Originally Posted by acuteperformance' post='1083109' date='Jan 2 2010, 03:44 PM

you come from the g35/350z world huh? nothing wrong with that just those measurements are only used by Volk & Works.

michael
acute performance

Originally Posted by rubberduckie' post='1083306' date='Jan 2 2010, 09:45 PM

actually, im coming over from clublexus, and vipstylecars.

actually those measurements are from most of the jdm wheel companies. i have a set of leon hardiritts , step lip, low disk, +19 offsets waiting for a new home on my m5 once i decide on some tires.. lol

Originally Posted by acuteperformance' post='1083332' date='Jan 3 2010, 01:37 AM

ahh would've been my next guess. only jdm companies use low/mid disk. they really don't mean anything to other companies. low disk doesn't equate to an actual measurement -- it's a made up size by the jdm wheel flks.

we (dpe, klassen, iforged, etc) use mm to measure pad height instead.

michael
acute performance

Originally Posted by rubberduckie' post='1083352' date='Jan 2 2010, 11:46 PM

yeah your right, it really doesnt tell the buyer much about clearance.. i wish they would actually give numbers to how much caliper clearance there is.. maybe just maybe my next set of wheels wheel be hre's or dpe's.

Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='1082942' date='Jan 2 2010, 01:42 AM

I prefer Phat lips

Originally Posted by turboawd' post='1083232' date='Jan 2 2010, 08:17 PM

seems to be some confusion here...
i was referring to curbing.
every wheel made has a lip over the tire bead, which is prone to curbing. a wheel with a step lip doesnt change the lip over the tire bead.
what i was getting at, its the tire size in relation to rim width which determines how easy you can curb a wheel.
if you put a wide tire on a narrow rim, the tire will hit the curb before the rim. likewise, if you put a narrow tire on a wide rim, the rim will contact the curb first.