Guest Dan0myte Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Just wondering if someone running 255 or larger tires in the rear of their 240/260/280 could post their suspension modifications & wheel size/offset specifications. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 BIG flares, or smaller flares/and coilovers are the only way to stuff that size in those wheel wells. 3" flares with coilovers should get you there. I'm not running coilovers, but am using large flares to fit my 265/45/16's in my wheel wells. They are mounted on 16x9 rims with near zero offset..(can't remember my offset..its not much) That is all I can help with.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 i'm using 255/60-15's on 15x8 weld rodlites with 4.5" backspacing without coilovers. i have 280 rear springs on stock 240 strut housings. a friend of mine is running 275/60-15's on 15x8 weld draglites with 3.5" backspacing. you do have to use flares with the 275 series tire. his car: you can get about the same effect by using 240 lowering springs on 280 strut housings. you can run the 255/60 with this setup and it doesnt sit as high in the rear as my car or the car above. that was done here to my friend's drag car: it actually settled down a little after the engine, trans, and fuel cell were put in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thurem Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Check out Pete's website, he's running 255/45/17 tires in the stock fenderwells. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pparaska/index.html Thure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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