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8" wide wheel, 4" backspace - question

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by steveo27, Feb 18, 2014.

  1. Feb 18, 2014 at 10:46 AM
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    steveo27

    steveo27 [OP] Ask me about my weiner

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    The same shit everyone else has.
    Quick question....

    I found a set of 16x8 Pro Comp wheels on Craigslist for dirt cheap. The back space on them is 4" (or -12 offset).

    I've spent most of my day at work researching this set up and havent come up with too much other than a half full of pictures.

    I started running numbers and I came up with this -

    From what I've found, the stock 16" TRD wheels are 7" wide et32, which is 5.25" backspace. Can anyone verify this??

    I have 1.25" Spidertrax spacers on my 16" TRD wheels. 1.25" = 31.75mm.

    If my math is right, the specs of the stock 16" TRD wheels w/ the spacers
    is 7" wide roughly et0.

    So I plugged in the numbers and came up with this....

    offset_zps1aa37f9c_38aa57736c99985bc0e94acbb7dbc6734ab8162f.jpg

    According to this, 8" et -12 (4" backspace) sticks out 12mm (1/2") further the the 7" et 0. Does this seam right?


    Or if its easier, is there anyone running 8" wide wheels with a 4" backspace (et-12) ??

    This is the only shot I can find which really shows the wheel poke from head on -

    backspacing_ec1cb6eee590376adf524aba8851590834039d20.jpg

    And for comparison, these are 8" et-25 (3.5" backspace), which should stick out 1/2" further than 8" et-12 -

    [​IMG]

    :beer:
     
  2. Feb 19, 2014 at 6:36 AM
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    dxpsman

    dxpsman Well-Known Member

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    Sub'd - will look into this more closely today when I have time...

    At a glance though, it seems like you should probably lose the spacers...
     
  3. Feb 19, 2014 at 6:38 AM
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    steveo27

    steveo27 [OP] Ask me about my weiner

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    The same shit everyone else has.
    Definitely losing the spacers
     

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