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Re: Wheel size and back spacing chevytruckdaddy #1309589 05/05/2019 1:21 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 DANVILLE IL L LONGBOX55 'Bolter
LONGBOX55 'Bolter L Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 DANVILLE IL	The backspace s too deep for the front with those wheels. The wheel would rub the drag link on a left hand turn. What you want is a 3.5" backspace for a proper fitment. on a 7" wheel, that would work out to a 0 mm offset. Bill Burmeister

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Wheel size and back spacing	chevytruckdaddy	05/03/2019 11:55 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	Apache1	05/04/2019 11:51 AM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	Justhorsenround	05/04/2019 12:26 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	Apache1	05/04/2019 12:41 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	chevytruckdaddy	05/04/2019 1:18 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	chevytruckdaddy	05/04/2019 1:50 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	chevytruckdaddy	05/04/2019 1:54 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	LONGBOX55	05/05/2019 1:21 AM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	chevytruckdaddy	05/05/2019 1:51 AM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	Snowman56	02/28/2020 8:48 PM
Re: Wheel size and back spacing	Possum	02/28/2020 10:09 PM

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