64mgb, sorry to here that. Since your going to get some new wheels here is a site that can help you to figure out what back spacing/ offset you need. I have used this site alot to figur out what wheels I am going to use once I do fender flares. http://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

Hope you find the wheels you want,
Kevin

 

Thanks Kevin -

I used several sites for my research, but obviously didn't do a very good job. The salesman tried to tell me they wouldn't fit, and I wouldn't believe him. Totally my fault...I guess that what makes it suck so much Oh well...nobody's going to die because of this...easy come, easy go!

Rich

 

Thanks for the info Billy. I'll take some measurements tomorrow, but probbaly won't go that way anyway. It looks like a ground control coil over would require some grinding and welding, and I don't weld (although I wish I could). So it would probably end up costing me more than the loss I would take by selling these and buying something else. But I'll do the research anyway.

I appreciate you takng the time to take the mesurements!

Rich

 

those are some sick wheels

 

btw i am in love w/ your ride that is sick

 

OK...I finally got a chance to go out and tinker with the new wheels, and it looks like spacers might work. It looks like a 1/2" spacer should move the tires far enough away from the spring to clear it, and still not stick out too far. In fact, it looks like it will stick out almost exactly as far as the tires on my '79, and I've never had a fender rub problem with them. The issue I see now is that the gap between the top of the tire and the fender isn't very big. But I figure if it's a problem I can get spacers to put on top of the camber/caster adjusting plate to raise the ride hieght a little. In these pictures, I have some washers on a couple of the studs for the front wheel to space it out. I could only go out 0.3" with the current studs and still be able to get a nut on them, so with a 1/2" spacer, it will stick out another 0.2". It looks like the rears are fine without spacers.

Hey Billy - I measured the diameter of the coli it's rubbing on and it's about 5", so a ground control coil-over may be a viable option if the spacers don't work out.

Do the wheel studs come out easily? Can they be hammered out, or do they need to be pressed out? And does anyone know the length of them right off hand?

Thanks,
Rich

 

Studs should come out relatively easy. A hammer will do the trick. Can't help on the length or shank diameter, sorry. Longer studs should be somewhat easy to find, it just takes time to hunt for ones with the right shank size, and enough length to do the job. Finding one that is perfect, and has the 12x1.5 thread pitch may be a little more difficult, but you could always just match lugnuts to the thread of the new studs, if need be.