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Originally Posted by DBasher
"18x10 with a 275 on the front"....is the car not lowered at all? Like you said these A bodies don't make it easy for bigger set ups, especially in the front. I'd love to know how you're able to get this to work without it looking like a swamp buggy.
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Current tire is 255/40-18, which is 26". The 26" tire is too tall for the factory fender without mods. It will not clear the front corner on turn in so I changed the fender slightly to accommodate. I have 1.12" Firm Feel brand torsion bars, '73-'76 spindles, and QA1 lower control arms. Not all manufacturers of the bars get the indexing correct, larger bars need a different offset to get the height right and still have preload. I have yet to install bump stops, but may not need to with these T-bars, they are very stiff. It took 2 attempts to get the bars installed with the correct indexing, the first pass looked like it was ready for the Baja 1000. As it sits now I can go lower, a 275/35-18 is 25.6", so it is less than 1/4" different, so maybe 2 turns on the adjuster down. If I let the adjuster all the way out the fender is about even with the wheel lip and it is still not quite to the bump stops. Too small a diameter tire would not fill up the wheel well the same, that is for sure. It also has more ground clearance than it appears which is a nice side effect of the larger tires. The car sat a little lower with 165R15 front runners and 0.990" bars.
I need to drop the rear an inch or more, but I figured I would address that once all the interior, glass, and a half tank of fuel is in the car.
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