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What is the ideal backspacing for my car? I'm looking at these wheels:
They come in all different sizes. I'm looking at 15" x 7" (or 15" x 8") for the front, and 15" x 10" (or 15" x 12") for the rear. . . Backspacing on most of them is 3.75", but the wider rims have a 4" backspacing. . . I don't know exactly what the ideal backspacing would be for my car.
Well I know for my car 15x8 = 5.5 BS, 15x10 = 7.5 BS Less BS the more the wheel sticks out from under the car.
VicePresident of West Michigan Firebird Club A.K.A The Maverick http://www.cardomain.com/ride/660128/1 93 TA Currently Under Construction AGAIN 2007 2500 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab w/ 6.0L & 3.73's
Well, keep in mind, that's $800 for just the tires. Most people have at least a few hundred into the rims, and several hundred into tires. I can save some money on rims and tires and still have a great setup that looks good, and I can put a little more money into the engine work, suspension work, various other aspects of the car that could use some extra attention.
I'm not really as much into the looks anymore, I just want a vehicle that I can be happy with. I'm working to make the car more capable in all aspects, performance, appearance, handling, etc.
Stock steelies are not an option, really, because I want them to look decent too, and for the price, I'd rather get a set of Cragar steelies.
And I agree, the set that was suggested earlier would look GREAT on my car. I'll definitely look into those. I wonder what the weight is on those?
Lol, oops, I forgot to say that I was talking about her dad. He is mr know-it-all about cars cause he can change oil and fill the windshield washer fluid. Anyway, I'm much happier to see that you are just talking about steel wheels nick, not "steelies" as I refer to the wheels on my car that are meant to have hubcaps over them.
2011 Mustang GT
20" Satin Black AMRs with 305/35 & 275/35 MT Street Radials, Saleen Grille, CS Lower Valance, Roush Axleback, GT500 Spoiler, resonator delete
I thought that car looked nice...must be a generation thing
LOL, yeah I got ya by almost 27 years.. It's not bad looking, just nothing I would do to my car and be happy with.. Maybe if it was a gloss black instead of flat black??
Don't know if this will help at all, but here's a couple pics of my 3rd gen Bird. I have a set of 4th gen factory steel wheels that I will use to run Autocross, and use on the front when I go to the Drag strip. The next pics are with vette wagon wheels. I got the wheels cheap with good rubber, but the gray finish wasnt very good, and didn't go well with the car. So I shot them black.
do what makes you happy, this could be very interesting if you do things correctly and not the budget way. I will tell you, you must also be prepared for 80-90 percent of people to not give favorable responses, its just the way it is when you do something that has rarely been done before, especially when "murdering out" a fairly new car.
-Derek-
1999 Pontiac Trans Am Ram Air- Lots of Boltons..
do what makes you happy, this could be very interesting if you do things correctly and not the budget way. I will tell you, you must also be prepared for 80-90 percent of people to not give favorable responses, its just the way it is when you do something that has rarely been done before, especially when "murdering out" a fairly new car.
Agreed.. Not my style, but not my car either.. In the end YOU have to be happy with your car..
I'm not "murdering out" my car. I'm looking at doing a unique paintjob and using wheels that most people don't use on this type of car to accomplish an overall look/theme that hasn't been done before.
The paint scheme I'm looking at is going to be mostly flat black with some gloss black accents, the wheels are going to be black (don't know if I'll go with gloss or flat at this point), and the car is going to have some power to back it up.
I'm prepared for negative responses, but I have never been one to "go with the crowd", as you may remember, the hood I did for the Camaro met less-than-favorable responses here and on other online forums, but when it was done, I got nothing but compliments. I'm not going to do something that's completely hideous, I do have SOME sense of style, and I'm going to do what I think is going to look cool.
The fact of the matter remains, my car gets vandalized more than any other vehicle I've owned. I've come out of Wal Mart to find key scratches on my car that weren't there when I went in. My car has been egged. It has been bumped in parking lots, kicked, beer has been poured on it. I'm looking for something that looks good, but can also be fixed easily.
Like I said, I'm going to do what I think I'll like the most, and I'm definitely not in any hurry to get it done. I just want to be able to take the car to my duty assignment with me, wherever that may be.
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