Just thought I'd share some info..
After driving my local "Big O" tire store crazy, I finally ended up with what I wanted. I used to have a set of Zenith-reverse offset wire wheels on my bird, and I liked the 3" of extra (above spec) track that they gave me, but after finding the sixth broken spoke, I decided I better bite the bullet and buy some wheels. I wanted to go with the vintage Cragar style, and had seen a number of birds sporting the new Cragar-copys made by American Racing, but the offsets I would have to buy, without going to their custom shop at $350 per wheel, would take away alot of that added track. I assumed that the old Cragar wheels were no longer available, but I was wrong. I ended up on the Cragar site one night and found out the same old two-piece wheels are still available, but they are being discontinued this year and replaced with a one piece wheel. The two piece design allows the manufacturer to easily make different offsets. My old reverse wheels were made before wheel manufacturers started using the new -/+ rating system for offset, so even Zenith couldn't tell me what offset they were, only that they had a 3 inch backspacing. Using an equation I found on the net, I figured the spec using the old wheel's backspacing to be a -38 on the 8" wheel. I had a little rubbing problem before, so I brought the backspacing in to 3 3/4" which equalled a -25 offset on an 8" wheel width.
I don't have no stinking Cragar "copies" now..I got me some real Cragars!!
17" Cragars w/-25 backspacing and BF Goodrich T/A's at 245/45/17..
They fit like a glove, ride like glass, and corner awesome.
Won't be available much longer.
I wish I could post a picture here for you all, but I have no idea how. Every time I try the system asks me for an HTML file..my pictures are all jpg. Huh?
After driving my local "Big O" tire store crazy, I finally ended up with what I wanted. I used to have a set of Zenith-reverse offset wire wheels on my bird, and I liked the 3" of extra (above spec) track that they gave me, but after finding the sixth broken spoke, I decided I better bite the bullet and buy some wheels. I wanted to go with the vintage Cragar style, and had seen a number of birds sporting the new Cragar-copys made by American Racing, but the offsets I would have to buy, without going to their custom shop at $350 per wheel, would take away alot of that added track. I assumed that the old Cragar wheels were no longer available, but I was wrong. I ended up on the Cragar site one night and found out the same old two-piece wheels are still available, but they are being discontinued this year and replaced with a one piece wheel. The two piece design allows the manufacturer to easily make different offsets. My old reverse wheels were made before wheel manufacturers started using the new -/+ rating system for offset, so even Zenith couldn't tell me what offset they were, only that they had a 3 inch backspacing. Using an equation I found on the net, I figured the spec using the old wheel's backspacing to be a -38 on the 8" wheel. I had a little rubbing problem before, so I brought the backspacing in to 3 3/4" which equalled a -25 offset on an 8" wheel width.
I don't have no stinking Cragar "copies" now..I got me some real Cragars!!
17" Cragars w/-25 backspacing and BF Goodrich T/A's at 245/45/17..
They fit like a glove, ride like glass, and corner awesome.
Won't be available much longer.
I wish I could post a picture here for you all, but I have no idea how. Every time I try the system asks me for an HTML file..my pictures are all jpg. Huh?
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