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MII suspension guys please give me some insight

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xoxbxfx

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Well, I got my car back on the ground and after narrowing the rear, bashing the inner part of the wheel wells, the rears fit great. The problem is the front are to sunk in looking with the MII front. Anyone have some suggestions? I have the Wilwood disc setup in the front and I dont know if I can use longer studs and spacers... anyone have some pics of their setup?
 
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What backspacing are your wheels?
 

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Gailahan said:
What backspacing are your wheels?
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they are new mach 1 wheels... 5.95" I believe
 

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how sunk in do they look? 5.95" is over an inch of too much BS. You could go with a wheel adapter....they will run you about $100 for two of them. That will give you a little more clearance. However, your brakes will be spaced far back into your wheel.

How much do you want them moved out/? pics?
 

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allcarfan said:
how sunk in do they look? 5.95" is over an inch of too much BS. You could go with a wheel adapter....they will run you about $100 for two of them. That will give you a little more clearance. However, your brakes will be spaced far back into your wheel.

How much do you want them moved out/? pics?
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I will get pics after work (which should be here in an hour or so )

I think an inch would be good but I need to check the rubbage (new word) on the lip of the fender.
 

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What year is the car? I have used those wheels on a '68 with a 1" spacer/adapter up front and 245/45-17 tires and it's perfect.

DO NOT use longer studs through a simple spacer. You must get proper adapters, which bolt to your existing studs and then have new studs for the wheel.

 

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What year is the car? I have used those wheels on a '68 with a 1" spacer/adapter up front and 245/45-17 tires and it's perfect.

DO NOT use longer studs through a simple spacer. You must get proper adapters, which bolt to your existing studs and then have new studs for the wheel.

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thats just about perfect... heres a pic of it with bullitts before and ugly bodywork



I found some 1" spacers on ebay for $55 shippped
 

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thats just about perfect... heres a pic of it with bullitts before and ugly bodywork
I found some 1" spacers on ebay for $55 shippped
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Do you have a link for those spacers? That sounds too cheap to be the right thing unless that's "each".
 

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reenmachine said:
Do you have a link for those spacers? That sounds too cheap to be the right thing unless that's "each".
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yeah.. they are 6061 billet

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...RK:MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=140071155734&rd=1,1
 

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Yeah, I found them in the meantime and they look nice. I usually use the "hubcentric" type to ensure everything's centered up perfectly, and the same place has those as well for $69. You'd need to call them to make sure they'd fit whatever hubs you have up front though.
 

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I Just got off the phone with an old timer machine shop guy out in Cali, Fred Goeske... Really nice guy, he said $40 each for up to 3/4" and $60 each up to 1.5". All american aluminum and gaurenteed for life.
 

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xoxbxfx said:
I Just got off the phone with an old timer machine shop guy out in Cali, Fred Goeske... Really nice guy, he said $40 each for up to 3/4" and $60 each up to 1.5". All american aluminum and gaurenteed for life.
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I know "Fearless Fred" -- my dad was a pro drag racer back in the late 60's and he and Fred used to get in trouble together. I have also used his wheel spacers. In fact, they are on the car in the pic I posted above. They are hub-centric and flawless.
 

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reenmachine said:
I know "Fearless Fred" -- my dad was a pro drag racer back in the late 60's and he and Fred used to get in trouble together. I have also used his wheel spacers. In fact, they are on the car in the pic I posted above. They are hub-centric and flawless.
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sweet... Im definately using him over the ebay ones. I support the individuals more than big companies
 

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I kind of like the front wheels tucked in.

Are you going to run a fender flare in the rear? It looks like those tires stick out a good bit from the 1/4 panel
 

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allcarfan said:
I kind of like the front wheels tucked in.

Are you going to run a fender flare in the rear? It looks like those tires stick out a good bit from the 1/4 panel
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I had the rear end narrowed..it sits nice now.


 
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