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Jul 22, 2008 | 03:14 PM

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11"...12"?

Does anybody have pics of wheels with 12" in the back? pain in the *** to fit'em? I'm thinking to widen my AR Rebels, 11" or 12"? also which tires would fit 18x11 or 18x12, thanks.

Jul 22, 2008 | 03:39 PM

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you would have to do too much cutting for 12's i had to cut my bumpstops in half to fit my 11's on my car

Jul 22, 2008 | 03:59 PM

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i would widen to 11" in the rear...then you could get a 315/30/18 tire to fit.

Jul 22, 2008 | 04:25 PM

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I've been wanting to do this too. I wanted to go with 12" on the back with some 335 or 345 PS2's. I wanted to get an offset similar to the Dick Harrell cars, requiring flaring more than tubbing, but its hard finding wheels. I was going to get some custom wheels made, but I am starting to wonder if the extra inch even adds that much more contact area.

If not, I could simply go with 17x11 and some Goodyear GSD3's.

Jul 22, 2008 | 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TXws6

i would widen to 11" in the rear...then you could get a 315/30/18 tire to fit.

That's a good idea, 18x11 with some BF Goodrich $292/tire.

Jul 22, 2008 | 11:03 PM

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There was guy who got 12's on his car on here a little while ago........

edit, there ya go

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...t=wide+inch+12

Jul 22, 2008 | 11:54 PM

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Thx for the link man.

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Jul 23, 2008 | 08:46 AM

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When I had 11" ZR1s with 315s on my car, it looked like there was plenty of room on the inside to go wider. But 345mm is a massive tire, not sure I could have fit those. On my next set of wheels/tires I will probably do an 11.5" rim with 335 Nittos. Looks like an 8" backspace should work perfect on an 11.5" rim, which would be roughly a 57mm offset.