wsrivers

Good evening,
I was just offered some wheels for my 1994 ES300. I currently have 17" wheels on it now. I'm curious to know if 2006 17" Acura TL wheels with 235/45/17's would fit without rubbing. I don want to buy them if there will be any issues like rubbing. Please let me know either way. Thanks

Oro

You will have to find out the offset and width of the current 17" wheels you have, and compare the tire size. Then compare that to the offset value of the Acura wheels and their width. That you can usually find online easily if their are stock wheels.

wsrivers

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure what the offset is. The factory rims I know was 15" and I put these Nissan Maxima rims on and the tires are 225/55/17 and I do experience some rubbing. Now I've been told that I shold swap out the tires for something smaller. The tires on the Acura wheels are 235/45/17 the seller isn't sure what the offset on them is either. I'm not certain if the Acura wheels with that size tire would cause any issues on my car.

Oro

The offset is stamped on every wheel, usually next to the size or on the inside as “etxx” where “xx” is the offset in mms.

215/65-15 was the stock size. Your current wheels probably have the wrong offset because the tire size difference wrong (too big), but probably is not great enough on its own to account for it rubbing. The proposed tires are closer to the right size, but offset makes a difference, they may still rub on the strut’s lower coil platform. That is usually the spot.

Do you know the original wheel diameter and with as well as offset? Then you can compare that to the new wheels dimensions and see where it is going to ride.

wsrivers

Thank you for your response. I've done some investing online and if the "ET" number is the offset for the 17" Acura wheels say 55 and it says the OEM 15" Lexus wheels are 45.

Oro

OK, but you still need to know the width. Because that is the distance off centerline, and the centerline is going to be different for 6.5" wheel, 7" wheel, etc.

If the stock is, say, 6.5" and it is offset 45mm, and the replacement is 7.5" and offset 55mm, it means the new wheel would be 25mm. If it had the same offsett, all that extra width would be stuck into the wheel well. The 10 mm additional offset serves to put 15mm of that additional width into your wheel well, and 10mm of it towards your fender. Coupled with 20mm additional tire width (235 vs 215), that may be enough to cause rubbing.

So you need to know the width to see where the wheel is going to ride, and make sure the interior suspension and the other fender can clear it if the tire/wheel combo is wider. If your stock wheel was 15 x 7, and the new one is 17 x 7.5, it shouldn't be a problem because you'll be very close. But you need those values to compare.

Drawing this on a piece of paper can make it much clearer, or looking at web sites which walk you through it. Generally, these cars don't seem to tolerate a lot of extra width w/o causing suspension rubbing. Lots of people report it.

wsrivers

If I ask I'm would that be printed on the wheel or can I find that out online? Says they're stock wheels for an 06 Acura TL.

Oro

Car specs will list it somewhere. Also stamped on wheel usually.

wsrivers

So the OEM wheels he has are 30mm offset 17x7.5 and the tires presently on them are 235/45/17. Now all of this is new to me so pardon me if I don't understand it all. Should I not bother with them and if so that tire size? Is it doable? Or as stated maybe just look for a set of newer ES wheels.

Oro

OK, but we still need to know the width of your factory wheels. We know they are 15" and 45mm offset.

if it is centered just right, the 20mm of tire should not make a difference.

wsrivers

Looking at the OEM 15" rims on Ebay it says that the rim width is 6 (if that sounds right).

Oro

Ok, so we are talking 6" wide wheels, et45 and 7.5" wheels, et55. Now we can make a guesstimate.

BTW, here is a reasonably clear explanation of this someone put on wordpress:

https://takemebeyondthehorizon.wordp...-wheels-first/

So a 6" wide wheel offset 45mm means bolt face is 45mm closer to the fender side than the centerline of the wheel. 45mm is 1 3/4", so the wheel sticks into the well past the hub face 4 3/4" (3" plus the 1 3/4" offset). A 7.5" wheel offset 55 mm (a hair over 2 1/8") would be sticking into the well past the hub face a little over 5 3/8" (5.41" to be decimal about it). So it's sticking in ~3/4" more almost. This all presumes there's plenty of space on the fender side for clearance.

I would worry that would rub. But I don't know for sure. Since you have 17" wheels now, you can do the math on where they are riding and compare. If they are well over an 1" in past the hub face, the reduction might be enough to clear the suspension.

wsrivers

Thanks for all your help, this is all so confusing. I thought that maybe I could just get a smaller tire (205 or 215/45/17). The wheels I have on it now may not even be correct. Im not even sure what the width and or offset is.

airineiale

Man i think the correct size its 205/65R15 ... but you can check it here http://carstiresize.com/lexus-es-tir...les-1992-2017/

wsrivers

Yes the correct OEM size is 205/65/15 however I have installed a bigger wheel. The 17" rims are bigger in diameter but in my investigation I've seen that an 18" wheel would fit without any issues. I was reading about the "offset". Now these wheels from my 03 Maxima have the same bolt pattern but the factory offset is 6 and the Maxima wheels are 7. Because of that could I still make these work? Maybe with a 225 or 215 tire?