spring relo: offset vs. mini tub for handling?
If you were setting up a custom rear end it would be the thing to do, but obviously there's a lot of money involved there with custom axles and everything. All just to end up with a rear axle that's probably only about 20mm wider.
Too funny. I now realize that the same guy (me) that is too cheap to buy an aftermarket rear axle, is the same guy suggesting that the OP buy one. :realcrazy:
I spent a bunch of my time trying to figure out what OEM wheel would work with an OEM axle, so I didn't have to buy aftermarket stuff at all. But I wasn't worried about being able to rotate the wheels, either. And I was working on 17" stuff, too.
10mm is about the max width for a spacer I like to run
Ironically, a slip on disk brake rotor is about 6.5mm thick or better, and nobody has a problem with those. Call it a 6.5mm thick spacer and the red flags go up, though. :D
The OP said he has a BBP 8.75, which I am assuming is an A-Body 8.75. I had a buddy with one of those in his Duster, and when we measure the width, it was about 58" or so. If I remember correctly, the standard SBP A-Body 8.75 is 57.125" wide, so his BBP axle should be about 11mm wider per side which means he might not need spacers at all. And if he did, maybe a rear disk conversion would do the job and he wouldn't have to tell people he runs wheel spacers. :)