Re: Tire size for an 11" wide rim

From: Dave (ded74@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 22:04:17 EDT


Thanks Phil. I guess I could go with the 11" rim on the rear, see what I
can squeeze on there, that whole backspacing thing always screws me up,
maybe the 17x8 up front, my stock R/T rims are 9" with 255's, no rub at all.
Gonna have to do some more homework, crunch all the numbers. I'm torn, I
really like the way 18's look, if you ask me they're the perfect size, but
the widest 18 they have is 9.5", not bad, but still not 11" :) We'll see, I
won't be getting them till next summer anyway, just doing my research. I'm
going for the Boyd Coddzilla's, signature series, kinda hot rod looking.
Thanks again for the info. When I get back in Sept, I'm gonna go talk to
the guy that I'll probably buy 'em from, crunch the numbers and see what we
can do.

--
Dave
Bensalem, PA
'02 R/T RC Flame Red
http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Ob4o9sCNwrxqM/

"Phil Jenkins" <bugnik@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20020816002626.18725.qmail@web13907.mail.yahoo.com... > > Dave, > > You could go with a 345 width on 11" rim. A rule of > thumb is rim width 70 to 90 percent of tire width. > 345 is about 13 1/2 inch wide. On my truck (98 Sport) > its 10 inches from the mounting surface to the inner > fender, so you could tuck about 9 1/2 inches of tire > in the wheel well from the mounting surface without > rubbing. > 13 and a half inches of tire on an 11 inch rim leaves > an 1 1/4 of tire sticking out past the rim. 9 1/2 > minus 1 1/4 equals 8 1/4 inches of backspacing without > rubbing.That would be the max backspacing. Have I lost > you yet? > What you will have to decide is what size tire you > want to run and how much you want it to stick out. > This is all for the REAR of the vehicle. Its a whole > different story for the fronts. > I have 8" rims on the front with 6 1/4 backspacing and > a 255 width tire. Very slight rub at full lock. > I have the Boyd Smoothies. Any other questions feel > free to ask. > > Phil > > > --- Dave <ded74@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > 275's? I can fit those on my R/T rims, I was kinda > > hoping to go a lil > > wider, I figure with an extra two inches of rim I > > might as well take > > advantage of it. Guess I can call my brother, he's > > a manager for a tire > > center at Costco :) But thanks a ton for the > > backspacing info, that's what > > I really needed. BTW, which Boyd's do you have, I > > was looking at the > > Coddzilla, I figure those, with a nice custom flame > > job, would look sooooo > > sweet. > > > > -- > > Dave > > Bensalem, PA > > '02 R/T RC Flame Red > > > http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Ob4o9sCNwrxqM/ > > > > "Phil Jenkins" <bugnik@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > > news:20020815111854.1207.qmail@web13907.mail.yahoo.com... > > > > > > > > > --- Dave <ded74@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm looking at some sweet Boyd's that are 17x11 > > and > > > > I'm wondering what size > > > > tire would fit on there, and what kind of back > > > > spacing I'd need for an 11" > > > > wide rim, any ideas? Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dave > > > > Bensalem, PA > > > > '02 R/T RC Flame Red > > > > > > > > > > Dave, > > > I have 17x10 Boyds on the rear. They have 7.5 > > inches > > > of backspacing. With 275/60 tires, I have about 2 > > > inches of clearance to the inside. They don't > > stick > > > out any farther than stock. HTH > > > > > > ===== > > > Phil > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com



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