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Old 04-17-2018, 02:14 PM
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Alright I am trying to get in contact with the owner of the car posted down below. I plan to do the same thing with my wheels and run the weld rts line of wheels. I have found out the wheels are 18x10 in the rear and 18.95 in the front. What I am trying to figure out is the backspace they are running on these wheels. I will be running the same suspension setup as they are. Does anyone have any information on these?

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Alright I am trying to get in contact with the owner of the car posted down below. I plan to do the same thing with my wheels and run the weld rts line of wheels. I have found out the wheels are 18x10 in the rear and 18x9.5 in the front. What I am trying to figure out is the backspace they are running on these wheels. I will be running the same suspension setup as they are. Does anyone have any information on these?
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18x9.5's w/5.75" backspacing (+12 offset) will work well on the front of a 66-72 Chevelle/Elco. 18x10's w/5.75" backspacing (+6 offset) work very well, on the rear. What suspension mods/brakes will be on your car, Robert?
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18x9.5's w/5.75" backspacing (+12 offset) will work well on the front of a 66-72 Chevelle/Elco. 18x10's w/5.75" backspacing (+6 offset) work very well, on the rear. What suspension mods/brakes will be on your car, Robert?
Thanks for the response. My suspension mods are Full Ridetech level 2 coilover system on the car. The brakes I am running are Baer 14" 6P brakes up front. On the rear I will be running their 13" SS4 with parking brake. My rear end has been narrowed 1" on both sides and is a ford 9" rear.

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Thanks for the response. My suspension mods are Full Ridetech level 2 coilover system on the car. The brakes I am running are Baer 14" 6P brakes up front. On the rear I will be running their 13" SS4 with parking brake. My rear end has been narrowed 1" on both sides and is a ford 9" rear.
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Sounds like a good plan. Those numbers I quoted above are subject to change, the rear most definitely. On your narrowed 9" rear, my guess is you will want somewhere close to 4.75" backspacing on a 10" width wheel. I would definitely think about renting a Wheel-Rite tool, to make sure.

Does the front Baer brake kit change the wheel track? If so, do you know that measurement?
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USAZR1 is right..... rent or borrow or purchase (and then sell afterwards) a wheel fitment tool, rims and tires are expensive enough let alone when a oops is made .
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You can make one of these out of angle aluminum and then make a "mock-up" tire out of plywood or hardboard.

Set the offsets on the wood and adjust. The angle bolts to the lug nuts...

As an alternative you can use threaded rod instead of wood.
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excellent suggestion , forgot to mention it may sound dumb but , I've seen people forget to do this .... cycle the suspension and, turn the wheels left to right while cycling the suspension to make sure everything clears
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