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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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would 4" back spacing on a set of 15x8 wheels for the track make them stick out too much and possibly damage my quarter panels? tried searching but didnt find much
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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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if its a 4" bs on an 8" wheel then there is a 0 offset so yea, theyre gonna hang out quite a bit... I wouldnt do it

edit: im assuming you mean the strip so if youre gonna run slicks they will definitely rub...
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yea the recommended backspace is like 5.5ish so i figured they would be to wide out there
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If you have access to the wheel, I'd bolt it on just to see

do the math - a 8" wide wheel with 0 bs should (in theory) sit in relation to the quarter panels the exact same as a 11" wheel with a 36mm offset...which is what I just happen to have on my car with 13" wide tires. Again, I say 'in theory' since not all wheel mfgrs follow the offset to backspacing rules...
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