What are they? Are they wider than stock but still give good strength? Are regular Douglas wheels wider than stock? I wanta get them for the front of my 250x.

 

i have the offset douglas rims on the rear with a stock axel. Recently the splines wore down on the axel and i had to replace the axel. I had an old +1 +2 eliminator axel for a 300ex in my shop so i used this axel and the off set rims. I had to flip the rims so the outside of the rim is now facing in because it was tooo wide now it was at +3 or +4 . Using off set rims can cause you to snap wheel studs if you do alot of jumping and are a hard rider. A arms or alot of money but are the correct way to widen your front end

 

The rims are wider than stock because the mounting plate is moved in closer to the inner edge of the rim. Also remember if you use offset rims on the front your brake calipers will have no procetion behind the rim

 

All aftermarket rims are autmatically offset wider than stock. I personally have been running a 2-3 offset on my fronts (2in 3out) with +2/+1 arms for a total of +3 per side in front. I have not had any kind of problems with this setup and it makes for faster turning with less chassis roll. I agree that running extreme offset in the front, like most people turning their stock front wheels around for about +3 per side, is not good on the spindles and wheel bearings. Wider arms are the way to go, but a limited budget usually prevents them. I would have bought +3's myself except Laeger wouldn't make them for me unless they were for a Pro Trax front end ($2000). My setup works well and was about $1500 cheaper.

 

I used to have a blaster and I did realize that the douglas wheels were wider than stock. I think Im not gona get offset wheels because I race cross country and I don't want to ruin any parts on my 250x Thanks.

 

raychalp, I am going to be building up a 250r this winter for racing next year and was planning on getting laeger +3 for the stock frame and running offset in wheels. (like stock) but you are saying that laeger wontmake +3 for stock frame? I think lonestar makes +3 wide so i guess that is another option. Also, more bump-steer is associated with running wide offset wheels as opposed to offset in.