Yearone Rally’s 17 inch on 69 Valiant- help
Pictures can be deceiving. Especially heavily stylized pictures on the internet. That car sits level, and the back doesn't sit particularly low. Which means, the front isn't very low either.
Even just looking at that picture, you can tell the front wheels sit very far out in the fenders. Those tires also have a pretty short sidewall for 17's, so, that's not a very tall wheel. And you have no idea what was done to the fenders. With as photoshopped as that picture is, you don't really know if the fenders have been heavily rolled.
Take this picture for example- what size tires are those up front on this Valiant?
Well, they're 285/30/18's. On 18x10" rims. The rears are 305's on 19x10.5's. How is that possible?
That's how. The quarters were sectioned and pushed out with a port-a-power. The front fenders were heavily pushed and rolled too. Depending on the picture, it's hard to tell.
Plus, if I've learned anything from putting 275's and 295's on my Duster it's that people have a very different idea of what "rubbing" means. It's subjective to start with, and it also depends on a lot of things - ride height, body tolerances, how stiff the suspension is, what kind of road surfaces the car sees, etc.
If the goal is to run 17x8" Year One rally's up front with a 4.5" backspace, all I can say is you won't get much tire on there unless your car sits fairly high and you don't run much for tire width. But that's subjective as well, and I drive a car lowered a good 2" from stock. So my input has bias too.
Pictures can be deceiving. Especially heavily stylized pictures on the internet. That car sits level, and the back doesn't sit particularly low. Which means, the front isn't very low either.
Even just looking at that picture, you can tell the front wheels sit very far out in the fenders. Those tires also have a pretty short sidewall for 17's, so, that's not a very tall wheel. And you have no idea what was done to the fenders. With as photoshopped as that picture is, you don't really know if the fenders have been heavily rolled.
Take this picture for example- what size tires are those up front on this Valiant?
Well, they're 285/30/18's. On 18x10" rims. The rears are 305's on 19x10.5's. How is that possible?
That's how. The quarters were sectioned and pushed out with a port-a-power. The front fenders were heavily pushed and rolled too. Depending on the picture, it's hard to tell.
Plus, if I've learned anything from putting 275's and 295's on my Duster it's that people have a very different idea of what "rubbing" means. It's subjective to start with, and it also depends on a lot of things - ride height, body tolerances, how stiff the suspension is, what kind of road surfaces the car sees, etc.
If the goal is to run 17x8" Year One rally's up front with a 4.5" backspace, all I can say is you won't get much tire on there unless your car sits fairly high and you don't run much for tire width. But that's subjective as well, and I drive a car lowered a good 2" from stock. So my input has bias too.