Backspacing??

[NCYota4x4]

I have a 99 Tacoma with a 6" Fabtech lift and a 2" body lift. I'm looking at getting 38x15.50 Mud Grapplers. My 36x13.50s are about 1/2" away from rubbing the spindles. I have 16x10 Eagle alloys with supposedly 4.5" backspacing. Would I need to go with a wheel with more or less back spacing to stick the tires out further away from the spindle to fit 15.50s? Or possibly wheel spacers? I kinda want to stay away from spacers as much as possible though.

 

[StretchASU]

http://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

This will tell you everything you need to know bout proper wheel fitting.

 

[bigwaylon]

the "basic" answer is you want less backspacing for the tire/wheel to stick out further...

Greg

 

[StretchASU]

Luckly since you have a 99 you have some other options to help with this problem so that you dont have to use a wheel that sticks out rediculously far.

http://sonoransteel.com/store_shaved_upper_arm.html

This solution should help so that you dont have to run something like a 2.5" or 3" backspaced wheel that will stick out really far on our styles of trucks. Im going with a spacer for the time being as a quick fix but will have these on my truck sometime in the near future.

 

[NCYota4x4]

My problem is the is that the tire will rub the huge freakin Fabtech spindle instead of the control arm because of the width of the tire.

 

[StretchASU]

Ahhh gotcha...nevermind then.

 

[NCYota4x4]

I guess I'll see how it goes with a wheel with 4" BS. The ones I have now are 4.5". If I need to, I guess I can grind a lil on the huge freakin spindles.

 

[Rich]

I have a 99 Tacoma ... I'm looking at getting 38x15.50

Snap, crackle, pow! goes the front end...