Why was my refund offset?

Why was my refund offset?

The amount of my federal payment (e.g., income tax refund) has been reduced (“offset”). If an individual owes money to the federal government because of a delinquent debt, the Treasury Department can offset that individual’s federal payment or withhold the entire amount to satisfy the debt. …

Is offset good?

As a general rule of thumb, most front wheel drive vehicles have a positive offset. If you want to put wider wheels on your vehicle than OEM, you generally need to reduce the offset. By reducing the offset, you bring the wheel a bit more inward, so it doesn’t extend out too far and muck up the way the vehicle handles.

How important is wheel offset?

Wheel offset refers to how the wheels mount in your wheel wells, and as a result, how much space you have on either side of the wheel. It’s very important to get this right, because a wheel with the wrong offset can rub and cause problems with your suspension, brakes, and even body parts, like fenders.

What happens if the wheel offset is wrong?

If you get the offset or backspacing wrong when you are procuring and installing new wheels for a customer, you run the very real risk of having the wheel sit too far inside the wheel well, causing the inner edge of the wheel and tire to rub against the suspension.

Is negative offset bad for your truck?

Trucks are having negative offset wheels that will create many disadvantages of the same. If the offset is negative you will get more aggressive strain in return. It will help in increasing the steering wheel back with kick along with placing additional stress on the vehicle suspension.

Do I want positive or negative offset?

A positive offset creates more backspace, while a negative offset reduces the backspace. The backspacing is determined by measuring the distance between the wheel’s mounting surface on the back of the wheel and the outer lip of the wheel. Like offset, each wheel’s backspacing depends on the vehicle’s size and design.

Do wheel spacers destroy bearings?

Probably not, but it will put wear on them sooner(5×100 wheel bearing suck and don’t need any help failing). In short you are probably fine running reasonable sized spacers.

Are wide tires bad for your truck?

Tires are essential to your truck’s performance and safety. A larger tire size can make your truck look and perform better in some situations. But changing tire size too much can affect speedometer and odometer accuracy, handling, steering response as well as safety issues such as tire load capacity.