'76 Duster build thread or something...
As promised days late, photos of the rears courtesy of ike61
As you can see, I don't know if I can squeeze 235's on it as planned without modifying the fender wells...... 225's might fit, but 235's I'm afraid won't.....
Still, I'm not without options.... I could either smoosh the fender well closer to the quarter, or pull a page from my mini-truckin' days and flip the axle. I'd rather have it tucking, but I'm out of money (can't buy a stubbier rear axle at the moment), and the axle flip should gain me 2-3" at least, which should be enough to stick some big fat wheels under her. :) Further, I could turn the torsion bars down a bit and run with some crazy cool California rake!
Also, in my quest to find wheels that would match between the two while avoiding BF Goodrich (my family and BFG have a sordid history, needless to say I don't trust their products), I found some Cooper Cobra GT's in 185/60... They're gonna look TINY, but that's not a bad thing... I want tiny in the front, huge in the back a la street/strip car, which is the general direction for her..... I LOVE the depth in the rear!
Thoughts?
- CK
P.s. I'm tempted to have the tire shop use their fancy air-powered impact drivers to pull the bumpers and bust the rusted-stiff bump-stops off... Tried with my regular Shanghai Special ratchet set and a gratuitous application of PB with no luck. :\
As promised days late, photos of the rears courtesy of ike61
As you can see, I don't know if I can squeeze 235's on it as planned without modifying the fender wells...... 225's might fit, but 235's I'm afraid won't.....
Still, I'm not without options.... I could either smoosh the fender well closer to the quarter, or pull a page from my mini-truckin' days and flip the axle. I'd rather have it tucking, but I'm out of money (can't buy a stubbier rear axle at the moment), and the axle flip should gain me 2-3" at least, which should be enough to stick some big fat wheels under her. :) Further, I could turn the torsion bars down a bit and run with some crazy cool California rake!
Your wheels are like 90% backspace, while mine are nearly centered and 14x8's to boot... Yours push in, mine ride the center line...
Also, in my quest to find wheels that would match between the two while avoiding BF Goodrich (my family and BFG have a sordid history, needless to say I don't trust their products), I found some Cooper Cobra GT's in 185/60... They're gonna look TINY, but that's not a bad thing... I want tiny in the front, huge in the back a la street/strip car, which is the general direction for her..... I LOVE the depth in the rear!
Thoughts?
- CK
P.s. I'm tempted to have the tire shop use their fancy air-powered impact drivers to pull the bumpers and bust the rusted-stiff bump-stops off... Tried with my regular Shanghai Special ratchet set and a gratuitous application of PB with no luck. :\