Fit Late-Model Wheels on a Vintage Mustang
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6 There is another set of choices to consider when it comes to the rear wheels. The adapter kit includes a pair of 1/2-inch spacers for the rear wheels as well as 10 longer wheel studs for the rear axles. The kit instructions state the use of the "rear thin adapters is not totally required." We found that to be true: There were no clearance issues with the 17-inch wheel and 245/45ZR17 tire at the back of our car. However, while the wheel and tire did fit, it was spaced too far inside the wheel well and didn't look quite right. The instructions also say that these thinner (1/2-inch) adapters space out the rear wheels so they're correctly positioned to put the rear tires on the same track as the fronts. However, to do this, you'll need to remove the rear axles on your car since the rear studs won't likely be long enough to allow for the adapter to fit between the brake drum (or rotor in the case of our car) and wheel. While replacing the studs is certainly a good choice, for now we're going to keep the car's existing 16-inch wheels in place. This brings us to a third possible solution. As shown in the next photo, we installed a 1-inch front adapter on the rear rotor, which placed the rear wheels just-right inside the rear fenderwell, which is the arrangement we used in the photos of the car with the 17- and 18-inch wheels in place. The only downside is that it requires two adapter kits to have 1-inch spacers with all four wheels. This extra expense is alleviated by not having to install the longer studs. View Related Article
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