agressive offsets causes bad handling ?

[Darth Vader]

i read and verify that having after market rims with too much offset difference from oem offsets causes handling to suffer.

previously on my ride i kept to oem offsets with after market rims and handling improved over stock.

having a too agressive offset on the rear wheels causes unbalance and understeer tendencies.
so sticking close to stock oem offsets are really better for handling.

 

[Ahbengdriver]

Re: agressive offsets causes bad handling ?

says who? What causes that leh?

 

[Darth Vader]

Re: agressive offsets causes bad handling ?

says who? What causes that leh?

one guy called orb in e90post.com.

 

[TripleM]

Re: agressive offsets causes bad handling ?

typically, a permissible offsets of up to 5 to 7mms are fine

some who go aggressive because of wider body work will have to increase the negativity substantially and this is prone to kaboom on the wheel bearings...

 

[Darth Vader]

Re: agressive offsets causes bad handling ?

typically, a permissible offsets of up to 5 to 7mms are fine

some who go aggressive because of wider body work will have to increase the negativity substantially and this is prone to kaboom on the wheel bearings...

yep thats true.my front offset quite near to oem but my rear quite aggressive bacause of my vanity.i increase my rear from 25 to 30 with a marked improvement in handling.maybe 35 will be better but it will look tucked in.so hopefully 30 will do for me.

 

[Shaun]

Re: agressive offsets causes bad handling ?

Keeping rim width constant, increasing offset increases bushing/bearing/joint loads.

It also increases scrub radius which twists the steering wheel harder in your hands when FR or FL wheel hits a bump by itself, increases steering effort, and wears tires out quicker through steering action. This effect is only present in the front, assuming rears don't steer (like some 4WS cars). FWIW there have been incidents where cars modified with extreme offsets have ended up breaking driver thumb(s) from non serious crashes...curb strikes, etc.

Changes in F:R track ratios, unless taken to extremes, have only small effect on U/S O/S balance of a car. Shocks and springs still dominate in effect here. First two paragraphs are more of a concern IMO.