American Muscle doesn't sell American Racing Torq Thrust wheels.

That's why you can't find them.

 

Whoops. I meant tire rack. Do you know who sells them in those sizes? I'd love them staggered.

 

enter your car as a non-brembo car and it will have the staggered offset available.

 

Car looks sleek man. That's the look I want and those are the rims I will order in 20".

 

Nice!

I agree with you as well about the rubber to wheel ratio. Here's mine with the factory 17" BFG tires and cheap no-name Bullitt's from America's Tire. Center caps are courtesy eBay:





Dirty wheels & tires lol:

 

Looks awesome. What about some black lug nuts?

 

I've been kicking around that idea lately, just haven't got around to it.

 

Ordie do you recall what your rear offset is?

on LateModelResto, they list that the 10" rears are a 45mm offset..

on TireRack, they list that they 10" rears are a 34mm offset.

I checked (I have one of the wheels sitting in my office) and my rears are a 34mm offset. Other than that meaning I have a 1/2" deeper dish to the rear lip, that also tells me that the wheel is also outboard more, and seeing how far out yours is concerns me.

 

Yea 50restos site is wrong. What I listed above was confimred by American Racing Wheels themselves. I emailed and called them myself

Email from Luke at American Racing]
The part number on the wheels ends in an SS. They were actually designed to fit the SS Camaro and their brakes. Its why they stick out just a tad on the Mustangs in the rear.

 

That is NICE!!

 

^^^^ I'd have those exact ones if they cleared the brembos

 

Yea I would have gone with those too. Boss 338's if Im not mistaken.

50resto.com

 

or Tire Rack :-)

 

I don't remember seeing them there. I just answered where I found them at..


I just looked.. 50resto is $40 cheaper and free shipping
and they dont have a staggered set just the 8.5"


I wonder if I can find a local service that could knock off a mm or 2 from the mounting surface so the wheels sit flush.

 

If you look up on tire rack as a non Brembo car, it lists the staggered options.

 

weird, I did and it only showed the 8.5s. They're still $30-$40 more anyway..lol


I sent Luke at American Racing (Wheelpros LLC) an email with my feedback about the fitment of the wheels along with the same pics I posted here.

I suggested changing the offset by about 1 or 2 mm so the wheels tuck in a tad bit more. If my thinking is correct, making them +36 would tuck better. (offset still confuses me, so I could have it backwards)

I also asked if it was possible or recommended (for material strength) to have a machine shop remove about 1 or 2 mm from the mounting surface for better fitment. I don't mind how they fit now but only because the actual tread of the tire is still under the wheel well. I wouldn't be able to use these if I went with wider tires or they would stick out.

 

I wonder what my options will be if/when I can't fit a 295 out back. Maybe shave a few mm from the mounting surface, or roll the rear 1/4s.

 

Im thinking the best bet would be to shave a few mm off the mounting surface. If I can do that and not affect the soundness of the wheel that's what I will do. I mean people can add width to a wheel Im not sure why you couldnt shave a mm or so from it,

 

they used to shave the mounting surfaces up to 8mm on some aftermarket wheels on the 04-06 GTOs for a certain wheel because of no fitment options, but another thing to consider is that your 275/35 is also TALLER than your fronts and a 295/30 would be the same height, but wider. I bet it would still fit fine. I think what's throwing things is off is how you're looking at it. You also have a taller tire.

Looking at my wheel and where the lugs mount, you could maybe shave up to 6mm (1/4") at the most, but realistically, they should be selling this wheel in a better offset for the rears.

 

Problem with 6mm is where will that put the inside of the wheel/tire. But thats probably what would have to happen in order to do a 295 or larger and still get under the fender.


I wonder if theres someone out there that has a 10" wheel with 295s or larger on it.. see how much they bulge out over the lip of the wheel.