DarkoNova
10-12-2012, 04:48 PM
Long story about the complications I've been having with finding wheels that would fit my car. The gist of it is basically I have stock control arms with AFX spindles and a Touring Classics (no longer in business apparently) C5 brake kit. Rear end was supposedly out of a 70's Nova but apparently it wasn't and it's wider than stock, so regular wheels won't fit. I bought a set of C5 wheels, all 4 are 18x9.5 with a +58 offset, or roughly 7.5" of backspacing.
I basically just bought a 3" adapter to bring it essentially to the same backspacing as the 18x8 (I figured since the new wheels have 7.5" of BS, a 3" adapter would bring it to 4.5"). When I got the wheel I mounted it up and it cleared everything just fine, but now with my old 245/40/18 on it, it hits the bottom rear corner of the fender. The wheels also stick out a bit. Clearly I measured wrong, but luckily I talked to Doug at Global West and he said he could turn the adapters down to whatever thickness I need.
I still have about an inch of clearance between the tire and the tie rod and an inch between the front of the frame and the tire. So going off of this site:
http://rimsntires.com/specs.jsp
It looks like I should have used a 2.5" adapter or even 2.25".
But is that my only problem? I don't get how more offset would only effect clearance toward the rear of the tire. Would getting the Tru-Turn setup help in anyway?
I haven't driven the car in a couple years and I'm sick of it being a huge paper weight. Help me get this thing back on the road, guys!
I basically just bought a 3" adapter to bring it essentially to the same backspacing as the 18x8 (I figured since the new wheels have 7.5" of BS, a 3" adapter would bring it to 4.5"). When I got the wheel I mounted it up and it cleared everything just fine, but now with my old 245/40/18 on it, it hits the bottom rear corner of the fender. The wheels also stick out a bit. Clearly I measured wrong, but luckily I talked to Doug at Global West and he said he could turn the adapters down to whatever thickness I need.
I still have about an inch of clearance between the tire and the tie rod and an inch between the front of the frame and the tire. So going off of this site:
http://rimsntires.com/specs.jsp
It looks like I should have used a 2.5" adapter or even 2.25".
But is that my only problem? I don't get how more offset would only effect clearance toward the rear of the tire. Would getting the Tru-Turn setup help in anyway?
I haven't driven the car in a couple years and I'm sick of it being a huge paper weight. Help me get this thing back on the road, guys!