Wheel Backspacing

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Originally Posted by bad6772

i having a hard time with understanding this. i run a centerline wheel that is 17X13 and i have a 5 inch offset and myrear tire are 1 inches wide . now its is close but i have a 1/2 inch or 1 inch easily . is it just my offset

Yes its the offset. My offset on my 15x10's was 6 1/2 inches toward the front of the rim. My lip was 4 inches. I did not want to tub my truck.
Again at the Swapmeet yesterday, nobody had 10's with the right offset or right price.