They are the body color but I'm thinking I may get them re chromed.........I was lucky my Dart is a pitted very little I polished the crap out of them. I thought yours were body color? Issues?
They are the body color but I'm thinking I may get them re chromed.........I was lucky my Dart is a pitted very little I polished the crap out of them. I thought yours were body color? Issues?
I like your car my first car was a Duster 74 leaning tower of power!They are the body color but I'm thinking I may get them re chromed.........
Thanks, I love it tooI like your car my first car was a Duster 74 leaning tower of power!
This would be a great time to cut your existing bumpers and brackets down to have them fit closer to the body.I don’t think new 74 Duster bumpers are available. At least that I am aware of….
He already has done just that. The bumper sucking in thing not chromeThis would be a great time to cut your existing bumpers and brackets down to have them fit closer to the body.
Then I highly suggest having Tri City do the plating.
Thanks,Still looks good- I learned that lesson (loud mufflers) a while back. Let us know how you like the Chrome Bunmpers.
Borla Stainless, very meaty sound, not loudThanks,
The question is, what are the right mufflers for this car?
You mentioned 3.5" back space. If everything back there is Stock you may want to remeasure. It'll likely turn out more like 4.5" back space on a 15x8 if you want 275 60 15 tires. Love the car!Well my chrome bumpers are on the from TriCity Plating. I’m not sure if I’ll be happy with the upgrade. The car has had painted bumpers since I resto-modded it but we will see.
Next projects I’d like to do are finding some wheels with 3.5 backspace so I can get a 275 on the back without relocating the springs and finding a more subtle muffler for my exhaust. She is a bit obnoxious for a cruiser
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The wheels I have now are 4.25 backspace and if I put a 275 on those wheels, the tire hits the leaf spring. So my thinking is if the back space is reduced by 1 inch the wheels will move further away from the center of the car and push the tire out from the center and give me clearance on the leaf spring. Does that make sense?You mentioned 3.5" back space. If everything back there is Stock you may want to remeasure. It'll likely turn out more like 4.5" back space on a 15x8 if you want 275 60 15 tires. Love the car!
Cley
I’m going to avoid spacers. ImMake some spacers, and put behind the rims, to check clearance.
A 275 will work on a 7" rim.
Ah! Superb idea!There is no way I would drive with spacers.
I would just use the spacers to double check your measurements. Make them out of wood or something.
You just need them to verify clearance.
8-1/4What rear diff do you have?
Cley
245s on a 7” rim with 4.25 backspace leaves 1/4 clearance on the spring.8-1/4
The rear is original to the car, only the diff itself was upgraded to a suregrip with 355 gear. As you can see in the pictures with the 245 tires, I’d need a wheel with a 3” backspace to fit a 275 tire. That would fill out the wheel well better as well245s on a 7” rim with 4.25 backspace leaves 1/4 clearance on the spring.
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TF I have Flowmaster Delta flows on her now and I’m getting tired of the racket. Looking for something more subdued. And I need to get some 275s on the back of the car. Looking from the back the car needs some more meat.DD - I have used Flowmaster Delta Flow Mufflers a couple times and love them. On my 74, 8 inch wide wheel with 4 inch backspace and BFG 245-60-15 fit perfect and fill out the wheel wells. Usually on the you can go with a 255-60-15 with 4 1/4 and be ok. Measure to be sure because your rear looks a little different