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Old Feb 23, 2016 | 07:04 PM
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Front Wheel Size

Hi guys. It's time to start shopping wheels for my 53 restomod project. I'm thinking about the Foose Legend wheel in a 17" or 18". My question is, what width rim can I go with and at what back spacing? Note that I have a Heidts Mustang II front suspension installed which may effect back spacing.

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Old Feb 23, 2016 | 09:41 PM
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subscribed I also am the in market for wheels.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by artscott61
subscribed I also am the in market for wheels.
I had Wheelsmith make mine.



But no matter who you use you will need to make measurements as follows:



Since your front end is essentially custom I would recommend that you not rely on somebody else's measurements. You could have an expensive mistake or your results might not be desirable.

This might help you also:
theWheelsmith.net - Wheel Gemometry
 
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Thanks Pete. I'll give it a try.
 
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