We will get more pics taken and posted but right now trying to get her ready for the Good-Guys show which starts tomorrow and happens to be less than 5 miles from our home
Have fun at the show!
We also thought about 27" or so on the rear but these were in stock and we can always get a lower rear end so we can burn these off and go taller. The 3.0 rear end does not let us light these up but sure is nice for driving
(in a Schwarzenegger accent)
Needs Maor Powa!
;-)
Yes, you could go a little taller or wider in the back but not sure if both. Right now we like the way the outside edge lines up. Will have to measure to be sure but I think there is about 1 1/2" left inbound before you would hit the sway bar end.
On the back, really that much??? huh... I'm starting to wonder what something like a 325 would look like back there. Might just go well with her big butt...
If you have a list of wheel/tire/backspace and offset recommendations, I would be extremely interested.
Me?
That's an extremely open ended question, i'd start with can you narrow down the look you want to go for, tire profiles/wheel diameters and what kind of stance do you like?
I'm extremely anal retentive about wheel fitment. I used to work at a speed shop and would hate the manufacturer's wheel fitment guides because they would typically get you something that was safe but didn't necessary get you the best stance and often left you with tons of room left over or worse, rubbing.
The fact is that with a little measuring you typically figure out what will fit quite quickly, and I had a reputation for getting stance just right and fitting _large_ tires/wheels under cars.
WRT to these cars, unfortunately, mine is a basket case and it's not really sitting somewhere where I could measure it easily (it's parked on a hill without working parking brakes or shifter so I have wheel chocks under it...), so I've mostly been collecting information in case I run across a deal on something I would like that I think would look good on the car before I have the time/place to measure mine out.
That said, it looks like most get a good fit with a 0 offset front and rear, though based on what 71mach1lady said above I'm wondering if you want to stick something big under the back if something closer to a -13 to 20mm offset in the back would let you tuck a MUCH bigger tire back there. If there is really about 1.5" on the inside with her 285s, then spacing the wheels in that much would allow you to stick a 325 in there without rubbing on either side.
Personally, from the one picture that was posted (my opinion may change with different pics from different angles) if it was my car I would have shot for tucking those tires/wheels in about a 1/4" more, or a 10.5 or 11" wide rim tucked in about 1/2" more and a 295 or 305 wide tire (I like the 305/35-18's on the back of my trans am even though I'm not a fan of big wheels/low profile tires, but those fit about like her rear tires fit, I'd like to tuck them in about another 1/4" but there was no way to do it with off the shelf parts, at some point I'm going to machine custom spacers to mount those how I want them)
