si_well
Senior Member
- First Name
- Anthony
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- Nov 8, 2019
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- Location
- NE Pennsylvania
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 Civic Si
Yeah no problem. I dove into this topic HEAVY researching which wheels to go with myself. Choosing wheels specs is so tricky because you have to make a trade off somewhere. Scrub radius is rarely talked about despite it having a dramatic impact on handling. How the car handles is a higher priority than my wheels looking flush. I think the sweet spot for our cars to achieve a flush look without compromising handling or rubbing is 18x9.5 +45. The only compromise you'd be making is a small, almost negligible, drop in mpg only if you paired them with wider tires. The lowest offset offered from the factory (to my knowledge) for 10th gens is +45, and since the struts can be adjusted to account for that 5mm difference from the +50 wheels my Si comes with, the ideal offset range would be between +45 and +50. Once you go lower than that you begin to sacrifice handling more and more the lower you go. So I guess it's really all about how much handling are you willing to accept being compromised. I personally wouldn't get an offset change of more than 10mm though.Thanks for this. It matches up with a lot of research I did before buying my wheels and it was clear there was going to be some trade for wider wheels and offset due to the scrub radius.
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