Hey guys looking at doing these wheels as a cheap option instead of the Konig six shooter or countersteer type x's. I was wondering what backspacing to get with these. I understand that with a 0 offset that it still will push the wheel out because of the wheel width being 9inchs instead of 16x8's with 4inch backspacin which i have currently. I was curious if that i were to run 285/70/17 nittos on the 17x9 0 offset if I would still be running into issues with the tire running into the upper control arm. They also have an option of a 17x9 with a -12 offset but that just seems like it would push the wheel out much too far. A little help here? Also I would like to run the p metric 285/70/17, does any run these, do you think they are to light of a tire for an occasional trip to the rocks?
17x9 level 8 MK6
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A 17X9 with 0 offset is 5" backspacing -12 is ~4.5" backspacing and -25 would be 4" of backspacing. I like running 4" of backspacing it seems to be the sweet spot for upper arm clearance and not rubbing the frame. Good luck finding a 17X9 with 4" backspacing for cheap I have only found one.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Whee...lse&filterNew=All&filterWeight=All&sort=Brand
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Whee...lse&filterNew=All&filterWeight=All&sort=Brand
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Millerad1651
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Why don't you just go with the 17x8 version they have? If you went with that your tires would still fit fine, and its a pretty common wheel to run.
