Aussie66Fastback

yeh thats what i thought and thats what i was planning to do. the panel guy said it is likely to crack paint and also weakens the panel. maybe he just wants the money, but he said he wouldnt do it on any of his old cars. i take it you didnt have any trouble?

Galactusz

Get 15 x 7's for the back, and 15 x 6's in the front.

Aussie66Fastback

ive already got 5 15x7's and then you have the issue of not being able to rotate tyres. they look so good on the car! i'll probably bite the bullet and get the guy to pull the fenders his way.

2bav8

Sigh, as Dodgestang said its all in the backspacing my friends...
Its all in the backspacing.

Aussie66Fastback

so i got sold the wrong size wheel or wrong backspacing for the application or what?
I thought i'd done my homework, because I was going to get 15x8's and they all said fine for the back, go 15x7 for the front. i didnt want odd sizes so picked 15x7 all round. I never specified a back spacing as all the people I spoke to in Aus and the US said the combo would fit.

what should i have bought, given the wish was TTd's, 15" and wide as would fit unde the fenders?

2bav8

Your 15x7 rims came with 3.75" backspacing.
What you really wanted was a rim with 4.5" backspacing.
That would have let you use a 225 width tire without being close to rubbing.

dodgestang

Fixed it for you. it's a 7 inch rim...4.5 will run into the upper a arm. If it was a 15x8 you could use 4.5

I still say....do the shelby a arm drop, get it aligned to the shelby specs and it will better and prob only rub on turns with big dips after that when you have a 215 60 15 on that rim 15x7 rim with the 3.75 BS

Aussie66Fastback

thanks guys
i've fully hijacked sixtysixes thread...sorry. hope it helped you too

I want to learn a bit more about the shelby drop, but I think i'll post that as a seperate topic.

cheers