How wide?
10-05-2009, 11:38 PM
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How wide?
Im curious as to how wide of a tire we can squeeze under the fox body fenders in the rear without rubbing either the quad shocks or fender??
I have a set of 15x8.5 +20 offset rims and was planning on putting some 265/50 R15's on them... will i have clearance issues? and if i need to remove the quad shocks, what do i need to do? control arms??
I have a set of 15x8.5 +20 offset rims and was planning on putting some 265/50 R15's on them... will i have clearance issues? and if i need to remove the quad shocks, what do i need to do? control arms??
10-06-2009, 01:06 AM
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^That would be a 4 inch backspacing. OP do you know what the backspacing on your wheels are? The size of the tire is easily stuffed into the rear on a stock 15inch wheel but the backspacing and offset will be the determining factor. If you do have a slight quad shock you can just unbolt it and flip it to give you some more clearance.
10-06-2009, 09:24 AM
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yea, i meant to do that when i bought them... so ill get that measured and we'll see... it probably will be tomorrow... what size would i need for the 265's tho? 4 inch backspacing?
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10-06-2009, 10:22 AM
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I am running 275 / 60 / 15's ... Be sure to roll the fenders otherwise you will eat up your tires via fender knives...
10-06-2009, 10:28 AM
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10-06-2009, 04:33 PM
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5.5" would be ideal. The 4" is gonna make the tire sit way out and look like crap. Tire rub will be inevitable.