18x9.5 +12
Love those mini-lites on Brad's car, that thing is sweet! I followed his build for a long time on the Cuda-Challenger board. But the front tire clearances on the Challenger's are quite a bit different than on the A bodies. On my Challenger I was running 17x9's with a 0 offset, 5" of backspace. They had plenty of room. Despite Craig showing that the +35 isn't absolutely necessary on an A if you want to do fender work you're still not gonna get away with a 0 offset like the E's can use, and that definitely changes the front space you'll have.
In 17's there's pretty much nothing street legal past a 275/40/17 anymore. There's a few track only tires in 295/35/17 and 315/35/17, but that's it. And they're all sub 100 treadwear, so they're not even legal for a lot of the autoX or optima street car classes.
Heck even in 18's the selection gets pretty limited once you get past 275's. There are a few street legal 295 choices still, but not much again until you get to a 335. I was looking at possibly doing an 18/19 stagger in the future because of that, with my reverse mini-tub and quarter rolling I may be able to do 315's or 325's in the back now. But there's pretty much nothing in that width that's the right height for these cars on an 18" wheel.
You can go to the SPC's Peter sells, I run my 13" cobra calipers to the rear on my Duster. At least the 1st gen ones, looks like the new 2nd gen SPC's may be wider down at the ball joint. Although I may get those for my Challenger and get rid of the Hotchkis UCA's on it.
I think the SPC's are a win anyway compared to the Hotchkis UCA's. They're a heck of a lot easier to adjust, and the Delrin bushings will outlast the heims by years and years.
Love those mini-lites on Brad's car, that thing is sweet! I followed his build for a long time on the Cuda-Challenger board. But the front tire clearances on the Challenger's are quite a bit different than on the A bodies. On my Challenger I was running 17x9's with a 0 offset, 5" of backspace. They had plenty of room. Despite Craig showing that the +35 isn't absolutely necessary on an A if you want to do fender work you're still not gonna get away with a 0 offset like the E's can use, and that definitely changes the front space you'll have.
In 17's there's pretty much nothing street legal past a 275/40/17 anymore. There's a few track only tires in 295/35/17 and 315/35/17, but that's it. And they're all sub 100 treadwear, so they're not even legal for a lot of the autoX or optima street car classes.
Heck even in 18's the selection gets pretty limited once you get past 275's. There are a few street legal 295 choices still, but not much again until you get to a 335. I was looking at possibly doing an 18/19 stagger in the future because of that, with my reverse mini-tub and quarter rolling I may be able to do 315's or 325's in the back now. But there's pretty much nothing in that width that's the right height for these cars on an 18" wheel.
You can go to the SPC's Peter sells, I run my 13" cobra calipers to the rear on my Duster. At least the 1st gen ones, looks like the new 2nd gen SPC's may be wider down at the ball joint. Although I may get those for my Challenger and get rid of the Hotchkis UCA's on it.
I think the SPC's are a win anyway compared to the Hotchkis UCA's. They're a heck of a lot easier to adjust, and the Delrin bushings will outlast the heims by years and years.
