Rim problem on my AE92 help !!!!!!!!!!!

[anthony9789]

i have these universal 4 lugs 16" that fit my ride but when i put the rim it goes in to much and it hits my shocks my friend told me i needed a spacer but i was wondering what you guys had to do to your ride for rims had to fit their 205/45/16 tire size help me out this is on my AE92 88 corolla ??????????? tell me what you had to do ..

[TokyoRacer]

Whats the offet of your rims? Usually you want atleast a +38 offset.. Prolly you need a bit higher with the wider tires.

[anthony9789]

i dont think you understand whats happing is i put the rims and goes all the way in and hit the shocks

[freakinbox]

hitting the rear strut? sounds like a +42 offset, yea you should need a spacer for the rears and the fronts should be fine

[anthony9789]

so you think if i buy the spacers they should fit right how much are those spacers????????

[micro214_kp61]

get new rims... but if you insist on using the rims, get proper spacers and not use a bunch of washer to make spacers.. NOT SAFE!

[freakinbox]

well how wide are the rims? the whole tire hits the suspension with the rim?

[REN69]

Well, the problem is you not only need spacers, but now you need longer wheel studs. The wheel studs on the car are not long enough to work with the thin spacers that you need so you would have to also replace those. Any wheel studs from 80s Toyota trucks I believe will work.

It sounds like the wheel offset is too high, maybe even higher than +42. The OEM wheels are offset 39 on the GTS Corollas so anything 38 to 40 offset should fit, anything higher than that will most likely hit the struts like in your case, or anything lower will most likely rub the fender wells.

I agree with mike (microkp), get new rims with the right offset.