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Italian Stallion

03-15-2012 06:29 PM

wheel spacers..

97 ta..i have 235/55 r16 tires, i know i should probably get bigger tires first lol but i dont wanna spend that much money yet.. does anybody know how much id need to get them to stick out the fender width or maybe even a little more? i want to do only the back and keep the front the same.. thanks

WildBillyT

03-15-2012 06:31 PM

You are trying to get your tires to stick out of the fenders???

Italian Stallion

03-15-2012 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WildBillyT (Post 819035)

You are trying to get your tires to stick out of the fenders???

no lol i want them even with the fenders

BonzoHansen

03-15-2012 07:00 PM

No. you dont want to do that.

Italian Stallion

03-15-2012 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen (Post 819045)

No. you dont want to do that.

Really? Why do you say that? Feel like my tires are being swallowed my the fenders

maroman88

03-15-2012 08:09 PM

bumps will make ur tires be eaten by fenders

BonzoHansen

03-15-2012 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Italian Stallion (Post 819050)

Really? Why do you say that? Feel like my tires are being swallowed my the fenders

You shouldn't use a spacer bigger than 1/8" unless you want the wheel studs to fail. I'm not sure the smallest adapter you can buy is, maybe 1 1\2". If you push your wheels out that far you'll probably have the aforementioned rubbing issues and you'll have increased bearing wear.

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