215/40/r16 rubbing ?

[Biukyuu]

I currently have yokohama s-drives in front this size and there is no rubbing as i am not dropped at all.. I wonder whether there will be rubbing in the back if i have the same size tires.
my mags are 7" wide with offset 38.


p.s My car is completly stock . I am also wondering whether itll be bad for the engine or gears.


Thanks

[justjesus]

I was lowered on Micro Image springs and ran same size tire (but i think mine was 45 series), on similar sized wheel.
only rubbed in front during really hard cornering

The rear only rubbed on the freeway (bumpy portions) with 3 passengers weighing a total of 675 lbs or so.

here's a link to how they looked on the Yaris
http://yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30668

[Yarflana]

I was lowered on Micro Image springs and ran same size tire (but i think mine was 45 series), on similar sized wheel.
only rubbed in front during really hard cornering

The rear only rubbed on the freeway (bumpy portions) with 3 passengers weighing a total of 675 lbs or so.

here's a link to how they looked on the Yaris
http://yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30668

That looks like the height of my car with Eibach Pros (purchased from MI as well). I was going to put on Tanabe DF210's, but the front would have rubbed often.

I have 205/50/16s on 16x7s and my offset is enough in front that the tire and fender are flush (I don't understand which way the offset moves the wheel...is it higher number, the wheel is more inside the fender and viceversa?). My rears are just inside the fender and would work fine being lowered on DF210s.

[justjesus]

^ the offset is either a + or - number (zero offset not included)

Breaking this down as easy as possible, I'd describe it as:
- gives you more outside lip. the higher the number, the more lip
+ gives you less lip.


Back in the old days, "deep dish" wheels had that huge amount of lip. Those were - with really high numbers.

I like to go to this website for comparing wheel and tire sizes (as well as offsets). I use it often.

http://rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

[BEEF]

here is something I found on a google search I assume that when we say an offset of 40, we mean a positive offset of 40..or 38... or whatever.

so bigger positive number means more tucked tires...I think.

http://i46.tinypic.com/dw5rx0.jpg

[Biukyuu]

my offset is negative 38 i had forgot to clarify that.

so i guess the rear wheel will never rub unless i change my rubber to more then 40's right ?