Decided to make my own thread on my issue so I wouldn't threadjack the other one too hard.

How do I figure out the offset and the wheel width? Do I measure it the width of the wheel from the inside?

Thanks in advanced!

 

The offset and wheel width should be printed on the wheel, its box it came in or the manufacturer's website. I'd guess yours are 19x8 or 19x8.5 Volvo XC90 fitment with a 35mm offset. Of course that is a wild guess based on the fact that you rub with 235/35.

For example, if you had a 45mm offset, I seriously doubt you would rub - your wheels would be inside the fender 10mm further in that case.

 

I got them from a local rim shop that I no longer hold contact with due to the unethical ways the shop handled my problem. The shop manager was extremely unprofessional and confrontational with me throughout the whole ordeal when he gave me tires that I didn't request. Thought of taking him to small claims court but figured it would be more of a hassle than anything so I took my losses.

I do know that he ordered them from mhtwheels.com and I tried looking at the tech spec sheet that the site listed but couldn't understand them. I am going to contact them tomorrow via phone and try to get an offset number from them.

I checked superbuytires.com and they recommended 215/30/19 but thats too low profile for me.

I do believe they were 19x8.5 and 5x108...

 

215/30/19 doesn't exist (at least on this side of the Atlantic). I think you mean 215/35. Those would work and give you more room. Are you afraid of fender rolling or something? I've had 265/30/19s with 10" wide wheels on the rear of X briefly and experienced roughly the same degree of rubbing you describe. If you roll, you can even keep the 235s.

 

I think I'm going to get my fenders rolled first and than see if rubbing continues before I purchase new set of tires... I just have to find a good shop that can roll them for me and find out what the average price is for it as well.

 

The offset will be stamped / moulded into the wheel. Look at either the inside of the spokes or the bolt face for an ET number. That will give you the distance, in mm, from the center line of the wheel to the bolt face (the offset). The lower the number, the further out your wheels will protrude.

 

Hey Jeremy, you're running spacers right? I figure I won't be able to go more than about 15MM without rubbing, I haven't found a local shop that I trust to roll the fenders, I did it on my Z3 and the guy flattened them, so I'm trying to avoid it. This summer since my spreings are stock and likely half spent I'm going to clip them to drop the front an inch and the back a bit less (figuring I'm already in a sport model) You can see by the picture although the car is on an incline the front sits to me a bit higher when it's on level ground.

 

The interesting word for me is spacers...

In Australia wheel hub spacers are illegal, in Switzerland wheel hub spacers are illegal...

I remember an aquaintance of mine had a set of rims with the wrong offset on his Commodore (look it up) and was running spacers to fix the problem, he was replacing broken studs every second week.

These things actually work and are safe at highway speeds/loads?

 

I've used H&R spacers for years... never had to change bolts. curious.

ALSO, I have 19x8 wheels with 225/35/19 tires, +42 offset.... NO RUBBING at all. AND MY JAG IS LOWERED.

when i put on my 225/40/19 SNOW tires, they rubbed.

I just reached under the fender wells and bent back as much as i could by hand. no more rubbing.

 

I'm running 225/40/18 on a +38 offset wheel and I'm rubbing but only when hitting larger bumps.

 

this.

 

Figuring stock wheel (18s as pictured) what spcers do you recommend?

 

So I called the original guy that sold me the rims and found out the offset is +35... when I turned the actual rim around it says ET +15 but he is claiming that is the blank and before they put on whatever to match my lug pattern. My next idea is to take it to this local rim shop and have them measure the offset for me and see what they recommend. Maybe a simple fender rolling or maybe as drastic as dropping to 225/35

 

Do you have better 3/4 view shots of your car? I can tell you your offset +/-5mm, if I can have good photos. I just put 19mm spacers on my car last night so I know really well where a 30mm offset sits for example on 8.5" wheels.