79 malibu

[t72ss402]

I am looking at a set of Hot Wheels sixty eight's from discounttire.com. Does anyone have these wheels? Are you happy with them?

I want to buy 17x8 for the front with 245 45 tires, and 17x9.5 with 275 45 on the rear. Will this fit? And what back spacing do I need?

Any information will be helpful

[el-camino]

hi,
for the front the best choice is 225/45-17 or 235/45-17 for a good handling and feeling. and the rear is 275/40 ok. backspace 4.5" fits perfect

[t72ss402]

hey thanks for the info. but i am woundering what a 235 would look on a 8" wheel. i am sure it would look fine.

[Bill Howell]

245s on my malibu, no scrubbing issues at all, even with the lowered springs, and the ATS spindles. Before that I had 255s all the way around, but did get a little scrub now and then.

[ScotI]

245s on my malibu, no scrubbing issues at all, even with the lowered springs, and the ATS spindles. Before that I had 255s all the way around, but did get a little scrub now and then.

What springs are you running?

I was considering 235 or 245-40/18's on some 18x8's up front for my 79 (SC&C Stage 2 w/Suspension Techniques 1"/640# dropped front springs). In a previous life, I used these springs w/some 2" dropped spindles & used a 24.68" tire (205-60/15 on 15x7 Ralley) & they didn't rub.

Not so sure how the 18's will work.

[Bill Howell]

Suspension Tech springs are the ones I used. We also heated the rear ones to drop the car lower. I don't like that technique, but not a lot of options on the rear.

[796spdbu]

so you can fit a 9.5" wheel with 4.5" b.spacing on a 79' bu?

[RatMalibu]

I have 18x10's with a 5" backspace on the rear of my '80....no notch just rolled the 1/4 lips a bit. The fronts are 18x8's with a 4.75" backspace

[kelseyboy]

I have 18x10's with a 5" backspace on the rear of my '80....no notch just rolled the 1/4 lips a bit. The fronts are 18x8's with a 4.75" backspace

I would love to see some pics of that wheel setup
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[Bigblue73]

I've got 68's on my Challenger. The rims themselves are nice and the price was even better. I recommend the polished or black over the chromed.

Go for it!

[Bill Howell]

so you can fit a 9.5" wheel with 4.5" b.spacing on a 79' bu?

Sorry I am late to reply but I understand it to be 9.5 with 5.5bs.

[796spdbu]

Thanks rat,and bill for the demensions.I want to run the 18x10,but i may choose 17x9.5 for price reasons.Either way I do appreciate the help and i will keep these numbers for future refrence.Thanks again.Howz your bu doing bill any build pics...

[Bill Howell]

We have put race seats in it this week to get ready for RTH3 this weekend. They will not be the same color but I will have good seat belts now to keep the driver planted in the seat. I will have some new pictures up in a day or two. Also we built a bar to mount the seatbelts to for the shoulder straps. Pretty cool one off piece that mounts to the b-pillar and is removable. Thanks for asking!