15x8.5 with 5" of back spacing custom order warrior centerline.

[Joey7508]

I have done a search on this and didn't find anything. SO help me out. I called centerline today and asked about getting a custom made offset in thier 07 warrior wheel. They said it can be done. (for a price) But here is the problem. I wanted a 15x8 with either a 5.5 or 5 inch backspacing proper for my 87 notch. But out of the sizes they can do neither of those are possiable. Because of where the two pieces of the wheel go together. Any way they already make a 15x8 with 4.5 back spacing. But they can make a 15x8.5 with 5" of backspacing. SO my question is...
Will 15x8.5 with 5" of back spacing fit. And is any one running that size rim?

 

[bigcahoona]

I'm running 15x8.5 warrior's with 5" bs with 275/50/15 BFG Drag's on a 88 LX Hatch.
I took the quad's off because i put on Lake Wood upper and lower control arms. I don't think i would have had to take off the quads for clearance. Stock height with air bag's. No rubbing and no fender lip rolling. Front 15x7 5" bs

 

[Joey7508]

Great. I was concerned about the wheels sticking out past the fenders. Do you have any pics of your car?

 

[bigcahoona]

They don't stick out but they are right at the edge. Give me a while to figure out how to post up some pics.

 

[bigcahoona]

 

[Joey7508]

Hey thanks for the pics! Car looks great. Do they ever touch ? Say when you have passengers in back?

 

[bigcahoona]

The air bags hold 35 pounds max. I only fill them to 15 pounds. No rubbing even with people in the back. Of course if they did I still have 20 pounds to play with.

 

[04sleeper]

You will need a 5.5 inch backspacing for a 8.5 inch rim so it doesn't stick out.

I went through this same situation when I bought some Weld's for my old coupe. They didn't carry a Draglite in the proper offset for a Fox. I know a lot of people run them, but they DO NOT fit right.

I ended up finding a set of Draglite XP's in 16 X 8.5 with a 5.5 inch backspacing.

They fit PERFECT!!!

Here they are with a set of 245-50-16 Nitto DR's.

I used to have a set of 15 X 8 Draglites with 4.5 inch BS on my old GT and they fit EXACTLY like bigcahoona's.

They stuck out too much and rubbed on big bumps or with any passengers.

Here's a picture of them.

As you see they stick out just enough to rub the fender lip on a big bump.

I sold them.

If you can get them to make a 5.5 inch Backspacing for the 15 X 8.5's then they will fit PERFECT.