rear spacing ???

ok got my new rims there 15x8 with 4 1/4bs put the rims on from the rear of the rim to the spring.....i have a little over 1 1/2 inchs .....problem is the outer lip of them is level with the inner finder lip....so thinking ill return them and get ....4 3/4bs????

 

I run 4 7/8" on mine on a 8.5: rim. Fit fine with a small spacer with 275-60 DR

 

Dave,, your figuring should put your wheels spaced in the wheelhouse nicely. Factory backspacing on the wheels is 4.5" I believe.
Dan

 

thanks ..going to try and get the 275/50R15 Mickey Thompson ET Street Radial Tire the Tire Section Width:11.3'' not a lot more then the et streets i have on there now ofTire Section Width:10.5''

 

I think 4 3/4 is too much. You will have to run spacers.

 

if i use the 4 3/4 bs ill have just a little over 1"inch from the outer rim edge to the spring

 

It is going to be very close on both sides with a tire that wide. I used to run a 10.5" tire on the back and had problems with both the qtr lip and the leaf spring. Cant remember what backspacing I had on the wheel though. I do remember I had to run a wheel spacer to get the tire away from the leaf spring.

 

well going over the rims i checked the BS they was 4"inch they sent the wrong ones so i got a set of 4 1/2 bs on the way

 

Its not the rims you have to worry about rubbing the springs, its the tires. Tires usually stick out past the rims. I put a set of 255r60x15 on 8" rims with 4 1/2" back spacing on my Stock 77 Mav. The tires just barely scrapped the springs.

 

yeah but the rim has to fit right 1st

 

cant' wait to see the all 4 wheels on your car... but if you ask me 4-1/2 backspace (if thats what your talking about) is too much for that tire and the tire is gonna hit the leaf. from the way i read what you wrote if its hitting the fender lip and you go with more of a backspace the tire will hit the leaf like dennis said too (ok that makes two of us) . now with that presuming your rear end is stock. but live and learn

[maverickman says to himself - i run M/Ts and wheels should be 3-1/2 to 4 inch backspace on wheel! and roll the fender if need be! ]


good luck

 

with 4 1/2bs i will have a little over 1"inch from the rim lip to the spring my MT et streets come out under 3/4"of a inch past the rim there on now there the 26x10.5 they have a Section Width of 10.5'' the ET Street Radial Tire has a Section Width 11.3''

 

4.5 should work just right.

 

I have 4.5 back space and 26 10.0 15 MT Drags.....mine dont Rub my leaf springs