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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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The backspace is only 3" meaning the wheels will stick out an inch further than stock. Also the rear 10" wheels would be too wide without flares.
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Too bad, would have really accented your car.
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so what is the ideal fit without making modifications? 8.5 width and 4 inch back space?
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so what is the ideal fit without making modifications? 8.5 width and 4 inch back space?
Factory is 15x8 with 4" back space.

8.5 would also fit fine.
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Personally, I think the seller is mistaken about the back spacing. I used to sell custom wheels way back then, and to my experience, practically ALL of the custom aluminum wheels had a 3.75" backspace, no matter what the width was (7", 8.5", or 10").



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maybe they were designed to use on cars with flares or wide body kits
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maybe they were designed to use on cars with flares or wide body kits
Not really, that was "standard fare" for custom wheels back then...
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