Azev A size & offset

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cheesebox
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:40 am

Thanks to those of you who suggested Azev A's for my car - I'm now sold on the idea, I think they're great looking wheels. A question though, having looked around I've seen some cars with more deeply dished rear wheels, which looks good. I'd like to go for this setup, but don't know what I'm looking for, ie what they'd be described as.

I think the fronts would be 7Âa J x 17, but dont know about the rears. Can anyone advise? Also what would offset be on front and rear?

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Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:10 am

Reading around, it looks like it'll be 8.5 on the rear, with 7 or 7.5 on the front. I assume the offset stays the same at et35?
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:25 pm

I've been looking into Azev wheels for a while and as far as I can tell, with Azev, the offset moves the rim in or out over the star/spokes rather than putting extra metal on the mounting face.....that is to say an ET25 Azev A will have a 10mm deeper dish than an ET35....... an ET40 will have an almost flat face...... whereas say a ET25 Halfrauds special alloy will have 10mm more metal on the mounting face than an ET35 of the same...... as for which offset to use, the standard is ET24 I believe so I'd try to stay as close to that as possible otherwise you start messing with the front suspension geometry and scrub radius of the tires etc (wider tyres will change this anyway - see here)..... also an 7.5" "A" with an et25 will give a nice polished lip.......

As it goes I've got a set of Azev A's for sale at the mo..... 'cept they're Alfa fitment !!
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