18" on a wagon

CHROMAHOLIC

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Jan 30, 2006
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Hi guy's, i am in the process of pro touring my 83 wagon. I am running an 8.5 Grand National rearend with 13" baer brakes all around, My question is with discs on the rear will it have any effect on my backspacing at all? I want to run 18" rims on the car so I was thinking 4.5" for a backspace, does this sound about right. The car will have an Air Ride Technologies kit in it so will it sit low with the 8"s or should I run a 7" in the front, if so what backspace on a 7". Any input would be greatly appreciated it, Thanks Jim
 

CHROMAHOLIC

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Jan 30, 2006
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Thanks for the info...is that what you run on your car, it has a killer stance.
What size tire are you running on these rims considering I want to be able to have them tuck up when I let the air out of the bags. Thanks Jim
 

malibu9in

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275 40 on the back and 24545 on the front. I cant drive the car with no air it will rub. I went with a 5 up front so it would tuck a little better in the wheel well. I spent about 3 months on and off trying different wheels and offsets. I put alot of effort in trying to nail the stance. hth!
 

CHROMAHOLIC

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Thanks for the great help

Thanks your car looks killer, is there any place where I could see more pics of it. I'm not sure what wheel I'm going to run but I really like some of the Intro stuff....Jim
 

malibu9in

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I really like intro wheels...you could get away with a 20 on the rear due to all the extra sheet metal. I dont like anythng bigger that a 18 on a g body cept a wagon. I cant find anypics on the web lately. ill dig some up.
 

CHROMAHOLIC

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rims

Having a hard time choosing which rim I like, narrowed down to three....the wagon is done in Black laquer.

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