stock wheel offset
 

what is the stock wheel offset on the 3. I have the 17's right now and i need to know what the offset is... i am getting new rims and i need to check and see if they will hit my calipers or not
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my offset on my wheels are +42mm. and my car is dropped too (1.2 inches and 1.3 inches) and had no rubbing issues. so my guess for 17s is to stick with +42mm the lowest if you're not planning to drop the car more than 1.3 inches.

We've done 19x8 +40 wrapped in 225-35-19 Toyo T1r sitting on tein basics, dropped to the ground with NO rubbing what so ever.

for a mazda 3???!?!?

Yes on a mazda 3. They were 19x8+40 volk gt-7's. The car is actually nothing like that anymore... Hes got a full wide body and will be running 19x9 and 19x10.5 :)