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Italian Stallion · 03-15-2012, 07:29 PM

97 ta..i have 235/55 r16 tires, i know i should probably get bigger tires first lol but i dont wanna spend that much money yet.. does anybody know how much id need to get them to stick out the fender width or maybe even a little more? i want to do only the back and keep the front the same.. thanks

WildBillyT · 03-15-2012, 07:31 PM

You are trying to get your tires to stick out of the fenders???

Italian Stallion · 03-15-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by WildBillyT

You are trying to get your tires to stick out of the fenders???

no lol i want them even with the fenders

BonzoHansen · 03-15-2012, 08:00 PM

No. you dont want to do that.

Italian Stallion · 03-15-2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

No. you dont want to do that.

Really? Why do you say that? Feel like my tires are being swallowed my the fenders

maroman88 · 03-15-2012, 09:09 PM

bumps will make ur tires be eaten by fenders

BonzoHansen · 03-15-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Italian Stallion

Really? Why do you say that? Feel like my tires are being swallowed my the fenders

You shouldn't use a spacer bigger than 1/8" unless you want the wheel studs to fail. I'm not sure the smallest adapter you can buy is, maybe 1 1\2". If you push your wheels out that far you'll probably have the aforementioned rubbing issues and you'll have increased bearing wear.