Fitted my W's today
Fitted my W's today because everyone that ive seen with w's had talked so much about the cutting and clearancing to fit even with stock fat brake rotors i went ahead and got a set of 6.5 backspace rims to go with my ultra thin strange rotors and they fit easily, honestly, just by looking on the inside of the fenders i have enough room to probably get away with a 7.5 backspace but it would be tight, but i dont think it would rubb. ima run with the rims i have till i have time to swap them over and try the 7.5's that my old slicks are on. i guess the massive beating and clearancing i did for the 325 radials was enought for the w's because it looks like the radials are actuall wider than the w's, just not as tall 
ima try the new combo tomorrow night and see what happens
ima try the new combo tomorrow night and see what happens
I'm a little confused by the 'thin' Strange brake rotors comment. I had to use the spacers to space the bearings out and the width of the spacer + the strange rotor thickness was the same as the thickness of the stock rotor so nothing changed here with the Strange brakes.
did you have to use spacers behind the bearings with yours? I was concerned about the thinner rotors as well since my 28s were pretty close on the inside with the stock rotor but I measured the thickness of the spacer and the thickness of the strange rotor and it was exactly the thickness of the stock rotor. Dont know if that was by design or just the way it turned out though 
Damn Rodney SLOWING THE CAR DOWN????????????????
Originally Posted by MADMAN
Damn Rodney SLOWING THE CAR DOWN????????????????
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Dude, grow a sack and put on some 30x15x15 ET Drags on the car..
Only little girls run 28x10.5W's..
I'm gonna run monster truck tires on my car per madman's recomendation.
Edit:
Rodney, I found the tire you should be running on summit.. 32.00 x 14.50-15
You can thank me later.
Only little girls run 28x10.5W's..
I'm gonna run monster truck tires on my car per madman's recomendation.
Edit:
Rodney, I found the tire you should be running on summit.. 32.00 x 14.50-15
You can thank me later.
Last edited by Magnus; Jul 29, 2005 at 12:03 AM.
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Originally Posted by Magnus
Dude, grow a sack and put on some 30x15x15 ET Drags on the car..
Only little girls run 28x10.5W's..
I'm gonna run monster truck tires on my car per madman's recomendation.
Edit:
Rodney, I found the tire you should be running on summit.. 32.00 x 14.50-15
You can thank me later.
Only little girls run 28x10.5W's..
I'm gonna run monster truck tires on my car per madman's recomendation.
Edit:
Rodney, I found the tire you should be running on summit.. 32.00 x 14.50-15
You can thank me later.
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mine wouldn't fit without some cutting (on a 7.5 BS rim)...I didn't have to go as extensive as I did...but I felt safer than sorry. You need room for when the tires wrinkle and flex left to right some IMHO
Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
6.5 backspace? Do they stick out like 2 inches?
Originally Posted by Fireball
mine wouldn't fit without some cutting (on a 7.5 BS rim)...I didn't have to go as extensive as I did...but I felt safer than sorry. You need room for when the tires wrinkle and flex left to right some IMHO
Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Is the rearend housing narrower than stock? I would swear that 6.5/stock housing length sticks out past the body.
PSJ,
Here's a 26x10 ET Drag on a 15x10 with 6.5" bs. The rim is about even with the outside of the quarter panel on a stock housing length. A 10.5W probably only sticks out 1/2" past that.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...88005760uUoGhA
Here's a 26x10 ET Drag on a 15x10 with 6.5" bs. The rim is about even with the outside of the quarter panel on a stock housing length. A 10.5W probably only sticks out 1/2" past that.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...88005760uUoGhA