I have Torque Thrust 2's 16x9 with 245/50/r16 all the way around. They fill the wells real nice all the way around but the outside of the tire rubs my inner fenders in front while turning. I figured i had the wrong backspacing but with the wheels turned all the way to the right i dont have a lot of space before the tires hit the suspension arm. I put 2 coil spring spacers on each side to help. I thought about shaving the inner fenders and the fender "lip" just where the tires rub. That would give me almost 1 inch of extra clearence. Besides that is there anything else i can do aside of getting skinnier front wheels?

To fit my 17x9.5's, I had to roll the front fender lips nice and tight and cut the plastic inner fender. I cut it where the plastic meets the inner structure of the metal fender. From the engine compartment, you can hardly tell that they have been cut. This will give you quite a bit of extra room. You will need to take off the metal piece that is stapled to the plastic.

Thats what i figured. I just wasent sure if prople were fitting a 9" wide rim under there without any modification. I was gonna go 17's or 18's but i alread had a set of almost brand new tires off my camaro i totaled. They still look good though. Thanx man.

A bigger wheel will let you run a little more backspacing to help suck it in, but you would still need to trim the fenders.

A bigger wheel will let you run a little more backspacing to help suck it in, but you would still need to trim the fenders.


I have 255/60s, but i chose to put in heavy duty springs to "lift" the body for clearance.

Lifting is one way to go, but you can gain a questionable ride quality if you go too high. I have done this, and I can say that getting the right wheels to pull the tire in is the better way to go. A standard backspacing in a custom 15" or 16" wheel is around 3 3/4" to 4". This tends to be fine until you modify the suspension, or run an oversized tire. Also, if you run a wheel that is over about 8" in width, you can have clearance problems with the wrong offsets. Sometimes it's nothing more than trial and error. My '84 has had around 8-10 differents sets of tires and wheels because I wasn't satisfied and kept pushing it a little more each time. My goal is having the widest set possible, with the lowest ride height, and not have clearance issuses