I'm doing some early research in anticipation of changing my wheels in a few months. I'm looking at several different wheels but the top choice right now for me is the Enkei T-Fork.

The thing I'm finding weird is that on Tire Rack's website when you check the 17 x7 T-Fork they give you a little blurb that warns you it's an "aggressive fitment" that may need fender modification. It tells you that regardless of whether you pick a +38 or +45 offset. From reading on here it sounds like stock offset is +53 so I would have thought +45 would be fine.

I know the basics of wheels but I'm no expert so am I missing something here?

 

I would have to say it depends on how low you go and the tire size and brand, some tire have some aggressive sidewalls.
I was on BC N+ with half a finger gap in the front and I would rub a little bit on 17x7 +45 on 205/45-17s on big dips. I was rubbing just where the first fender liner clip was. There was no rubbing in the back.
If you are not lowering by much, you will probably get away with it or to be on the safe side, go with +47 or run 195/45-17s

 

Thanks for the reply. 205/45-17s are what Tire Rack was recommending. I'm going to get the wheels first before considering any lowering but even when I do I'm planning on being conservative and was thinking of just doing Swift springs. It's a daily driver so no aggressive lowering for me. Do you think that setup would work? I was looking at the no-rub Swift spring thread here and my planned setup sounded similar to others with no or minimal rubbing so that's why I'm curious about this.

 

from what i have read on here... for 17's i think 17x7 et 42 is fine with the right tire. and 16's would be 16x7 et45 ... i know for the 16's you could do 205/50/16 with no problem with Swift Springs... this will be my route in the future... just look for the fitment threads... alot of good info... it really depends on how low you going to go.

 

I forgot to mention I was also running -1.5 camber and still rubbing a bit on those big dips. IMHO, that totally flush look is over-rated if the car is a DD, unless you don't mind always driving slow, but where I live the roads are horrible, especially after this bad winter we had, pot holes everywhere. Also, keep in mind that what one car might get away with another might not.