56 f100 volare clip 3 or 4 leaves removed. What wheel an tire combo is most of yall running?eventually gonna bag the truck an put 3" wider rears on her. I like 20's but not sure. Any ideas?

 

I have 15's on my 55 w/torque thrust B.F. Goodrich rubber. Its been lowered 3" in the front & 4-5" in the back.

 

I dig the new OEM GT500 Wheels. There are a few sets I can get my hands on here in NM. My only issue is not having a larger rear width. I also like the style of the staggered fit American Racing Torque Thrust wheels (20 x 10 rear & 18 x 8 front).

 

I like the 20 and 18 idea. What tires would you run? Any idea size wise?

 

I have 18's on my 55, no mods to the suspention so shes all stock. I'm running 225/60's up front and 265/60's on the rears...

 

I am running 18s and 20's

using Toyo Proxes tires (directional tread)..

255/45/18 in the front, 305/35/20 in the rear. 3 in wider fenders,
volare front end, lincoln/mustang 8.8 rear, air bagged, custom lower trailing arm suspension.

sam

 

Thats a sweet ride do you think that set up would work with stock rear fenders till i get my wider ones

 

no.. these tires are 12 inches wide (see Tire Dimensions Made Simple - Discount Tire), and the fender is only 11.

I also mini tubbed the bed thinking I was going wider.. where the tires are now would almost touch the bed wall without the tubs.. in the last picture the rear is aired down so I need a little more inside clearance.

Sam

 

Oh ok thanks i will one day do that to mine

 

just fyi, I got the tubs from http://www.suicidedoors.com

Sam

 

also, here is a guide to figuring out what size you can handle

WHEEL & SUSPENSION MEASURING GUIDE

Sam

 

Hey that custom trailing bar set up is it a bolt on and does it go on outside of your frame? If not alot of trouble i would like to see pics of it and the air bags setup.

 

18's on the front with 245/50-18 Nitto's.
Rims: 18x9, 5.94" backspace, +.94" offset.
Mustang II IFS

20's on the rear with 295/35-20 Nitto's.
Rims: 20x10, 7.2" backspace, +1.8" offset.
Ride Tech triangulated 4-bar.

I am trusting the fronts will fit by what I have seen on this website and others.

Stock rear fenders (if my calculations are correct I won't need to widen them), I will have tubs in the bed.
Bed is 49" wide outside measurement. Allow 11" for each fender to allow for slope towards top where the tire will reach. Total width 71" outside to outside of tires. It leaves me about an inch clearance to the fenders on each side with my 9" differential.

Will have pics to post in a month or so. Installing the IFS now. Still need to tub the bed to fit it on the rear of the truck.

 

I am traveling til end of the week on business, but here is the pic in my gallery



i have turned the bars around (swap left/right) to move the bag closer to the chassis.
same for the upper pad.

notice the front of the arm comes just under the chassis rails..

I made the two brackets on the inside of the chassis to bolt the outer bar mounts to.


sam

 

Here's an early shot of mine with the front wheels and tires on. I used them to mock it up while the rear tires were on back order.



It looks lopsided because I was standing a little to the left of center when I took the picture.