My 64 Safari has been begging me to put some American Racing Torq Thrust D's on since I bought it. So I'm going to do it as soon as I figure some stuff out, which leads me to asking you guys....
I want to fill up as much of the rear wheel wells as possible, and I want to stay with the old skool look of 15 inch wheels. Can someone recommend the maximum wheel/tire size I can cram in there without rubbing or sticking out of the wheel well?
The car has a 5 bolt pattern, I'm guessing it has the stock wheel hubs and axles. What is my exact bolt pattern?
I'm also looking for someone to enlighten me on how the science of backspacing works.
Now those are MEATS!!! Based on the back space you gave me I found a formula to convert backspace to offset. The American Racing website only shows offsets. A 15x8.5 with a -25 offset works out to be about a 3.75 B/S. I think this should work.
stock Custom Sport rear coils, I had changed the fronts to ?? out of maybe a 62 4 dr.? I cut 1 1/4 coils out of them to get the stance.
Custom Sports sat 1" lower? factory from everything else , right off the GM floor .. someone here can confirm the actual #.
It takes 2 jacks to get the wheels on, one to raise the body, the other to lower the rear up and down to get the clearance, because of the arc the suspension travels,, but the pain is worth it !!
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later...rog
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I'm a collector...not a builder!!Located in sunny central Saskatchewan at the lakehead!
