corvettedave383

Iam planning on putting on the L88 flares - what wheel width can you get in there?

78 vette with offset trailing arms, and using these flares

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....5Z50000050G~~~

any help would be welcome

cheers

dave

TimAT

I put 17x9 wheels on. 4" backspace and mounted 295/40 tires. Still have 4" between the tire and the flare. Stock T/A's too.

corvettedave383

4 inch in terms of width yeah?? , ive already got some 18x9 wheels on it already which are perfect on standard arch, so that 4 inch should allow me to fit a 12 or 12.5 inch wheel, so could get max tyre size of around 335mm profile

cheers

3JsVette

It's much more difficult to fill the flares then it is to fit the flares around the tire/wheel combination you decide on to get the look you're after.
Depending on tire size and wheel backspace in the front you can cover up to an 11" wide wheel and in the rear up to a 13" wide wheel. Most use a 9.5" wheel in the front and a 11" wide wheel in the rear.
Do a search using "flares" or "flairs" as there is lots of reading on this.

corvettedave383

thanks info

cheers

509 rat

with the right off set youcan get 335s rear with 315 up front .flared

69autoXr

I have the same flares. Currently I'm running 17x11 with 3-7/8" backspace rears. If I were buying today I'd get 12" wide rears with 4.5" backspace and 335 tires.

Unfortunately for you, you've already added the offset arms. They don't help at all with the big rear flares because you have to push the wheels outward to fill up the flares.

corvettedave383

Thanks guys