Maximum available width in aa steel flared car, What is there to work with on wheel/tire availability Options

[charliew]

I've tried to read every thread on this and the other site and tried to see what the clearances were at the lip of the opening. My teener will be a little lower than stock but it's a street car so not real low. I have some 18inch 996 chrome turbo wheels for a dune buggy but the rears are 11 inches wide, the fronts are 8's. I have seen 8's on the fronts but not sure of the 18 size. The rear is the big question. Does anyone have the width between the inner fenderwell and the flared fenderlip? I have read that it's the inner fenderwell and not the control arm thats the first interference spot. I would like to get at least a 9 inch wheel and hopefully a 10 in there and then figgure out what it will take to get it on the 5 bolt 911 hub. My early plans are to use a 911 bearing in a modded control arm without wheel spacers. That may be more work than whats necessary though.

If there's a thread someone knows about that covers this well, point me to it and save the explanation. I have decided any wider than the aa flares and the car gets too obvious and might draw too much attention.

[charliew]

Found another on pg 18 of my search: Joe Ricard: How big of a tire can a gt flare support, the answer to all your questions, Although he seems to be using fg flares others in the post are using steel flares.

On my 75 with original steel wheels there seems to be between 1.0 and .750 between the tire and the inner fender. Therefore I conclude that the 9x15 fuchs 911.361.020.03 is the correct wheel and offset to clear the inner fenderwell. What is the tire size usually on that wheel? 225/235/50? I think TC was the one that said good tires are hard to find in 9x15's

If I can add right the difference from the stud surface of the hub to the fenderwell with the 195/15 inch tire is about 133mm with whatever neg camber and toe my car has. My car has obvious neg camber but sets pretty level. I don't know about the toe. With wider tires do you need to increase the toe?

I have some aftermarket 9x15 fuchs with 205/50/15's bf goodrich ta's and they aren't very wide.

I would like to have the rear wheel/tire combo worked out before I start on the steel flares. It seems to be safe the 9 inch wide wheel in 16 or 17 is the only way to be safe to start with. Toe and camber seems like it could make a big difference on the clearance of the innerwell.