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Originally Posted by Wyattdog2
I am ordering some wheels 18 x 8 for the front of my 50 Chevy, s10 frame truck and wonder what back space you recommend.
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I used 20x8 with 4" backspace and they looked perfect in the wheelwells and turned lock to lock without rubbing, even though it tucked most of the tire.
remember that backspace is different depending on wheel width, 4" of backspace is 5" of front space on an 8 inch wide wheel. (yes 4+5 is 9 inches wide, there are two 1/2 inch lips on each side of an 8" wide wheel) but 4 inches of backspace on a 7" wide wheel is what they call 0 offset (7+1, /2= 4) and is actually a positive offset on a 6 inch wide wheel (6+1, /2= 3.5 center so 12mm positive offset).
my point isnt to confuse you, just to say that 4" backspace on 8" wide is a mutually exclusive answer, dont buy a 9.5" wide wheel just because it has 4" backspace.