Widest rim/tire

bobbys9350

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hey, whats the biggest rim and tire combo i can put on my car? if i dump the quads and just run some strange shocks in back, and do NO frenderwell work/beating. thanks!

 

cjman15

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I got 9" rim with a 275 tire... still with quads on and a 1/4" spacer and no problems whatsoever... if I removed tha quads, I'm sure it would fit fine w/o tha spacer

 

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awesome! and if you guys have pics post em up! THANKS!

 

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anyone else?

 

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bump

 

powertrax91

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to be safe, I would say 18X8 w/ 255/35/18 or 17x8 w/ 255/40/17 ... 18x9 & 17x9s make contact with the stock "A" arms at full lock on many of our fox body stangs (they did on my car)

 

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arent the a arms only in front?

 

stangbear427

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Yup, just in front. I'm running 245/50 DR's on my pony wheels, no fender rolling. I have coilovers in back, so I don't know if they'd hit quads. I do rub on the inside though, over bumps and stuff. If I could find a four lug spacer I doubt I'd have any trouble... I think it's too low in the rear anyway. I may need to just set the ride height higher.

 

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I've run 15x10's and 26x11.50's on a couple cars now. It requires massaging the inner fender wells, but it does fit. The rim has a 6.5" BS as well, so it fits under the fender.

 

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Alot has to do with the tire size and how accurate the rated tire size is.

My rims are 8.5 wide, with a 265/35/18 tire i ran a 1/4 spacer and left the quads in place, no problems.

I switched to a 275/35/18 drag radial, and everything was a problem. For some reason they are extremly wide, like a full inch wider than my old tires.

Now, i needed to roll the fenders, remove the spacers, ditch the quad shocks, and adjust the tailpipes.

 

Funhog

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for everyone who mentioned spacer, do you mean wheel spacer adapter or just spacer?

 

stangbear427

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You ask that like there is a difference...? What's your situation?

 

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The spacers are just normal wheel spacers...a circular piece of metal with holes in it to go over the studs which sets your wheels out.

I got one of my spacers at a tire/wheel shop and another I got at pep boys...around $10-15 each if I remember correctly.

Now, I put 15x8's (supposed to be 15x8's, but kinda look like 15x9's to me ) w/ 5.5 backspacing in the front of mine the other day and it rubbed on something, but I can't remember what it was at the moment.

 

purple87lx

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my experience

iv found that the biggest back tires that u can but on the back is 255/60 15's that is with out doing anything to anything besides removeing the quad shocks.You can go 1 size bigger but they will scrub.Heres a pic of my can with the 255/60's.it fills the quarter panals all the way up,and they are on 15x8's with 5.5 inch backspaceing

 

Funhog

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stangbear427 said:

You ask that like there is a difference...? What's your situation?

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The spacer just goes over your existing bolts and you reuse your existing bolts. The spacer adapter bolts to your hub and then your wheel bolts to the adapter. IMO the adapter is better because you do not need to get longer studs or anything. My situation...I want to get 17x9 rims in the rear with 275s but I doubt they will fit since my 225s barely clear the pipes and I do not want to remove the quads

 

stangbear427

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OK, I see what you meant now. No, it ain't gonna work without spacers, and I doubt you'll be able to find four lug adapter spacers, or regular spacers big enough to work. If you do, by all means let me know because I'm looking myself All I've seen are the 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch spacers I have found a place that makes them to order, but I don't know what they cost and haven't gotten around to emailing them yet. Here's the link if you're feeling more motivated than I am: http://www.wheeladapter.com/default.asp

BTW, you can get yourself some more room back there without removing the quads by turning them around.

 

Funhog

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yeah i checked out that site but havent been motivated enough to contact them...same as you LOL. if i call i will let you know how much and all the other goodies