Day 2 parts discussion

[mockingbird812]

Ain't that what air shocks are for? It'll give you that wide-track ride! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img] Can't let the Poncho guys have all of the fun! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[black69]

she still has the air shocks (74? vintage)



here is the '1 inch too far pic'



kevn suydam has a good example of how I want the car to end up looking in the back.

http://corvettes-musclecars.com/gall...+Cuda.jpg.html

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black69</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

here is the '1 inch too far pic'





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I actually think it looks nice.

I still think you have 10&quot; rims. M/T N50's tread width are about 11 3/4-12&quot; wide give or take. If the rims were 12's the rim would be ballooning out past the sidewall/tread because the outside lip would be about 14&quot; wide and it appears not to be doing so in your pic.

The rims outside edge appears to be equal or slightly less of the tire tread of 12 inches. You also do not have much negative (reverse) deep dish offset. If those were 12's your tires would be way into the rear leaf springs and most likely would have needed a shock relocation kit.

I have 10's on my car with N50's and they have the same exact look as yours. My 10's measure 12' outside lip to outside lip.

Cool Monroe shocks-def 70's vintage.

[Salvatore]

Leave it IMO.

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Leave it IMO. </div></div>

Yep, and the tires look fine to use.

[PxTx]

I agree that the look on the car Suydam has is very tasteful.





I actually am a fan of the Mopar look when you move the spring pearch inboard, run a real fat tire and keep it within the wheel well.

I think my wife's 1971 Duster had a 10&quot; wide wheel in the stock wheel house. Ran a set of N50's and it was tight. Later went to the 295/50.

You can't go wrong with having another set of mag wheels for your car. I say get a set with the inboad off-set you want and hang onto these too!

[markjohnson]

As Bad-Ass &amp; Tuff as a fat-tire'd Challenger looks (I like it!), those tires will just throw up so many small rocks and other debris that you won't believe how bad the lower quarters will get peppered with paint chips back there. Especially with tires that have a little softer compounds. Just a little FYI.

[black69]

thanks for the compliments, guys
the car did come back to life, when I put those monsters on it. It spent most of its life that way.
When I slipped the stock G60's back on, it was like I felt like I did the car a dis-service.

long live d2. or d3 for that matter.

white top, oh cragar jedi master, the wheels measure out rim to rim 11.5-12&quot;. u too suspicious, say grasshopper [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

My hemi Charger with its original set of 1970 Cragars that the original owner put on back in January of 1970.
They are 15x4 front and 15x7 rears with the original 1972 Parnelli Jones L60x15s (hard as hockey pucks now). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]









Instead of replating them I just blacked out the flakey lug area with some carefully masked barbeque-black spray paint. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black69</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

white top, oh cragar jedi master, the wheels measure out rim to rim 11.5-12&quot;. u too suspicious, say grasshopper [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]



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Did you take a tire off the rim and measure it? If you never took off the tire it is very difficult to get a true rim measurement.

Here is a 10&quot; rim and the outside lip of the rim is 11&quot;. Your tread width is 12&quot; + or - so your outside rim should be 13&quot; outer lip to outer lip based upon mine being 11&quot; but in the side picture the outside rim outer lip looks further in than the tread width but then again I never did do well in physics so that might explain it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]