esp68camaro

Hey Guys I am planning on buying some 18x10 american eagle series 225 for the rear very soon and need some pics asap I want the rear wheels to be even with the lip..Im looking for an agressive look. Any help would be appreciated. The backspace is offered in 5.00inch-5.50-and 6.00 inch on bs..... Ive done a search and couldnt find the exact pictures i needed to make a choice. I need to see a pic from the rear where the tire is even to the lip of the quarter. thanks

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iTrader: (15)

6" would be the closest, the others will put the wheel outside the wheel well. 6.25 is probable perfectly flush.

esp68camaro

Do you know anyone on this board that might have a pic of that backspace and that wheel size. Ive never talked to any one on here so..........

Stephen

iTrader: (12)

Mine are 11" with 7" bs. Pull 1" off the inside, 10" with 6" bs, & its the same wheel to the outside.



You wouldn't want it any farther out, unless you have good bumpstops. The tire would hit otherwise on big dips. Don't ask me how I know.....

esp68camaro

I seen that you have 17x9 with 5 inch bs. wonder what that would look like on all four corners?

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iTrader: (15)

it would look just like that pic he already posted, those ar ehte same wheels, just widened on the inside. so the outside of the wheel is still in the same place

Stephen

iTrader: (12)

The 9" wheels were widened to the inside, so the outside fit was the same as when they were 9" wide.

Here they are before the widening:


My fronts are the same 17" x 9" w/5" bs & sit int by about 1/4"-1/2".

DBLTKE

iTrader: (1)

You should go for the 5.5 BS and use a 4-5mm spacer. That will get you perfectly flush with a 10" wide wheel.

esp68camaro

right on...Im deffently have been thinking of the 5.5inch backspace.

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iTrader: (15)

im telling you, the wheel will be just outside the fender with that BS.

my wheels, at 10" wide would need 6.5" of bs to keep them in as far as they are now, and thats only about 1/2" from the fender lip



these were 18x8 with 4.5" of bs, or zero offset.

thats where the outside of the wheel will be with a 18x10 with 6.5" of bs. 6 would make it about flush once you add the tire bulge

Stephen

iTrader: (12)

Perfectly flush will get 1 of 2 things, if not both....

A. Cut tire (when the sidewall contacts the fender in a road dip).
B. Bent sheet metal (when the tire contacts the fender in a road dip).

or

C. BOTH A & B!

DBLTKE

iTrader: (1)

Have you seen my set up? I'm lowered 3.25" in the front and have 17x9 wheel with a -4 offset and 4.3125" of back spacing with 285/40/17 tires. The specs I gave him would be exactly just as flush as mine and I have absolutely no rubbing.

Stephen

iTrader: (12)

I haven't, but seeing it won't change the facts.

Hit a pothole/speed bump/whatever hard enough & you might rub if your flush up front. Do it on the rear wheels & you WILL rub. He was asking about the REAR.

Rear wheels go straight up & down, fronts move in an arc.

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iTrader: (15)

you do realize that a 17x9" wheel is 10" wide right? thats why your measurements are off. the width is measured from the inside of the bead seats, not the overall width

out of curiosity, what is your measurement from the center of the hub to the fender? from the pic in your sig the car doesn't look that low

DBLTKE

iTrader: (1)

I do realize that manufacturers advertise bead to bead measurement and not the overall width. When manufacturers list their offsets they do so in relation to their advertised width. Camaro SS wheels have an advertised size of 17x9 +46. I use 2" adapters to mount these wheels.

2" = 50.8mm
46mm - 50.8mm = -4.8mm

I rounded -4.8mm down to the safe side of -4mm, effectively making my wheels 17x9 -4

My sig pic was before my drop and wheels. Center of hub to fender lip:
Front 12.5"
Rear 14.125"

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iTrader: (15)

12.5 on the front! thats pretty low, are the tires stock diameter?

-4mm offset should give you 4.84" of back spacing.

Tony89GTA

iTrader: (7)

This is my 10" wheel with 6.5" of BS. Going with 6" BS should give you the look that you want.

esp68camaro

you have a nice bird.

DBLTKE

iTrader: (1)

No, my tires have a 25.98" diameter. I understand what threw me off. I'm used to figure out wheel sizing using offset and not backspacing which uses the advertised width to have a accurate offset. Whereas with backspacing you use the overall width to get the total BS.

Fermin91rs305

Hey I have a 92 camaro I Just bought an I'm about to buy some torque thrust the rear rims are what Is causing me confusion is I'm buying 18x10 with a 6.5bs I was wondering if when I buy a adapter to make it the stock 5.5 will this fit perfect inside the fender well or what?? Please help I'm new at rims mod thanks

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iTrader: (15)

post #18 shows the exact spec wheel you are looking at, 18x10 with 6.5" of bs. moving the wheel out 1" will pout it outside the fender, as you can tell from the pic.

the outside of the wheel is #18 is the same as my wheel in post #10. You really dont want to go any further out. maybe a half inch tops

Fermin91rs305

Well what type of mod you had to do to fit a 6.5bs on that bird huh as I thought it was 5.5bs ??

Fermin91rs305

My problem is that the torque thrust m 18x10 only
Come in 4.5 bolt pattern....that's y I need a adapter but don't I also nee a 1" to make my bs fit as my sto k bs is 5.5 right???

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iTrader: (15)

you cant tell me that torque thrusts in any style are only available in a 4.5 bolt pattern.

stock backspacing on any factory wheel from a 3rd gen is NOT 5.5", and even if it was, its not a 10" wide wheel, so it doesnt put the outside of the wheel in the same place follow?

6.5 will fit, you need a 2lb hammer, maybe a grinder and cutoff wheel if you need to trim the bumpstop area. many people here use this size, its not hard to make fit.

my best advise, find a wheel with the correct bolt pattern. or if you post a link to the wheel you want i'll find it.

Fermin91rs305

Im looking for 18x10 torque thrust black m..... And I was mad whn they told me they only carry that pattern!!!

VincentZ28

iTrader: (2)

6in to 6.5 BS is all you need to go with without using spacers for an 18x10-10.5 wheel. Forget about the 5.5 BS when going to a wider wheel. I have 18x9.5 all 4 corners using 6in BS and no spacers.

shone190

Here is my GTA with 285/40/17 on rear and 10J, ET20, 6.3" BS fit without modifications and spacers.

H_NGM_N

might be a dead thread but what wheels are those? What tire size?