Yeah I don't get it. Like the whole reason to go to 18's is so the tie rod end fits inside the lip of the wheel so you can run 6"+ for the backspace, which gets you to 9" or 10" wheels so you can run 275's up front.
Spending the coin to get custom wheels only to run 225's up front seems like an exercise in futility to me.
Who cares what they look like? If you step down to 16" wheels the absolute best you'll be able to get for tire width up front is a 245 (assuming no massive body mods and a slightly lowered car). A 16" wheel still has ball joint and brake interference issues that limit backspace. With a 17" rim you can get 255's, maybe 265's but not really 275's with the vast majority of wheels out there. 17's solve the ball joint and brake interference issues, but most run into tie rod end clearance problems around 5.7" of backspace, which isn't quite enough to run 9" rims and 275's unless you do some more serious fender work.
Go to 18's and the only limit is the frame rail. You can run up to 10" wide wheels and 275's without dramatic body modifications. And, you can run 13" and 14" brakes too so you can actually stop those big old tires. And if you want to roll and push the fender some, well, 285's are possible.
You guys all seem to care more about what the wheel looks like than what you can do with the performance you can get. Seems weird for "musclecar" guys to care more about looks than performance. Or maybe you all just got too caught up with only being fast in a straight line and only for a 1/4 mile. Seems silly, the faster you go in the 1/4 the more useless your car is at
everything else.
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