Another "Will these fit?": 18" Mustang wheels

4mulaSvaliant said

Well.... they fit! BARELY!!! But they fit!
I was able to get over to my buddy’s place this eve with the 1” wheel adapters.
Just as I had planned it came up with about 3/16” from the spring pack and roughly a 1/4” from the rolled under lip.
My springs are worn out and sag a bit, so in these pictures it actually sits lower than I thought I’d have to set it.
So yes, with a stock A-body 8-3/4 10” brake small bolt pattern, with 1” spacers, and rolled lip will allow a 295 under a 69 Valiant.
Also worth noting is that my buddy came out and leaned down on the rear to check travel and the tire went up into the well another 1.5” or so and I didn’t hear it scuffing yet.
On to the front next week!

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Be a little cautious with this. If the Valiant rear wheel wells are similar to the Dart, then you'll find out that the outside fender lip isn't where the wheel well ends. The wheel well ends quite a bit inside of the fender lip. It's hard to see, but you may see me attempting to point to it in my photo. This is my setup as of right now and I'm still rubbing just a tad on all four corners.

Front:
18"X9" +22mm offset, 255/40/18, Dr. Diff 13" Brakes, fenders hammered out a little.

Rear:
18"X9" +32mm offset, +5mm spacer, 255/40/18, Dr. Diff 11.75" Brakes, 0.5" offset shackles, A-body rear end converted to bbp.

Originally, I had my wheel and tire setup swapped front to rear. I had no rub in the front; however, in the rear I was surprised to find out my tire walls were completely shaven off. If I had anyone in the car with me, the rears would rub on some corners. Just recently I swapped my wheels front and back knowing I would probably get some rub in the front now but not nearly as much in the rear.

Honestly, I've been measuring and I don't think I'll be able to get anything larger than a 265/35/18 on here even with the right offset wheels.