/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1370371]

Building my own exoframe car & brought a Smart Fortwo to strip for parts.

The problem I have is that the front wheels of the car are vastly different to the back.

The wheels look like the cross section of pic related. Front wheels are the top, back are the bottom.
The centre line shows the line where the wheels can be connected to the car.

I plan on upgrading these wheels soon, and I wanted to know if typical wheels have the same distance between the outside and the boltable face. As I want them to be aligned when I upgrade them.

I hope this makes sense.

>tldr: are normal front & back car wheels typically identical internally?

[Anonymous No.1370378]

>>1370371
Depends. Performance cars tend to have wider wider wheels at the back, while your everyday Toyota tercel will have the same upfront and in back for ease of tire rotation. Also the front and back could be different because of the geometry of the suspension, to make sure the wheel/tire doesn't interfere with the struts, body or suspension of the car. You can read more by googling "staggered wheel offset"