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Old May 30, 2017 | 12:21 AM
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your car is amazing, what offsets and tires sizes are you running?
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Originally Posted by Jethrotracey
Here ya go Buddy and thanks for all the great feed back lads....







awesome car, what backspacing are you running front and rear?
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Is there anyone running an 18" rear with a 295 tire? I don't want to go back through 35 pages of this thread.
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Old Nov 3, 2017 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by resdoggie
Is there anyone running an 18" rear with a 295 tire? I don't want to go back through 35 pages of this thread.
The forum tools will do that for you. Out of curiosity I did a 'search this thread' for the number '295' and got a couple of hits.
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That's beautify Jethrotracey -- are those 18" x 8". Can you tell us the backspacing you used? Did you have to do anything special to mount them?




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Here ya go Buddy and thanks for all the great feed back lads....

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Old Nov 4, 2017 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Dose11
C'mon now...I know how much goes in to them. I know damn well that his car is worth waaayyyy more than $9k...Hell I've watched his Video of his car at least 3 times and would pay more than $30k if I had it to spend at the moment...But I don't

These cars are bottomless....we can throw however much money at em as possible...and they will still ask for more... like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors
I Know, Feed Me!
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Originally Posted by ignatz
The forum tools will do that for you. Out of curiosity I did a 'search this thread' for the number '295' and got a couple of hits.
but search was dead end.
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Originally Posted by mobird
Thought this thread could use a bump. Just finished my winter diff rebuild and got my 79 back on the road!

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Beautiful looking machine, love it
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"Is there anyone running an 18" rear with a 295 tire? I don't want to go back through 35 pages of this thread."

I just installed 295/40/18 Nittos on 9.5 inch c5 wheels using a 2.25" spacer.
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TY! That's also the same make/size tire I was looking at to replace my rears.
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After doing this with the research, to make a 295 tire look right u will either need
1) a spacer to clear/push away from frame/body
2) need to be tubbed the wheel wells
3) install fender flares

my preference was go as big as possible without those modifications...I have 285s with a 18x9.5 rim. my info is on page 31 or 32...cant remember...

measure twice...cut once...
good luck!
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Originally Posted by ddawson
So many nice looking setups.


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Originally Posted by Acidgypsy
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Holy crap - just beautiful the way it is right now. Definite headturner when completed. Awesome job!!!

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Originally Posted by bkvette3
Holy crap - just beautiful the way it is right now. Definite headturner when completed. Awesome job!!!

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Thanks!
I have uploaded this photo to other threads, but here it is updated again!

Up for the winter but not before putting just over a thousand miles on the odometer this year.




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Originally Posted by Acidgypsy
Thanks!
I have uploaded this photo to other threads, but here it is updated again!

Up for the winter but not before putting just over a thousand miles on the odometer this year.




Absolutely gorgeous - one of my favourite C3s' here on the forum. Worth all of the time, $ and effort. Also - your photography skills are top shelf.

Cheers.
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295/30R18 on an 18x10, 5.54" effective backspace (5.74" backspace with a 0.200" spacer). I prefer the look of my 17"s but wanted the 18"s for affordable wide semi slicks - this is my set of competition wheels/tyres. I previously relocated the handbrake cable on top of the trailing arm, shortened the main leaf, and re-bent the swaybar to fit my normal 17x9.5 wheels. These do rub the rails/swaybar at the front at full lock, no other rubbing. Identical wheels/tyres/spacers on all four corners. Fit comfortably within or flush with the wheel arches.



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While looking at tires I found this cool website. I really am starting to like those Rev 107 fully polished wheels. Those B&G ROD WORKS WHEELS also look fairly nice, but that polished Rev 107 looks so good.

https://www.performanceplustire.com/...0-7:of:-12-+0/

And the polished Rev 107s
https://www.performanceplustire.com/...-polished-rim/

From following this thread it would seem that 4.5 inch backspace would be ok? Anybody used 4.5" backspace?

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Originally Posted by glackore


17x8 w/4" BS on Nitto 555 245/45/17
18x9.5 w/5" BS on Nitto 555 285/40/18
Did you changed the rear sway bar? OR it fit fine on the stock one?
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Originally Posted by jkippin
just installed but I was waiting for the new side pipes before posting pictures. I will be leaving for work again before they get installed.
No problems with rubs car does have rear sway bar
63-66 c2 spinners on custom adapters
18x8 4.5 bs 245 45 18
18x9.5 5.25 bs 275 40 18 The Michelin Super sports seem very sticky you can hear the pebbles' now bouncing off the undercarriage
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What brand rims
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Originally Posted by twinpack
What brand rims
They are US Mags, the same style I have.

http://us-mags.com/rambler-u111-w-6133.htm

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