1. BBK
2. Normal
3. Agressive

The more your spokes have to curve to reach around the Brakes, the less lip your wheels will produce.

If you do a standards side by side of the same disk, then yes, a 10.5" wheel with the same offset as a 10" wheel will have a larger lip. The lower the offset, its straight lip size.

Example: +30 offset will give you 30 MM less of lip then a +0 offset. When you go in the negative offsets, its the same(just like temperature). The lower you go, the more lip you get.

I did a CRAP tone of studying of all of this when I ordered my Work wheels because living in MN, i knew I had limitations of how small of a tire I could run to not crack a wheel.

This is a great website to use as a reference and put it in perspective as well. (i put this in calc as an example)

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp?...&text1=&text2=

 

Let's use a ten inch three peice wheel width for example. Say the offset is plus 0, or center of the wheel. That would result in a 5inches for the outer barrel width. Then you add the face of the wheel which needs to clear the brakes. This is where the disk, face, backspacing, etc. comes into play. If you need a big caliper clearance you may only have a 3.5" lip because you would need the clearance. However if you only need to clear a smaller take size you can use a shallower face and having a larger lip while the wheel width and offset are the same.

 

Quoting this information again, since it is good information and deserves to be on this page twice.

Also remember that general rule of thumb is just to purchase wheels that do clear larger calipers, in case there is ever that chance that you want to get one later down the road.

I failed to do that with my WORK T1S and had to run spacers when I ended up getting an OEM brembo kit.

 

I hate math lol. More negative more aggressive, but higher disk smaller lip. More room for BBK less fatness your lip is going to be. For front use High DIsk no matter what, whatever disk it takes to fit a big BBK, unless you know youll never get one than do medium or normal disk. For the rear you can do a normal disk and youll still fit your bbk.

.. i want new wheels lol

 

Dam great info. Thanks guys! So let's say I have 2 wheels. Both same disks, one is a 20x10 +0 and the other is a 20x10.5 +6 would the lip size be the same? Or would the 20x10 have a bigger lip

 

^probably almost exact same. If not the same. Best way to find out is to ask the company making the wheels

 

Sorry for the crappy pics, rainy day FTL. Anyway heres a pic of my newest set of wheels, slightly less aggessive than my ISS's that were 9.5/10.5 +10. Ill take better pics as soon as the weather is better.

19" Varrstoen 2.2.2
Limited Edition Black Chrome
Front: 9.5" +12 w/ 225/45/19 Hankook V12
Rear: 10.5" +12 w/ 245/40/19 Hankook V12

 

I'm not in love with the color combo for some reason... Something just is throwing it off for me

 

A lot of great info here, thanks guys

 

Fairlady I like it. What's your camber at driving height and how high is it?

 

hey doggy, whats your front camber set at?