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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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question about my 87GTA

Hey guys havent been here in a while, but i finally got my gta back on the road but i have a tire question, being that the rims on the car are two different offsets, which goes were, i thought i bigger offset goes in rear and the smaller goes in front, but i noticed it is rubbing in the front, did i do something wrong?? or is this supposed to help handling with the wider tires in the front..

thanks for the help guys!!

Steve
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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Hey, know what you mean, thats what I thought too when I bought mine, But weird as it is, the ones with the bigger offset go ing the front.
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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- actually if you look at the back side of the wheel before you put it on, they say "front" and "rear", it's cast in the aluminum.
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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so what was the logic behind wider offset in front and less in the rear??
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kramerdad7
so what was the logic behind wider offset in front and less in the rear??
GM did not want you to be able to rotate the tires.
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