Test fit Vision 18" wheel today

It really depends on the steering stops and the height of the tire. On my car the tires just touch at full lock, that's with 25.6" tall tires and a 6.1" backspace. But the steering stops on the lower ball joints are not all the same. I compared a bunch of old ones that I had and found that the height of the steering stops weren't very consistent, so, that effects where full lock actually is. You just have to kind of thread the needle between having enough space to the fender and the frame rail. Being too close to the frame rail is better, you can make some adjustments with small spacers.

In my case, I don't worry about it too much. With my 16:1 manual steering I'm very rarely at full steering lock anyway. If I were more concerned about it I could probably put a little weld blob on the steering stop, I don't have any more room to the fender to give up.

Good to know. I wonder how much weld it would take to make it so the tire does not hit. Also, how much of a turning radius would I lose. I mean, would I still be able to make u-turns.

This exercise actually made me recall a conversation I had with Bill Reilly from Reilly Motorsports. He said that these cars have "forklift" like steering. Meaning, they turn an excessive amount. Now I see what he means.

So, where are the steering stops? Do you have a picture? I guess when it stops raining I could turn the wheel and get under there and look.

Maybe I could play around with this. I'm kinda determined to make this work because, to me, they looked so damn good.