picked up some 17x8 wheels. What kind of backspacing do i need to fit a 245/45/17 tire on the front of a 65?
That just goes to show you how these issues are not cut and dry. My car has a 1" drop, agressive springs rolled fender and I had to change to 225's on mine. One side would clear and the other was no where even close and even bent the fender. I have 4.75" backspacing also.....
picked up some 17x8 wheels. What kind of backspacing do i need to fit a 245/45/17 tire on the front of a 65?
i like big tires...plus they are already on the wheels!!very sharp looking car. I was wondering why you're deadset on running 245's in the front?
right now the wheels are stock mach 1 17x8 wheels with 5 3/4 backspacing. I got a set of 1.5" wheel spacers that I was going to mill down to 1" right now and see how they fit. I'm thinking i could get by with 4 3/4" backspacing on the front if i maybe roll the fender lip
yea thats why i took .25 off each side of the spacer cause it would have been too thin if i took the .5 off of the back. I wanted to take the .25 off the side that mounts to the hub also since the i didnt like the lack of thread engagement on the adapter/spacer since the lugs are not that long.Be careful milling them down. I had some 1.5's that I milled down to 1 inch, and when I was done, the flange between the lug nut and brake rotor was too thin, it wouldn't hold. So I just ruined that expensive billet wheel spacer. I can grab a pic of it tomorrow if you don't get what I'm talking about.
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