Wheel Offset

[STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com]

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     I couldn't quickly find it in any book, and I didn't feel like pulling 
     a wheel or emptying the trunk, so I climbed up into the attic of my 
     garage last night and tried measuring the offset of a spare stock 
     Tiger wheel.  
     
     There wasn't much light, and I forgot my glasses, but I came up with 
     about 1-5/8".  
     
     Is this somewhere near correct?  If you are swapping wheels, is it 
     more important to maintain the  offset at the front, than at the rear?
     
     Stu