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Old 02-05-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Question Weld Drag Lite 15x8 Tire Size?

What is the widest tire that can be use without rubbing on the frame?
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I will give ya a straight answwr. I forgot so lemme look
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Ok here is from one of my past post's. I just copied and pasted so this should get ya' going.

I purchased summit brand WELD DRAGLITES 15X8 rear and 15X4 front. I was really reluctant because of the price. I paid about $300.00 less for the summit brand then I did the actual draglites. Same offset same everything except the lug nut's will be a little different. Well I received them today and they look much better then I thought they would. Very sharp solid wheel and LIGHT! I had my 275/50/15 MT ET streets mounted on the rears. I found the tires for the front skinnies on Ebay and worked perfect but I may buy some more rims for the front while i am on the street. The rears work perfect and any wider would be an issue. I got VERY lucky on the backspacing and could not be more right on the money. If you order your draglites or if you go with the summit brand you will need to beat in the inner fender a bit but is very easy to do. I will also need to roll my outer fenders a bit to keep from rubbing on launch but just a bit. 275/50/15 is about as big as you can go on a fox body!! If you want to know I can give you the backspacing I had also. I think 5.5 but I will have to look at the receipt. I know you will have to remove your quad shocks also to use a wider tire. That should not hurt a thing and many on this site have done that to be able to put wide tires on the rear.
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