I see. I'm guessing the spacer is making up for most of that. I too run a 275 on a 9" wheel but I have a bunch of clearance. Still have my quad shocks on actually.
looks nice I'm thinking I'm not gunna go with coilovers in the rear just for clearance since I'm planning on running 315s I'll have 5/16th spacers just to be sure I have clearance but I'm hoping not to have to use them since im gunna beat the hell out of the inside and rool the crap out of the fenders.
I take it it IS the look he is going for and I respect that. A lot of people don't like my Welds either.
I have a rant and this probably isn't the place but let me tell you how my hobby has evolved since I was a teen. When I was a teen and before even when I got interested in cars (Birth), a 4 door had no purpose and I could not see why one was ever sold. Kids that couldn't afford a 2dr hopped up some 4dr and thought they were cool, ie the imports ended up being cool even 4dr. If you didn't have a v8 you weren't crap. So if they couldn't afford a v8 they hopped up an I6 etc. and thought they were cool. If your car sounded like a 4cyl with no muffler IT WAS BROKEN JUNK, but those that couldn't afford a v8 hopped up a 4cyl with a fart can and were cool. When people were too lazy to clean their wheels, they got black from brake dust, thus no hubcaps, black wheels, evolved and were cool. (any idea where this is going?) years ago I started seeing cars with wack offset wheels on them because people couldn't measure offset, they became cool. People were too ignorant to understand alignments or handling but wanted lowered cars, so goofed up camber/tilted azz wheels became "cool". I could go on and on but I guess what I'm trying to say is to each his own. No matter the reason, preference for the look or need for clearance, this too will evolve I guess and I'll learn to tolerate it. The car IS nice.
I have a rant and this probably isn't the place but let me tell you how my hobby has evolved since I was a teen. When I was a teen and before even when I got interested in cars (Birth), a 4 door had no purpose and I could not see why one was ever sold. Kids that couldn't afford a 2dr hopped up some 4dr and thought they were cool, ie the imports ended up being cool even 4dr. If you didn't have a v8 you weren't crap. So if they couldn't afford a v8 they hopped up an I6 etc. and thought they were cool. If your car sounded like a 4cyl with no muffler IT WAS BROKEN JUNK, but those that couldn't afford a v8 hopped up a 4cyl with a fart can and were cool. When people were too lazy to clean their wheels, they got black from brake dust, thus no hubcaps, black wheels, evolved and were cool. (any idea where this is going?) years ago I started seeing cars with wack offset wheels on them because people couldn't measure offset, they became cool. People were too ignorant to understand alignments or handling but wanted lowered cars, so goofed up camber/tilted azz wheels became "cool". I could go on and on but I guess what I'm trying to say is to each his own. No matter the reason, preference for the look or need for clearance, this too will evolve I guess and I'll learn to tolerate it. The car IS nice.
I think its more of the look of it rather than being optimal. Usually this look is mainly seen on tuner cars rather then a muscle/pony car.
Mob in all honesty i'm digging it. MOAR LOWERR!!!!!! (and space the rear wheels a tad to bring em out). How does she ride with coils at all corners? Always toyed with doing them in the front of my car for a tad better handling, and to just clean up the front suspension a bit and add a little element of Custom to it.
Oh...no i missed that part, i was just looking at the footprint width and didn't see the stretch. It's not ideal but eh it still doesn't look horrible. It's no worse than guys running 295+ on 8 inch Welds with an inch+ of sidewall bulge.