Hello everyone. Recently acquired a set of 18" Fikse Profil 5's. From what I am measuring it looks as if they are C5 offset... 18x9.5 front (1.0" lip, 8.5" barrel) and 18x10.5 (1.5" lip, 9.0" barrel). The catch is that the front lips are ruined (bent, curbed to hell) so my plan is to put the rear lips up front, which would make the fronts 18x10 (1.5" lip, 8.5" barrel). Out in the rear I am trying to decide whether to go with a 2.0" lip or a 2.5". It LOOKS like a 2.5 will possibly fit (test fitted the wheels today and tried to compress the suspension by putting a wood block under the bare wheel and jacking it up with a floor jack). Catch is with a 2.5" then i'd want to buy a new inner barrel also (don't want an 11.5" rim because of tire size), i'd probably go with a 8.0" inner which would make the rims 10.5" wide. If I go with a 2.0" lip then I am considering keeping the current inner barrels (9.0) which would obviously make the rear wheels 11" wide. I'm wondering if anybody out there with a set of Fikse FM5's or Profil 5's... hell any Fikse's can help me out with some wheel specs and some pictures if at all possible. I'd like to see how a 2.5" lip looks as opposed to a 2.0". Any general information would be helpful... Thanks everyone!

Cliffs
1. Currently have Fikse Profil 5's 18x9.5 and 18x10.5
2. Specs up front 1.0" outer lip and 8.5" inner barrel
3. Specs out back 1.5" outer lip and 9.0" inner barrel
4. Front outer lips are ruined... planning to put rear outer lips up front making the front wheels an 18x10 (1.5" lip and 8.5" barrel)
5. Rear i'd like to keep the inner barrels that I currently have if possible but am willing to buy new ones if need be.
6. Should I go 2.0" lip or 2.5" lip... (taking into consideration #5 listed above)

Thanks again!

 

With a Corvette offset, I would think you should be easily able to add a half inch to the back outer lip...not sure about an inch. This would hinge on your suspension set-up and whether you have an adjustable PHB.

Go to the "for sale" section and search for a member named Thatcher...he will be able to help you with this and he sells wheel halves for several high-end wheels, including Fikse.

 

I do have an adjustable panhard rod so I can adjust the wheels between the wheel wells to some extent.

I have been in contact with an LS1tech member that has some Fikse wheel parts for sale just can't decide if I should go 2.0 or 2.5. There are quite a few members on this board with Fikse's but they only have the wheel height and width depicted. Thanks for the help.

 

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My 17x11 FM5's were 3in outer and 8in inner barrel.
Fronts were 17x9.5. 7in inner and 2.5 outers

 

Thank you for that information. Does anyone happen to know if profil 5's and FM5's have a differnt offset for the faces? I ask because I really don't see how I could put a 3" outer on my profils. A 2" is fairly close to the wheel well (this is assuming rolled lips). Thanks everyone for the help.