in the process of buying some new wheels for my facelift classic, i am aware that most use either a et53 or et45 offset, could some1 explain to me the benefits of either and exactly what the offset does lol, thanks in advance.

 

Try this Drifting Tools and Resources | Driftworks | Wheel Offset Calculator should help you figure it out.

The offset is the distance from the centre of the wheel to where the hub face is.

James

 

any 1 else to elaborate?

 

Offset affects the feel of the steering and brake clearance.... Mine are 45 ET, to clear my Brembo's on a new-age STI.
On my car a 53 offset would mean that my 8" rim would force the tyre very close to the strut !

So a narrow rim 7.5" can be fitted with a 53 mm offset, but an 8" rim needs a 45mm offset.

HTH

DunxC

P.S. pump these numbers into the calculator gives :-

3mm more clearance at the strut, and outside edge sticks out 12mm further.

 

In what way (worse/better) does the steering feel gets affected by altering (increasing/decreasing) the offset? Reducing the offset makes the steering better or worse?
I have posted a similar question here but would like to know about the effect of altering the offset to the steering: https://www.scoobynet.com/wheels-tyr...se-wheels.html
In the end I decided to go for 7.5x17 ET53 Sti wheels as Prodrive recommends (for my 07 wagon)