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[Mark Quinn/HNS <Mark_Quinn@notesgw.hns.com>]

Paul_Royal writes:
>     I'm switching out of my 14inch "lace" BBS wheels to a 15inch wheel to
>do a Plus1 conversion ...   The wheels I'm interested in picking up have a 
>35MM offset as opposed to the factory spec. 45MM.
>.... what I can expect from this change in wheel offset (if any)
>

BTDT (always wanted to use that acronym!)

I had aftermarket 15" BBS wheels that I originally bought for my '86 4KQ.
On that car they had a 1 cm offset difference that effectively moved the 
wheels outward (greater track).  I found that I had to do minor wheel-well 
mods at the rear (bend in the lips of the wells) to avoid rubbing upon bump 
compression.   

When I bought my '90 90Q20V, I tentatively tried the aftermarket BBS's on 
the new car, and had NO problems at all (no mods).  From this, I am 
assuming that this matches what you are about to try & thus answers your 
question (I did not, however, compare the offsets of the OEM whls between
the 4K and the 90, I am just assuming they were the same).

On both cars, the handling improvements were enormous (in the dry).  The
downside was that it did make the cars a lot more prone to tracking ruts 
etc. on the highway (annoyingly so in some cases).  You also need to be 
much more careful over bumps/potholes etc.  The shallower sidewalls make
it much more easy to put the wheels out-of-round if you hit something.
All of this was a price I was prepared to pay though for the improved
cornering and feedback, and the reduction of that on-center numb feeling.

Have fun ...

-Mark Quinn