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whut is offset

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Offset is the distance the wheels hub is in orientation to the wheels centerline. Picture drawing a line down the center of the wheel. The mounting surface of the hub(where the wheel mounts to the hub on the truck) is inline with the centerline of the wheel, you wheel has zero offset. If your hub surface is behind the centerline of the wheel you are running negative offset. If your hub mounting surface is in front of the centerline you are running positive offset.

Tom
 
Offset is the amount of dish on the front or back of the wheel to the mounting flange. A deeper dish on the back is a negative offset and will put the tires closer to the chassis and give you a norrower track. Most stock wheels will be this way. A deeper dish on the front of the wheel will give you a positive offset and wider track which usually gives you a better handling/cornering ability.

Dang, Tom's quicker at posting than me...........
 
Offset: the amount a tire is "off set" (or off from) the center. Wide offset means the tire, when mounted to the vehicle, will give the truck a wider stance, or wider offset.
 
Without having the tire in front of me, I would say it has little to no offset (again, don't have the tire in front of me, but that's how it appears in the picture). If the hex hub was closer to the inner edge of the rim, I'd say it had medium to full offset... As it is, it looks like either none, or medium-none.
 
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