ChrisM Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Just curious to hear what people are running for rims and tires on their Montes. Rim size/back space tire size Trying to make a choice on wheels but I need to make sure of proper offsets. Looking at doing 17's or a staggered 18 rear 17 front. Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans '70 Z20 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Myself and Steve Levanti (Monteman1971) use this set up. Will need some of the extra metal trimmed off the rear wheel lip. Basically just trimmed back to the edge of chrome wheel opening trim in most cases. Running Front 17x8 w 4" bs Tires: 255/50/17 -27.09h 10.43w Rear 17x9,5 w 5.5" bs Tires: 275/50/17 -27.87h. 11.18w Trick is you can really only have 4" of rim front of center on our cars without rubbing. These sizes are about as wide as you can go for rims/tires. If you want to run an !8' set up use the same width/backspacing on rims ........... but choose tires that are no larger than the ones listed above in height and width. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Thanks dan for the info, do you know about offset? The right amount? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdrive Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Chris, what he is calling backspace (bs) is what you refer to as offset, I think. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS5 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Hey Chris, Just like Dan and Steve. I am running 17x8's on the front with a 4 inch offset and a 245-45-ZR17 on the front on the rears with ZERO rubbing and didnt have to cut anything off the rear 1/4's at all on either side a 17x9.5 with a 5.5 Inch offset, with a 275-40-ZR17. The tires are key.... the more sidewall bulge the more of the rear quarter you have to trim off. Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteman1971 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 17x8 4" BS on the front..... I forget the tire but its 26.5" tall. 17x9.5 with 5.5" BS on the rear. Rear tire is 295/45 17 drag radial. It's section width is 11.6 and it's 27.2" tall. Unfortunately, Mickey Thompson has discontinued them so next time I'm going to have to go a little taller 27.8". As Darren said, because the section width is greater I needed to trim the inside lip a little more than an 1/8 inch, almost up to the top screw for the wheel well trim.....just a little grinding. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Thanks alot everyone, good to see that everyone runs pretty much the same set up, now I just need to figure out a style of rim to go with, again thank you for all the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Hey guys, so these are the wheels I went with, us mags. 18x8 in the front 235/40 rears are 18x9.5 275/45. No trimming required and looks like a great fit! Thanks for all the advice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC1of80 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Congrats!!! Looks good! Reminds me of the old school "Daisy" style rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72-CLASSIC_RIDE Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Those look awesome! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Rescue Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Chris, after waffling in indecision for a week or two, this is what i came up with. I will get them on the car in a few weeks and post photos Car has a 2 inch lift rear and 1 inch lift front Wheels: Cragar 390C Rear 17 x 9, +6 MM offset, 5.25 Back spacing, P/N 260-3907905P Front 17 x 8, -6 mm offset, 4.25 Back spacing, P/N 260-3907805P Tires: Nitto NT555-G2 Rear 275/50ZR-17, 9 inch, 27.9 O.D. Front 245/45ZR-17, 8 inch, 25.7 O.D. Excellent visual tools on https://tiresize.com...set-calculator/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteman1971 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Those look great!!!! I had actually looked at those before I got my own (American Racing version). But I ended up getting a great deal on mine so that made my decision. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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