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Jun 14, 2002 | 06:05 PM

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? about wheel sizes

What are my options to get 10 inch wide wheels on the back of a 91 Z28. And what is backspacing, sorry but i'm ignorant about this.

Jun 15, 2002 | 05:10 PM

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I know you guys can answer this seeing as alot of you have done it to your own cars. any help would be appreciated.

Jun 15, 2002 | 05:20 PM

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From: Kelowna, B.C.

Car: 89 Camaro RS

Engine: 305 TBI

Transmission: 700r4

Axle/Gears: 2.73

I don't know a lot about wheels.. But I do beleive back spacing is the distance from the mounting surface behind the wheel to the edge of the rim.. Here is a picture that should help.

Jun 15, 2002 | 07:59 PM

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Thanks for the diagram I understand it now. As far as I know my options for wider wheels are tubbing the rearend, using spacers or having a wheel with differant backspacing is that correct? Which of these is the best solution, I heard that tubbing is going to be expensive and will affect the overall handling of the car in a negative way, and I heard that using spacers is bad for the axle. Any opinions on this?"