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BigPinoyHunk
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on my current wheel its a 17x9 with a 5BS. i went under there and there is at least 3 inches of room before the tire will rub against the leaf spring. however, the factory sway bar is about 1 5/8 inch from rubbing with the wheel and thats the only part swaybar that will come in contact.
knowing this, a 6.25BS will be just about perfect to give some clearance between the wheel and the sway bar. that'll bring me to a 17x10.25 size wheel. i want to tuck under a 315-35-17 that requires a 10.5 wheel or somewhere in the neighborhood of similar size but thats closer to 28 inches tall (the 315 size is only 25.7 inches tall). so i'm thinking about removing the sway bar and coming more into clearance issues with the the tire rubbing the leaf springs or somewhere in wheel well. i would assume i'd have to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 7.25 backspacing.
i do believe my best option is to go with an addition 2 inch backspacing growing it to a 7 inch backspacing and then offset it with a 3/4 inch spacer to give it that 6.25 BS so it'll clear the rear sway bar. on the wheel/tire to the fender looks like i have plenty of room to grow as well. i put a straight edge on the tire and measured where that line is to my rolled lip is. that is another 1.25 inches. so i'm assuming pushing out the wheel another .75 inches would be ok and my rear suspension doesn't bottom out at all.
what do you guys think? i'm trying to put a fat drag radial back there, but if a rear swaybar is encouraged to be removed, then i'm going to remove it anyways and possibly go with a 12 inch wide wheel.
please help!!!!
knowing this, a 6.25BS will be just about perfect to give some clearance between the wheel and the sway bar. that'll bring me to a 17x10.25 size wheel. i want to tuck under a 315-35-17 that requires a 10.5 wheel or somewhere in the neighborhood of similar size but thats closer to 28 inches tall (the 315 size is only 25.7 inches tall). so i'm thinking about removing the sway bar and coming more into clearance issues with the the tire rubbing the leaf springs or somewhere in wheel well. i would assume i'd have to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 7.25 backspacing.
i do believe my best option is to go with an addition 2 inch backspacing growing it to a 7 inch backspacing and then offset it with a 3/4 inch spacer to give it that 6.25 BS so it'll clear the rear sway bar. on the wheel/tire to the fender looks like i have plenty of room to grow as well. i put a straight edge on the tire and measured where that line is to my rolled lip is. that is another 1.25 inches. so i'm assuming pushing out the wheel another .75 inches would be ok and my rear suspension doesn't bottom out at all.
what do you guys think? i'm trying to put a fat drag radial back there, but if a rear swaybar is encouraged to be removed, then i'm going to remove it anyways and possibly go with a 12 inch wide wheel.
please help!!!!
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