[DeTomaso] 18" Rear Wheels

[Julian Kift]

My narrow body wheels (PI 5 Star) are 11" width with if I recall correctly a 6" backspace on the rear. Interesting that Chris went with such a wide wheel on a narrow body as that's a lot of extra width at the inside of the wheel (1.25" out of the 1.5") . I'd like to see photo's of how close it sits to the lower a-arm or whether indeed with 18" diameter rims there is enough clearanmce for the a-arm to sit inside the rim and it becomes a non issue.
 
Secondly be aware 'backspacing' is not the same to all vendors, some will quote it from the mounting flange to the inside lip of the tire bead (standard method), which means there's actually about 1/4" more rim past that, whereas some vendors will include the flange to back edge of the rim.

 

Julian
 
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:45:36 -0400
> From: boyd411 at gmail.com
> To: cuvee at sbcglobal.net
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 18" Rear Wheels
> 
> Curt,Chris Difani has 17" front and 18" rear whheel on his stock body. He is
> on Vacation or he would have answered you himself. Here is what he told me
> because I asked the same question as you are asking he said quote""Now for
> my tires, and wheels. I've got the Codington Campy clones, purchased thru
> Marino at Panteras East. My sizes are 9.5" by 17" for the front, and 12.5"
> by 18" on the rear. My tires are Michelin Pilot Sports all around. The
> front tires are: 255/40YR-17 size (if these are hard to get, try
> 245/40-17), and the rears are 345/35YR-18, and all are the Y speed rating.
> The front wheels have a backspace of 5.5", while the rear wheels have a
> backspace of 7.25" " So thats it right from the horses mouth ( that's
> funny because Chris owns a horse farm! Good Luck,
> 
> Boyd
> 
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > One more time. Anyone running 18" Rear Wheel on a Stock Body Pantera please
> > tell me what the Back Spacing is?
> > Thanks
> > Curt
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