Narrowed rear wheel width choices
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Narrowed rear wheel width choices
Wondering if any of you run an 11" width wheel on your narrowed rearends. I have 2.5" off each side and have been running 9.75" Bogarts but interested in bumping up to an 11". Any of you guys done this?
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I am running 15x10 bogarts, tires are M/T ET Street Radial 325/50/15.....
my rear is narrowed 3" a side.had to do the BFH to get that to fit....
i dont know if an 11" rim would fit with out tubbing it.?.?
my rear is narrowed 3" a side.had to do the BFH to get that to fit....
i dont know if an 11" rim would fit with out tubbing it.?.?
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An 11" rim will stick out a touch unless you have a really narrow tire on it. Thats not a crazy amount of narrowing, so most wheel options will be able to work. For instance, my rear is narrowed 4" per side, and my 15x10" rims have a 3.375" backspace, not many options off the shelf, but it's a lighter, stronger rear....
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275/60/15 here on a 15x10" wheel 4.5" BS 3" narrowed on each side.
I have also had most of the rear inner fender removed, BFH modifications and the rear of my wheel openings have been very carefully trimmed and opened up more.
I can easily fit a 29.5x10.50W in there with a 12" rim.
Matter of fact my current 15x10" HoleShot Revolvers are a 3 piece modular wheel and I have the wider inner hoop that I can swap out for the ones that are on there now and make them 12" if I wanted to.
I have also had most of the rear inner fender removed, BFH modifications and the rear of my wheel openings have been very carefully trimmed and opened up more.
I can easily fit a 29.5x10.50W in there with a 12" rim.
Matter of fact my current 15x10" HoleShot Revolvers are a 3 piece modular wheel and I have the wider inner hoop that I can swap out for the ones that are on there now and make them 12" if I wanted to.
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15x11 Alumastar with a 3" backspace. The rearend is narrowed 5" per side so I had to do a lot of cutting on the wheelwell but it fits so far. However, that's with a 275 and I would have an issue running anything bigger. The tires were mocked up in the car first then we took a measurement based off of where they sat. Also, the control arms had to be relocated because the factory width would have ended up sitting on the housing end.
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I cut the bumpstops out and ran a 5.375" backspacing on the 15x9.75 wheel. With the 28/10.5/15 MT slick I have to use a 5/16 wheel spacer to gather more clearance on the inside front and top. The tire to rolled fender clearance was 1.50"+ wide with the spacer on, excessive. I'm wanting to buy another set of wheels but bump up to a 15x11 and want to identify the proper offset to avoid using the spacer to gain clearance. These wheels will have only MT 275/60/15 drag radials.