72bluNblu said

Finally, let's get them on the car. In the back, in addition to my 1/2" spring offset, I took another 1/4" off of the quarter lip.



The front was a little more complicated. I added a set of Magnumforce tubular UCA's, which I had bought for the car awhile back and hadn't got around to. I also installed a 13" Cobra brake kit, courtesy of Dr. Diff. That added 3/16" to the track width, which worked with the 18x9's and 35mm offset. The center bores of the enkei's started at 73.1mm like a lot of rims, but necked down to 66mm, still not enough to clear the hubs. So I had my machinist open them up to clear the hubs.

While I was at it, I installed a new set of Hotchkis Fox shocks I picked up from another forum. Not the fancy new adjustable ones, but good enough for me. I also upgraded to FFI's 11/16" solid adjuster tie rods.

They do look nice...



Still working ride height a bit, and the alignment is just roughed, but here she is for now...



So the almost final verdict? The fit. No rubbing so far, but it is definitely close. About a 1/4” to the springs in the back, and no more than that to the cut down quarter lips. I don’t think I could go much lower in the back without re-working the inner fender well a little, there’s a “bump” that narrows the well not very far up.

Anyway, final specs-

Front: 275/35/18 on an 18x9” rim with 35mm offset (6.4” backspace). Dr. Diff 13” brake kit, so effective offset 30mm, effective backspace 6.2”

Rear: 295/35/18 on an 18x10” rim, 38mm offset (7” backspace). 68-70 B body 8 3/4 (54 15/16” flange to flange) with 1/2” spring offset and 1/4” lip trim

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