question for 67/68 guys running 17x9 wheels (5.5"bs) and 275 tires

DarkoStoj

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I'm going to be ordering new wheels and I've decided to go with the 17" TT2's.

What I really wanted was something a little different like these:

Boyd Coddington Junk Yard Dog
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smoothie II
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Edelbrock 409
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but I can't find them in a 17x9 rear with 5.5" bs (I REALLY want to run 275's in the back)

You guys running 17x9 or 17x9.5 wheels with 5.5" backspacing.......would you change the backspacing a little if you could? Since I'm ordering the wheels custom I can get any backspacing I want, so I'd like to get the tire in the middle of the wheel well so I can run the biggest meat possible while minimizing rubbing.

The tire choices I had in mind were the 275/40/17 Mickey Thomson Drag Radials
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or the Goodyear F1-GS-D3 in the 285/40/17 size
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I will be running the Goodyear's on the front of the car
 
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I have the 9.5" wheel. I had them modified from 5.5" backspacing to 5.7". You could probably go to almost 6" backspacing from what I can remember. I'd have to look to see how close I am under there.
 
CornerCarvin67 said:
I have the 9.5" wheel. I had them modified from 5.5" backspacing to 5.7". You could probably go to almost 6" backspacing from what I can remember. I'd have to look to see how close I am under there.
why did you change from the 5.5" backspacing? What size tires are you running?
 
Have you seen the rears on 12sec67's car? They are the widest I've seen with stock wheel wells. They'd require you to narrow your axle a bit, but the cost of that is tiny compared to what you are about to drop on shoes and laces :D

Just wanted to make sure you considered that before you bought.
 
You can order them with any backspace you want, that is what I did. They will make them for you. I have 9.5 TT II with 4.5 275/40/17 on mine. I cant figure out how to post the pics. I have done it in the past. I get a message that they are already uploaded. Cant figure hot to put them in this thread. John