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[ty-rone]

I have a set of welds on my car but I am getting ready to swap some new treads on, leaning towards a set of nittos. My problem is that my back rims seem to be the wrong offset, they push the tire to the inside. I presently am running a 235 and the tire sits damn close to the quad shock.

So I have been offered a trade by my friend. He wants my skinny front for his "proper offset" rear. My question to you is will my rear tire with it's wrong offset fit on the front? If not I will just stick with a 235 size and grab bfg street drag tires.

 

[ty-rone]

no, I wasn't that stupid to buy the wrong offset either. They came on the car when I bought it, and as I got a good price for the car the rims were pretty much free.

 

[NKau]

Why not just swap the front and rear wheels to see if they will clear up front?
If they are 8" wide wheels, that would kind of suck, as I'm assuming the ones you're friend will trade you are going to be 7" wide if they were on the front of his car. Your best bet may be to just try and sell those rear wheels, and purchase the ones with the correct offset.

 

[ty-rone]

I have 8's on the back of mine and 3's on the front. He wants my 3's, so he said he will give me his old 8's from the back of his(which are proper backspaced). I just want to know if my old rear 8's will fit on my front.

 

[NKau]

I just want to know if my old rear 8's will fit on my front.

That's why I suggested that you try mounting them up on the front, and put the skinnies on the back (just for testing purposes, don't drive around like that) so you can just test to see if there will be any issues with the tires hitting anywhere when you turn and clearing your fender lips. No way anyone will be able to tell you if they will fit without knowing the actual backspace of the wheels and tire specs. Good luck.

 

[ty-rone]

thanks alot!

 

[25thmustang]

Id say youd be better off trading him your fronts for his rears, and then selling your rears and buying new fronts. Or you could get a rim spacer, my sister runs them on her 86 vert and never had an issue!

 

[NKau]

Id say youd be better off trading him your fronts for his rears, and then selling your rears and buying new fronts. Or you could get a rim spacer, my sister runs them on her 86 vert and never had an issue!

Don't know why I never thought of that. To run spacers safely, I'd suggest pulling the axles and having hardened wheelstuds put in though, just to be safe; especially with only four lugs.

 

[ty-rone]

how big of a wheel spacer? I have seen them in what i think half inch, 3/4 inch and 1 inch. But even with the spacer how much space would I clear? And how much tire space would I clear with say a 3/4 spacer. Would i tbe enough to go to to a 255?

 

[25thmustang]

As far as the spacer size, I can never know without being there to look at the car, but my guess, maybe a 1/2 spacer? As far as tire size, I know guys running 275s (I did with my Cobra Rs) without issues...

Also reverse the quad shocks. Remove them, and flip them 180 degrees and run them like that. It gives you more clearance, and along with the spacer, you could definately run a 255 tire, if not bigger. So for the cost of a spacer, and some time to flip the shocks, you could have your tire set up done!

 

[ty-rone]

Well I was thikning of just dumping the quad shocks for some lower control arms. You can do that right?

 

[25thmustang]

Yes, aftermarket lower control arms allow you to remove the quad shocks. If thats your only issue being in the way, Id say go that route!

 

[ty-rone]

Ya it's just cause I love the look of the nittos but they don't make a size that will presently fit on the damn car.