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I hope Jim@tirerack can respond to this, as it involves their products (although i would also welcome responses from anyone else).
I have some Kosai K1-TS wheels from my 93 Honda Civic hatch. The hatch was stolen last month, but fortunately it still had the winter wheels on it. I replaced it with a new Honda Fit last week and my plan was to put the Kosai wheels on the Fit. But I am a little dismayed to find that the Fit has much higher offset on the wheels than the Civic did.
I have the Kosai K1-TS 15"x7" wheels with 38 mm offset. I have seen a number of posts that say 38 mm offset has problems with rubbing on the Fit, but I am wondering if I can get away with it in my specific case (I don't wan't to have to buy new wheels when I have perfectly good ones already).
I will be installing 195/50R15 Bridgestone RE-01R tires.
I will be installing the Honda camber bolts, which will give me 40' (2/3 degree) negative camber.
I will not be dropping the vehicle.
If my calculatons are right, using 195 instead of 205 tires should gain me 5 mm additional clearance. The 2/3 degree negative camber should gain me another 3 mm at the top of the tire. Will this be enough to allow me to use my (15"x7") 38 mm offset wheels without rubbing?
If so, the K1-TS wheels came with plastic inserts to match the 93 Honda Civic hatch. Do the same inserts work with the Fit, or do I need new ones?
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