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18x9 on 70's Sattelite

dickdale

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I'm in the middle of ordering my wheels from Bonspeed. I want to buy 18x9's for the front and 19x10's for the rear.

The problem is, that I've got my car totally assembled because of a full restoration. The engine and trans are out. The easy way to simulate is use a jack and measuring the ride height from fender to wheel center.

I'm using stock reinforced K-member, stock Uca's and Lca's. Dr.Diff's 13" rotors with my own made Porsche caliper brake setup. Caliper clearance is no problem.

With a 9 inch wheel the total will be 10 with the lips and tires mounted.

My question is which backspacing do I use with a 18x9 wheel? Doesn't the UCA hit the wheel when going over a bump with?
 
I got 18x9 up front with 4.5 backspace on a 69 roadrunner

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Looks nice! I've order mine with 4.75... That's also what Brad recommended...
 
the wheels look great....these cars needed this much rubber from day one...
 
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