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.

[ellisor3]

I did not realize in my last post that I did not add the pictures. Somewhat crude way to figure it out but here is what I did. Here are the actual measurements for the rear:

Center of the wheel to top of fender well 46.7cm
Front side measurment(wheel center to virtual lip) 11cm
Backspace 15.7cm
Total useable width (inside well to virtual lip) 26.7cm
I ended up going with 17x7 and 17x8 rears
Anything bigger than 8"would be too tight on the rear and or would be sketchy to drive if you had a bigger front.