I actually had a conversation with Scott and Keith at Billet Specialties about this very same subject not too long ago... You'll notice they have added this verbage to their "pro-touring" series:
"Backspace is shown for 3/4in. caliper clearance wheels. Call our sales dept. at 800-245-5382 for available backspace on 1-1/4in., 1-1/2in., & 1-7/8in. caliper clearance wheels."
Reason being is their listed min and max backspace shown is not their absolute min and max. I know, confusing, right? I had a customer who needed a 4.00" backspace, but because they listed a 4.625" min on their site that is what we ordered, and he elected to run a spacer. When I received the wheel, I would have thought it would have had their maximum pad length which is a 1.875" pad... to get that min backspace, NOPE. It had a .75" pad. So I called right away and put that to bed. Why not show that you can run a smaller backspace with a smaller pad? I guess what seems like common sense to ME isn't always the case to everyone. I would have listed the min possible backspace as what it could be with the maximum pad length possible. I know a lot of old Pro-street guys that need 20x15s with 3.75-4.25" of backspace to update their cars, but we looked right over these wheels because the listed min said 4.625".
"And if you don't know, now you know...."
Last edited by DriverzInc; 06-16-2010 at 02:38 PM.
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