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ND wheel offset

Postby pcmx5 » Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:41 pm

Someone has probably already answered this but i cannot find it.What is the standard offset for the ND?

Asking because in my thinking I always buy the wheels first and then build the car around them!!! Have a chance to buy some very special 4x100 ,17x7 wheels with 35 offset and hoping with a 10ml spacer they may fit an ND, which I am sure I will end up with even if it is a few years and a lower diff ratio down the track.

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Re: ND wheel offset

Postby KevGoat » Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:59 pm

Don't know how accurate, but from this site: http://www.wheel-size.com/size/mazda/mx-5/2016/

Tires for Mazda MX-5 2016

Diameters: 16.0'' - 17.0''
Width (mm): 195 - 205
Tire aspect ratio (%): 45 - 50
Smallest tire size: 195/50R16
Largest tire size: 205/45R17

Rims for Mazda MX-5 2016

Bolt pattern: 4x100
Thread: M12 x 1.5
CB: 54.1
Diameter: 16.0'' - 17.0''
Width (inches): 6.5" - 7"
Offset (mm): 55

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Re: ND wheel offset

Postby StillIC » Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:24 pm

pcmx5 wrote:... 4x100 ,17x7 wheels with 35 offset and hoping with a 10ml spacer they may fit an ND, ....


You will need a -20mm thick spacer, based on the above information. If only someone could invent that!

BTW, the abbreviation ml means milli-litres not milli-metres, which is mm.
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Re: ND wheel offset

Postby Nevyn72 » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:23 pm

KevGoat wrote:Offset (mm): 55

Wrong!

All three wheels, 16", 17" & 17" BBS have a 45mm offset. :wink:

If the rims you are looking at are 7" wide then they should be ok using no spacer.
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Re: ND wheel offset

Postby KevGoat » Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:01 pm

I did wonder about that after finding some info on the BBS Rims being 45.

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Re: ND wheel offset

Postby pcmx5 » Tue Sep 01, 2015 5:58 pm

Thanks everyone,I might just buy one set for my shed which seems to be empty without at least a couple of sets of MX wheels!! I had 28 at one stage a few years ago,but took tablets for the addiction!

By the way you can get a 25 mm spacer,not that i need it.

Project ND may have taken its first step.

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