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My new 76 Malibu - Page 2 Empty Have any idea what back spacing I would need for a 275 or 295/35?

Post by driveit Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:37 am

74Malibu383 wrote:315/35/20's tuck with the proper backspacing and no body work.
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Post by Brainstain Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:12 am

I think I saw a guy on here running a 12" slick that said he had 6-1/2"?

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Post by 74Malibu383 Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:26 am

I'm running 5.75" in the rear and the 315's tuck fully. I believe you would subtract 1/8" for the Baer disk brake setup.
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Post by Brainstain Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:55 pm

So that makes almost 5.5" then. I was a little off.

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Post by 74Malibu383 Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:46 am

Almost... 5 5/8"
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Post by Brainstain Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:10 pm

I was thinking more along the lines of off the shelf wheels when I said 5.5 because usually they are made with 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6 etc. but you are correct. I measured it out and the 335s I want to run should fit with a little room to spare on each side. By the website the BFG 335s are 13.2" wide and my wheel well measured 14.7 from frame to fender lip. I'll probably cut the lip and may roll the fenders for some extra clearance and width.

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Post by 74Malibu383 Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:40 pm

335's would look pretty awesome.
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Post by Brainstain Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:39 pm

I got an email back from Speedtech about the high clearance frontend parts to tuck 295s up front.. They want me to buy a complete system. Which is awesome, but it's $4,999.. So maybe I'll just order wheels with less backspacing and run road race flares or roll the fenders like a tuner.

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