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Notch1320 · 06-30-2013, 10:33 PM

Are you using drum rear brakes and do you intent to ever upgrade to an aftermarket disc?

My car was running drum rear brakes, 15 x 10 with a 6" BS. 29.5 x 9 and the inner fender well is "clearanced" with a BFH along with the outer lip trimmed/rolled. I have a set of 15 x 10 (6.5BS) that I planned to use once I added aftermarket rear brakes as most kits will add a 1/2" to each side width wise. Running that tire, I had to widen the wheel opening below the belt line (side molding) of the car.

I know another racer ran the 15 x 8" wheel with 5.5BS and a 30 x 9 slick with no clearancing needed. He was on drum rear brakes as well I believe. I can send you pictures of mine to include the wheel opening work that I did.

Also, if you are ordering from Weld, ask about having the beads knurled. I want to say its about $100 per wheel, but is a pretty cool feature and will help tremendously with keeping the tire from spinning on the rim without the use of screws or glue.

Hope this helps...

06-30-2013, 10:33 PM	#3
Notch1320 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Yuba City, CA Posts: 220 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mustang Fox Body Stocker Backspacing Are you using drum rear brakes and do you intent to ever upgrade to an aftermarket disc? My car was running drum rear brakes, 15 x 10 with a 6" BS. 29.5 x 9 and the inner fender well is "clearanced" with a BFH along with the outer lip trimmed/rolled. I have a set of 15 x 10 (6.5BS) that I planned to use once I added aftermarket rear brakes as most kits will add a 1/2" to each side width wise. Running that tire, I had to widen the wheel opening below the belt line (side molding) of the car. I know another racer ran the 15 x 8" wheel with 5.5BS and a 30 x 9 slick with no clearancing needed. He was on drum rear brakes as well I believe. I can send you pictures of mine to include the wheel opening work that I did. Also, if you are ordering from Weld, ask about having the beads knurled. I want to say its about $100 per wheel, but is a pretty cool feature and will help tremendously with keeping the tire from spinning on the rim without the use of screws or glue. Hope this helps... __________________ Shawn Allsup K/S 718 Last edited by Notch1320; 06-30-2013 at 10:38 PM.