backspacing

[Euphoric306]

mmkay.... ive heard this term soooo much and recently my logic has led me to believe its like a negative space on the wheels right? maybe a potision of the lug part of the wheel to make it sit further in towards the axles??


if im wrong please explain to me what this means and the importance of it (well obviously to prevent rubbing on the shocks, fender wells, etc.)

also.... what are quad shocks...

i appreciate your help in familiarizing me with rear suspension

 

[TheUser]

if you run a search in google for backspacing, you should find some answers explaining it w/ pictures and everything or maybe even at www.tirerack.com

I'll give you the gist of it though...backspacing (also called offset) is the amount of space from the back part of the wheel (the part that goes in toward the car) and the center part that actually mounts to your rotor or spindle. The more backspacing, the more your wheel sits in the wheelwell; the less the backspacing, the more you have toward the outter fender. So a 10" wheel w/ 5.5 backspacing has 5.5" on the back side of the wheel toward the shocks and 4.5" toward the outter fender.

Quad shocks are horizontal shocks used by ford to prevent wheel hop. Many guys replace their upper and lower control arms and are able to eliminate the quad shocks. One reason to eliminate quad shocks is to allow the use of larger tires in the rear. Some simply flip the quad shocks around, which provides a little more clearance and provides the same function. If you pull a rear wheel off, you really can't miss the quad shock if you have them. They're RIGHT there

 

[Euphoric306]

thanks dude thats exactly whats i was lookin for

for some reason i thought backspacing was a spacer on the back wheels... hehehe but now alot of the wheel threads make a lot more sense