Originally Posted by
billdelong
I think you might be confusing the term offset with backspacing, 0 offset will have the hex perfectly centered, I think you want to have max negative offset (or zero backspacing) per this illustration here where Tamiya wheels have the greatest negative offset that I have seen in the industry:
TBH this is jus tone of the conventions. Some see wheels like 1.8 buggy as 0 offset, and count from there going inward.