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what size should i get to make a more agresive look

post your spaced rear and put size of your spacer
 

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Ghostalker

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awe shiiit, i would show u my AWESOME offset, except my rims are on my bros car until thanksgiving when he comes hom from school =(
otherwise, maybe ill get a pic of his car from him showing off the massive offset
considering its liek 2 inches, the rear wheels look perfect! lol
 

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You could go with one or more of these options...

Rear lower adjustable weight jackers to rake out the car.
One inch larger rear tires.
5/8" wheel spacers in the back*.
10.5" wide rear tires with or without deep well rims.

* Don't get the spacers that just let the stock mounting studs pass through them. The ones that require being bolted onto the axle with separate mounting studs for the rims are safer.
 

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yes, because then you have less thread in the lug, therefore it is liable to break get losse or something, then your wheel flies off his someone, and your rear is now dragging on the ground, ruining your rear quarter panels, axels, brakes, and you own bum to some extent
 
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MarvinMyCat said:
* Don't get the spacers that just let the stock mounting studs pass through them. The ones that require being bolted onto the axle with separate mounting studs for the rims are safer.
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read this

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=497659
 
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thanx guys

for all the info. i would love to get 10.5" in the rear, but my wheels only come in a 7.5 width and i love my wheels

? can i go an inch wider or do i have to stay with a 7.5 tire i dont know much about wheels and tires
 
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you can get the wheels rebuilt but that is $$$
 

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77sleeper said:
read this

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=497659
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After I read through all that, I still don't recall a defineing conclusion as to whether spacers are ok or not. There seems to be a lot of misconceptions based on stud and hub load bearing.

I would think that the bolt-on spacers with the extra studs would have no impact what so ever since the spacer is held onto the hub exactly like the wheel would be. The extra studs would act exactly like the studs that would hold on the wheel as well.

Since we are talking aboout five studs and not four, I would think the issue is now only 80% valid.

I still don't see what the draw backs would be of a 5/8" spacer made of steel or even aluminum would be. It was even said that some of the rims out there do not fit snuggly over the hub rim so that would put all the weight on the studs anyway. Besides, the spacers with studs would be torqued down anyway and held like the original wheels would be.
 
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I do not think that there is a diffinative solutionjust thought that the information was relative
 
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