Girl needs a hand with offsets!

**chevrolet-girl** · 01-23-2012, 07:38 PM

hey everyone, looking to know whats best for offsets.
i drive a 98 chevy, regular cab short box, with a 3 inch body lift, 6 inch suspension lift, and a bunch of other stuff... so i bought 37x13.50r17 super swamper tsl's and now im looking at finding rims, but ill admit im clueless about what i should get for an offset, i know i want a negative but don't know how much would be best? i want enough offset that its not going to rub but not to much where ill have tires that stick out 5 inches.. any and all information anyones willing to give would be appreciated and pictures even to if you don't mind, this truck is my baby and i really want to get the right rims!

thanks! :)

**1988 GMC 355** · 01-23-2012, 07:56 PM

I have 285/75/16 tires on my truck in my sig and the wheels have a 4.51 BS, I would say that amount of back space or so.

**captnidiot** · 01-23-2012, 08:17 PM

Did you convert those numbers into Canadian for her? I would but im not sure how to do it.

**1988 GMC 355** · 01-23-2012, 08:25 PM

Well the 4.51 I stated is in inches, so sorry if that confused you OP, but they know SAE units to up there.

**carloracer1987** · 01-23-2012, 08:27 PM

Id watch it i got 4 1/2 bs on my 03 and they dont sit out hardly at all compared to stock

**captnidiot** · 01-23-2012, 08:28 PM

You sure it's a totally different world up there, I dont really know what there all aboot

**BOTMAN** · 01-23-2012, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by captnidiot

Did you convert those numbers into Canadian for her? I would but im not sure how to do it.

... in the OP she is using inches... why would she need it to be converted to metric (or Canadian from your neck of the woods)...

**chevrolet-girl** · 01-23-2012, 09:04 PM

thanks to BOTMAN and 1988 GMC 355 for sticking up for me a lil there lol, i do know both standard and metric... and i do know a lot about trucks i was just hoping for some advice from other people on what they've done and looks good, really just don't want to be buying rims and sending them back a bunch of times to find what looks good..

**1988 GMC 355** · 01-23-2012, 09:10 PM

Well with a 13.50 inch wide tire a wheel with 4.51 in. or 4.75 in BS would work well I think and with a 6 in lift and 3 in body lift you won't have rubbing issues.

**WildChevys** · 01-24-2012, 04:47 AM

i'd go with a x10 or x12 wheel with 4.5 to 5" backspacing

**wes761** · 01-24-2012, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by WildChevys

i'd go with a x10 or x12 wheel with 4.5 to 5" backspacing

x2 ^ Can't believe no one else chimmed in.

4.5" backspacing is the common backspacing ran with your setup/rim size. You should have minimal trimming with a 10" wide wheel.

**speedjunkie** · 01-26-2012, 08:23 PM

I think that when you look on web sites now a days everything is in milimeters. So you have -25 or -12 or just plain 0. Some people doesn't know what that equates to. There is a good write up about this on Gmfullsize.com I will look for it.