Teds Excellent 69 Dart GTS Adventure
lol. funny you should post here. Your car was one of the cars that swayed my decision to do what I'm doing!
These are the wheels I'm going with. I kinda like them since they fit in a classic/prostreet kinda way? Also, the car will be F2 Sunfire Yellow so I'm thinking the gray will contrast nicely. About the only thing I'm not crazy about is the spinner...which I can modify/remove or something. Backspacing is 4.25. Yes, I wanted some lip but as you have already experienced, it's tough finding 15x10's with little BS unless you are willing to go with an all-out prostreet/drag car look or newer-look tuner wheels. For the rear, I sourced another housing and I'm just going to reuse my diff. and order axles when I determine how much off I need. I've narrowed a few Ford 9" rears so I have the fixtures/jigs..just need to make the slugs for centering. I don't even know if the original 8-3/4 under this rig or not anyway.
So after I receive and mount everything, I'll start my final plans for the mini tubs and narrowing of the rear. Then I'll mount the fronts and see if I really want to suffer through the fender well headers!! I'm thinking with 195's on the front and maybe adding a spacer I can get the front wheels out far enough that with a few tube modifications, I can get them to work. If I decide, nah, then TTI's and I'll repair the holes in the fender wells. I wouldn't even consider the FW headers if the car didn't already have them on at one point in it's life. Car had a somewhat interesting history...if the stories are true from the PO.
Thanks for the comments/heads-up!!
lol. funny you should post here. Your car was one of the cars that swayed my decision to do what I'm doing!
These are the wheels I'm going with. I kinda like them since they fit in a classic/prostreet kinda way? Also, the car will be F2 Sunfire Yellow so I'm thinking the gray will contrast nicely. About the only thing I'm not crazy about is the spinner...which I can modify/remove or something. Backspacing is 4.25. Yes, I wanted some lip but as you have already experienced, it's tough finding 15x10's with little BS unless you are willing to go with an all-out prostreet/drag car look or newer-look tuner wheels. For the rear, I sourced another housing and I'm just going to reuse my diff. and order axles when I determine how much off I need. I've narrowed a few Ford 9" rears so I have the fixtures/jigs..just need to make the slugs for centering. I don't even know if the original 8-3/4 under this rig or not anyway.
So after I receive and mount everything, I'll start my final plans for the mini tubs and narrowing of the rear. Then I'll mount the fronts and see if I really want to suffer through the fender well headers!! I'm thinking with 195's on the front and maybe adding a spacer I can get the front wheels out far enough that with a few tube modifications, I can get them to work. If I decide, nah, then TTI's and I'll repair the holes in the fender wells. I wouldn't even consider the FW headers if the car didn't already have them on at one point in it's life. Car had a somewhat interesting history...if the stories are true from the PO.
Thanks for the comments/heads-up!!
