[V8] Wheel & Tire sizing.

[Carlie Bentley]

Greetings all,
I've been a long time fan of very nice deep looking wheels. So I've 
decided to custom order a set, mainly because I can't find any I really 
like off the shelf.
SO, in a effort to keep the speedo from going whacko, Here's where I'm at.
I'm going to order a set of 17 X 10 inch wheels.
I've found that the best size tire to run on a wheel of this size is 
275/40-17, to keep the speedo close and give me more contact patch, very 
common on the Mustangs and Corvettes.
Since I'm ordering a custom set of wheels with the 5X112 bolt pattern, I 
wanted to get the offset right.
I don't want any interference with suspension components, so if my math 
is correct, which I've never been accused of,
I'll have to go to a -3 MM offset to maintain the same distance from the 
strut housing as the factory 35MM offset.
At this point I should have quite a bit of wheel lip sticking out. About 
76 MM give or take.

If the math on this is wrong please correct me. It could be an expensive 
mistake, it's about $500 per wheel, and I pretty much only get one shot, 
they're billet and they won't cover my miscalculation.

Thanks
Carlie
http://www.audiv8q.com