 8" wide fuchs front and back?, Would they work nice on a flared car? |
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| speed metal army |
 Sep 23 2013, 10:11 PM
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Waiting for the rain to stop...  Group: Members Posts: 1,068 Joined: 4-September 10 From: PNW Member No.: 12,137 Region Association: Canada  |
8x15's to be exact.. I know guys seem to use the 7 and 8 combo, but have to space the fronts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Why not 8&8?
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| VegasRacer |
Sep 23 2013, 10:28 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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16 x 8 on all four corners works for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| speed metal army |
Sep 23 2013, 10:29 PM
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Waiting for the rain to stop... Group: Members Posts: 1,068 Joined: 4-September 10 From: PNW Member No.: 12,137 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Sep 23 2013, 09:28 PM)  Ill say! Nice car. No issues in front? Running any spacer in rear? |
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| pete000 |
Sep 23 2013, 11:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,885 Joined: 23-August 10 From: Bradenton Florida Member No.: 12,094 Region Association: South East States |
15 x 8s work front and rear with flares. Still will need a spacer on the front. Mine did.
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| speed metal army |
Sep 23 2013, 11:13 PM
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Waiting for the rain to stop... Group: Members Posts: 1,068 Joined: 4-September 10 From: PNW Member No.: 12,137 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(pete000 @ Sep 23 2013, 10:06 PM) 15 x 8s work front and rear with flares. Still will need a spacer on the front. Mine did. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) How big? |
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| rick 918-S |
Sep 24 2013, 12:04 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,462 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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I had 15X8's all around several years ago. I ran 215/60's front and 235/60' rears.
Up graded to 16X8 front and 16X9 rears when I had trouble getting a matched set of staggered tires. Here's the 16's. Can't remember the front tire size but I have 255/50 rears  |
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| carr914 |
Sep 24 2013, 02:28 AM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,694 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
The only car I ran 8's (16 Diameter) all around was a 944 - it was nice to be able to rotate tires
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| JoeSharp |
Sep 24 2013, 03:58 AM
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In Irvine, Ca. May 15-18 Group: Members Posts: 3,947 Joined: 9-July 03 From: DeLand, Florida Member No.: 898 Region Association: South East States |
The spacer is directly related to the wheel. Not even all fuchs have the same backset. With 1 inch spacers I ran 16 inch Bosters all around and had them on an unflaired car with 205 50's. The 8's fit better on the front than they did on the rear, no spacer. One of the problems you will run into as mentioned by Rick is the tires. You can't get all the sizes in 15's that you can get in 16's. The wheels that I'm now running on the race car are 8 x 16 Panasports with 1 inch spacer in the front and 1.25 inch in the rear on 225 x 50's. It's much deeper than just a wheel size.
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| Matt Romanowski |
Sep 24 2013, 05:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 878 Joined: 4-January 04 From: Manchester, NH Member No.: 1,507 |
We run 8s all around on our track car. The front could probably use some spacers, but we don't worry about it. We run 225/34 R15 but it's on a track only car.
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| pcar916 |
Sep 24 2013, 05:59 AM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None
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I have 8's (225-50/16) in the front and 9's (245-45/16) in the rear, both with spacers. My spacer depth depends on the offsets between the BBS and Fuchs wheels, and whether they're on the front or the rear.
I've always heard that metal flares are a bit tighter... can't say from personal experience. Good luck |
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| rick 918-S |
Sep 24 2013, 07:08 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,462 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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QUOTE(Joe Sharp @ Sep 24 2013, 04:58 AM) The spacer is directly related to the wheel. Not even all fuchs have the same backset. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) My 8's were copies. I ran 1" spacers front and rear. I now have 16's from Performance Products. I have 1" front and 1/4" rear. |
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