17 x 8 wheels - Duster

player1up said

I'll bite. I've got 17x8 but they are the 6.29" bs mustang wheels with 1.5" spacers on the front. 245/40/17 tires on the front and 245/45/17 on the rear. I did have some exploder wheels that were 4 3/4 bs and they didn't hit anything but were VERY close with stock suspension on my 73.

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You have 4.79" effective backspacing now. Are the 245/40/17 tires close to the front bottom fender edge? Could you run 245/45/17's up front?

Where the Expolerer rims with 4.75" backspacing much closer than what you have now? What part of the stock suspension was it close to? I've seen guys run over 5.00" backspacing with 17" rims. But different rims can have different inside clearances.

I run 15x8 with 4.5" backspacing. A 17" should have much more room for more backspacing.

I would never run 4.0" front backspacing with 17x7 or 17x8. Or you'll have to run a real thin side wall tire.