Minor tire rub with new wheels/tires
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CraigMBA
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I got busy on my shock tower surgery and didn't get a chance to check back in. I see you got the front end done successfully. How does it work post alignment?
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We're waiting for the alignment shop (one that specializes in fords/shelby drops... marlo's frame resto, mentioned in another thread) to have time, which wont' be until this weekend. So... no news until then. The lower profile 225 50r15s are mounted and ready to go whenever its done. Trust me, I'm anxious too
CraigMBA
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I live in socal (when not at school... like now), and work about 10 minutes from that shop. They're just busy doing a bunch of shelby resto's at the moment and can't fit me in just yet.
Update: got the alignment done and the new tires mounted. The good news: the car looks incredible and the tire rubbing on the front-bottom corner when turning is gone. Bad news: going over deep dips and big bumps the tires hit the fender lips almost every time. Sow hile the car is drivable, its tough to do the 'spirited' driving i so adore. Heh.
Lesson for everyone else... 3.75" bs on 15x7s doesn't work particularly well on 65/66s. Once I get teh fenders rolled it should be fine... anyone know how much i'm looking at to have a shop do that? Or shoudl I just do it myself?
Thanks everyone for the help.
dodgestang
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He said he used the shelby specs as he's does the shelby drop and alignments fair frequently, but i don't know what the exact specs were. I told him to align it with minimizing the rubbing in mind.
I did it with a baseball bat on the rear. For the front there is a lot less support to do the bat trick so I took the wheel off and hit the inside with a hammer from the bodyshop hammer pile, while supporting the outside with a dolly wrapped in a rag.
I have zero rub but then 67s have a little more room. Here's a 225/50-15 with the same wheels/backspace as yours. The fenders were rolled when I still had the 235/60-14 but as you can see there is plenty of room anyway. Maybe you could use just a little more negative camber. Mine is set to -1.5 degrees yet tire wear is pretty even.
http://images14.fotki.com/v21/photos/4/43509/229607/P4160033-vi.jpg?1050519838
Baseball bats and dollys... I have those. Doesn't seem like a dolly would provide that much support... how'd you prop it up? Any alternatives you can think of to brace it? As much detail/advice as you can give me... i'd prefer not to spend a ton of money at a body shop.
SadbutTrue, I am kind of in the same boat as you. My '66 has 225/60R15 BFG Radial TAs all the way around mounted on 15x7 styled steel wheels from Virginia Classic Mustang. Does anyone know what the backspacing of these wheels? I don't think they come in different backspacings.
Anyway, my front tires rub slightly on the upper control arm ball joint area. Should I go with a more narrow tire like a 205? What aspect ratio should I go with?
Thanks
Anyway, my front tires rub slightly on the upper control arm ball joint area. Should I go with a more narrow tire like a 205? What aspect ratio should I go with?
Thanks
dodgestang
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Style steel wheels are generally 4.25 it is easy to confirm for you self since you have the wheels, a piece of wood and a tape measure 
dodge... for the record you can mark me down on the chart as having been successful with the 3.75" bs wheels after re-sizing the tires, doing the shelby mod... and rolling the fenders.
ie tell people never to get the 3.75 inchers and get 4.25 instead. learn from my mistakes, heh. the one plus is i do like how the smaller bs sticks out int he wheelwells a bit more. not worth the extra few hundred bucks and two weekends of labor to get them in, but its nice.
ie tell people never to get the 3.75 inchers and get 4.25 instead. learn from my mistakes, heh. the one plus is i do like how the smaller bs sticks out int he wheelwells a bit more. not worth the extra few hundred bucks and two weekends of labor to get them in, but its nice.
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