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07-11-2014, 08:06 PM
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Wheel house trimming on Fox Body
Calling all fox body stock racers.
I got my 89 to the strip wed. with my new C4 in it. It would not hook with street tires, even at an idle. So I bought a pair of Hooser drag radials 9x30, wheels are 8" with 4 1/2 back spacing,the car has stock springs and no air bag. How much trimming and wheel house reshaping am I going to have to do ? Thanks Slickfoot 3955 Last edited by Slickfoot; 07-12-2014 at 02:24 PM. |
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07-12-2014, 01:24 AM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
This might give you an idea. Here is a K/SA Fox with those tires. The owner said it took a weekend with trimming and a big fn hammer.
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07-12-2014, 09:11 AM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
I would seriously consider a 5.5" backspace on a Fox body. We have a few Mustangs with 15x8 5.5" backspace and a 9x30 radial. The main contact point is the inside of the wheel well that can be smoothed with a ballpeen hammer. The 4.5" backspace gets you involved with the wheel lip.
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07-12-2014, 04:27 PM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
Give us a call during business hours and we'll be glad to help you out we have done several of them and were probably the first to put a 9X 30 Radial on a Fox. GT's and Cobra's are tough, but LX's and Capri's are a piece of cake, can be done with no trimming.
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07-13-2014, 01:13 AM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
The picture is my car and yes 5.5 back spacing and a BFH dead blow. On the inside but also cutting the outer lip slicing and dicing hammering back the welding back together. Also trimming the front and rear openings are a must, again a BFH is the tool. If your are good no paint touch up but if not some decal placement will hide things. Pm any one one on here for help.
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07-13-2014, 09:27 AM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
Is that 5.5 back spacing must be on a 8 inch wheel?I run 6.5 back spacing on a 10 inch wheel.
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07-13-2014, 09:32 AM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
Yes mine are 8" rims.
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07-14-2014, 02:52 AM
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Re: Wheeh house trimming on Fox Body
I don`t run a radial, but to make my M/T 9x29 1/2s fit my 85 Mustang required a lot of slicing, folding and hammering, especially at the front of the wheel opening.On my car, 8" Welds with 5 1/2" back space needed 1/4 " spacer, I then bought 9" wide Welds, still with 5 1/2" back space, they gave enough room the spacers weren`t needed.
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