which is the biggest wheels i can place in a maverick 73 without making mods if you need extra info. it is a v-8 with four speed manual transmission thx
What direction? Do you mean 'big' in height? Or 'big' in width? Most of these cars came with 14x6 factory wheels. They can be bigger and taller. Backspacing is a big consideration as well as wheelwell clearance. The large railroad car size wheels may need clearance in the wheelwell by trimming or use of air shocks or similar. The Cragar in the second pic is 'deep dish' which usually puts the tire outside of the wheelwell, but eliminates problems with backspacing. Backspacing is the depth from the mounting surface at the center of the wheel where it meets the hub, inside towards the leaf springs. I had 14x8's on mine, don't remember the backspacing but they were not very deep. No problems. I know larger than 8 in. in width can be achieved in 14 and 15 and probably 16 in. diameter wheels. I would suspect that 17 in. or higher gets you into potential interference with the front suspension and steering components as well as wheelwells depending on suspension setup and tires. Take a look at the gallery section or search on 'wheels' and you will find many posts on wheel sizing. Seth
i want to know both because i want very wide wheels in the back and i want a big rim in all the wheels so i guess i need both i think its gonna look cool with the american racing torq thrust 2 (series 505) or something like that but i want 17" ones and i want to know if they fit, also need to know some about tires because with thin ones and such a heavy car needs are going to explode right?! thanks 4 ur answer
It's actually the opposite. Seventeen inch or larger rims ride up and over the UCA and ball joints to allow increased backspacing. That allows for larger wheels and tires.
I agree...I think Seth should be tarred and feathered for even posting it. I guess we could just him for a couple hours and if that don't work... :deadhorse
Dang! A four wheel drive Maverick! Let's go muddin'! Looks like one of those out of scale Dollar store toys from China, where they don't even know what a Maverick looks like!
Naw they wont explode. These cars are light 2600lbs or so without driver. I had a set of those wheels on a 71 Pontiac LeMans which weighed about 4000lbs! Only had one tire blow out on the front from nailing a hole in the road. The sidewalls on 17"s are stiffer than sidewalls on small tires like 14 or 15's. A 40 series sidewall should work just fine.
17's are not that big. There are a few of us with 17's & still have enough room to lower the car. 18's might be the max & still lower the car but I would not go wider than an 8 wide.
thats called getto fab...lol! theres a right and a wrong way to do this. davemave if you want to go 17s with your stock rearend and set up run a 17x9 with a 4 inch backspace if you can find someone that makes one. then run a 285/40-17 on the rear... and again if you can find that size tire your good to go... if your back suspention is up to par... if your leaf springs are weak there is a good chance they will rub the out fenderwel lip. your quick fix is roll them either way there is your fitment. if you go with an 18 on the rear go with a x9, 4 inch back with a 285/35 p.s. i'm surpprised that i haven't heard "well i have a such and such size tire and it will fit.... but..... i have a differant rearend" i think the questions is more then 99% of the time what will fit with a stock rearend... sorry just talking to myself and complaining ok wait i'm not finshed complaining... let me go on.... for those of you who don't know how to measure backspacing.. (and there are a more then a few of you... lol) here you go, right off my angry webpage .. lol! "Since there are so many people out there who seem to be experts on what backspace will work on your Maverick. I say find out yourself so you won't worry about what will work and you'll know what "will" work! Or learn how to measure your own wheels so you do not give false information to others! The easiest way to measure backspace is to lay the wheel face down onto the ground so the backside of the wheel is facing up. Take a straight edge (don't be lazy and eye it, this is one of the biggest mistakes i have seen people do) and lay it diagonally across the inboard flange of the wheel. Take a tape measure and measure the distance from where the straight edge contacts the inboard flange to the hub mounting pad of the wheel. This measurement is backspace. The below photo shows three wheels with 2",3", & 4" backspace."
