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rockpig
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:44 pm Post subject: Would this work? |
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| My bug is a 64' and the plan is to lower the front via spindles, but not to narrow the beam. I really like the Sprint Star style wheels. I was thinking I could run different offsets front to rear to keep the fronts from sticking out farther than the rears and to keep them from rubbing. The only Sprint Stars with differing offsets are the steel BBT's. Not bad, but I like the aluminum EMPI or MWS version better. The EMPI's come in 15x5 with a 3.688 backspace while the MWS version comes in a 15x5.5 with a 3.5 backspace. Could I run the 15x5 with 3.688bs up front and the 15x5.5 with 3.5 in back? Am I correct in thinking the 3.688bs means the wheel is tucked closer to the body than the 3.5bs? |
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chickengeorge
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Would this work? |
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| rockpig wrote: | | My bug is a 64' and the plan is to lower the front via spindles, but not to narrow the beam. I really like the Sprint Star style wheels. I was thinking I could run different offsets front to rear to keep the fronts from sticking out farther than the rears and to keep them from rubbing. The only Sprint Stars with differing offsets are the steel BBT's. Not bad, but I like the aluminum EMPI or MWS version better. The EMPI's come in 15x5 with a 3.688 backspace while the MWS version comes in a 15x5.5 with a 3.5 backspace. Could I run the 15x5 with 3.688bs up front and the 15x5.5 with 3.5 in back? Am I correct in thinking the 3.688bs means the wheel is tucked closer to the body than the 3.5bs? |
Yes, the larger the bs number the less wheel there is out past the drum. If you had a 5" bs on a 5" wheel, the mounting surface of the wheel would be flush with the face of the rim. Back space is the distance between the mounting surface and the back of the rim.
Offset (either positive or negative) is the distance between the mounting surface and an imaginary line down the center of the rim. |
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