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68Cuda440
06-19-2006, 09:12 PM
My car is mini-tubbed and measures an easy 14-1/2" clearance without modifying the fender lip. I measured front and back space and determined what width I would need to center a wheel with 1" offset in the wheelhouse.

Question 1: Is 3/4" between the tire and the lip enough? How about 1/2"?

Question 2: Should I "cheat" a little to one side or the other? Meaning, go a little wider and leave more room on the inside, or narrower and leave more on the outside?

Michael
Round Rock, TX
https://webspace.utexas.edu/~mosley/barracuda.html (https://webspace.utexas.edu/~mosley/barracuda.html)
'68 Barracuda Notchback - under construction since 1988.

Madspeed
06-20-2006, 11:03 PM
go get some used tires and fit them up in there first