1971 Demon 17" Help

go-fish said

Could he roll the crap out of the front fenders and lower it over the tire on the 17x9’s? They are a 5” bs. I suppose that extra inch over the 17x8/4.5BS would add a 1/2” to the outside rim too.
I’ve always wanted to “equalize” the Dusters’s track width and the 17”Rallye will not ever have a good aesthetic with these specs.


Maybe ……
Widening steel and alloy wheels, Aluminium fuel tanks.Widening steel and alloy wheels, Aluminium fuel tanks.

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This is why I like offset rather than backspacing. Offset tells you where the tire is regardless of wheel width or backspacing.

An 8” wheel with 4.5” backspacing is a zero offset wheel.

A 9” wheel with 5” backspacing is also a zero offset wheel.

Based on that, assuming the tire can be fit to the wheel, the tire will be in the same spot outside of and additional width due to stretching the tire onto a wider wheel.

Add that a wider wheel is going to need a wider tire, making things even worse.