Rolling Fenders With Rolling Tool & Sure Grip

go-fish said
@72bluNblu I've Been stocking up for a big change. I'm buying an 8.75 and will be building complete with brakes and new leafs/sliders over the summer. My 0 offset 18x10's are good to go but still need replacement inner and outer shells for the front wheels. That will make them 18x9 +35mm.. Also for the front I just need the QA1 LCA's.

Is the reverse tub imperative to fitting 295's?

In the next year I would like to be running Dr. Diff 11.7 rear/13" Viper kit, SPC UCA and Qa1 LCA, adj. strut rods, manual master cyl., & 8.75 conversion. I would like to do all the mods in one shot but if I can parcel the revers-tub into a separate project I would love to.

Parts list sounds familiar!

Uh, I wouldn't say the reverse tub was imperative for 295's. I had 295's on the car before I did the reverse tub, they fit with the 1/2" spring offset and the quarter lip trimming I did to begin with. The issue was they fit when I had drum brakes, and when I went to the 11.7's they kicked the wheels out another 5/16's or whatever. Then I went from 295/35/18's to 295/40/18's, and the additional height and change in tire brand meant the tires were rubbing.

After all the reverse tubbing and push I did on the quarters I could probably fit 315's or maybe even 325's now.

But it's like anything, for 295's without the reverse tub, to put them inside the quarters and run a lowered ride height the backspace has to be just about perfect, it turned out I didn't have 5/16" to give up to the quarter for the disks. And then there's variation in tire specs by manufacturer etc. So, yes, 295's will fit with just a 1/2" spring offset and some quarter lip work. But it will depend on the ride height, getting the backspace right, and the actual make/model/aspect ratio of the 295's. It definitely worked on my car with the combination I had at the time.