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Rims, Tires and wheel spacers.

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bayellowstang

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A little background. I have had terrible luck this week. I picked up a large piece of debris on the way home from work wednesday. The tire had a whole in it i could fit my middle finger thru. So then I put on my BFG drag radials Till i get new rears. Then I get home from work friday morning and by noon one of my BFG's was flat. Both sets of tires had little life left but it still sucks.

So now the dillema(sp). My regular street tires are 17x9 rims with 245/45-17 tires (all 4 wheels have the same backspacing. I really want to put on some 275/40-17 555R's. My BFG's are 275/60-15.

Will the 275/40-17's fit well on a 17x9 rim. if so where can I get wheel spacers for the back wheels at. I think its going to need 3/4 to 1" of spacer to fit in the wheel wells.



Thanks for any replies.
 

1slow95

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275/40's will fit perfectly on a 9" rim. I don't know exactly where you can get the spacers, but you can check http://www.summitracing.com, http://www.uprproducts.com, or http://www.50resto.com
 

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50resto has good spacers.
 

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I'm running 255/40/17 in the front and 275/40/17 in the rears

i would buy the spacers after installing the rims
you might not need them.


just my $0.02
 
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bayellowstang

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Caldwell said:
I'm running 255/40/17 in the front and 275/40/17 in the rears

i would buy the spacers after installing the rims
you might not need them.


just my $0.02
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What width rims are you using? Any idea the backspacing on them? Mine have 5 3/4" backspacing.
 

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bayellowstang said:
What width rims are you using? Any idea the backspacing on them? Mine have 5 3/4" backspacing.
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my rims are 17x9s on both the front and the back

i wish i could tell you my backspacing...
that sounds familiar, but i can't remember what the guy told me

sorry dude
 
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I just placed my order for the 275/40's. I'll figure out what spacers I need when I get the tires mounted. Thanks for all the replies.
 

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Maximum Motorsports has good wheel spacers. Otherwise, look for H&R or Eibach spacers (good brands).

Whatever you do make sure your get hubcentric wheel spacers. The one's on 50Resto.com are not hubcentric, they are lugcentric. This makes a HUGH difference.

Our stock wheel hubs align the wheel with a raised rim that falls just inside of the wheel. A ton of the cheapo wheel spacers defeat this setup by omitting the hubcentric ring. That leaves you depending on your lugs to maintain proper wheel mounting alignment (not good).

Hope that helps.
 

95CobraMike

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i have some wheel spacers, i had 245's on 9 inch rims and they were almost out to the edge of the wheel well. i have pictures if you want some
 
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tjm73

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Caldwell said:
my rims are 17x9s on both the front and the back

i wish i could tell you my backspacing...
that sounds familiar, but i can't remember what the guy told me

sorry dude
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I pm'd you awhile back about your wheels nad looked at the place you got your wheels (thnaks for that link BTW) and you have 5.95" backspacing. Same a s the 17x9 '95 Cobra R wheels.
 

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tjm73 said:
I pm'd you awhile back about your wheels nad looked at the place you got your wheels (thnaks for that link BTW) and you have 5.95" backspacing. Same a s the 17x9 '95 Cobra R wheels.
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Hey hey!
you are my new best friend. 5.95", i will remember that.

How did you like the site??
 
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tjm73

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Great site.
 
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bayellowstang

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I just took it for a test run. They fit with no problem. No need for spacers. Sorry I wasted everyones time asking about spacers.
 
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