Whats the most back space?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Baltimore MD
Originally Posted by Gordonm
I have a 18X10 wheel with a 5.5 backspacing on a stock trailing arm.
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You can run a 5.5 with an 18 inch wheel on stock arms. 17s are a squeeze 16 or smaller will require offset trailing arms. The picture in my signature is with the 18s. The gallery is last year with 17s all around. They were 4 inch backspacing with 255 45 17 tires. My rears are know 275 40 18s.
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Last edited by Gordonm; Aug 17, 2006 at 10:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by Gordonm
You can run a 5.5 with an 18 inch wheel on stock arms. 17s are a squeeze 16 or smaller will require offset trailing arms. The picture in my signature is with the 18s. The gallery is last year with 17s all around. They were 4 inch backspacing with 255 45 17 tires. My rears are know 275 40 18s.
Here are a couple more
Here are a couple more
Melting Slicks
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From: Arkansas
I have 17 x 8 with a 4.5" backspacing. The front went on just fine but I relocated the parking brake bracket to the top of the trailing arms in the rear. After that it was fine.
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