Here I have a 1978 Pontiac Lemans station wagon. Has power steering, 350 small block, blue interior, it's decent share of little dents but it runs and drives great. Now has brand new tires on front and back, although the z28 rims on front were taken off and replaced with the original 14" due to rubbing issues and a bent rim. It's meant as a rat rod so it's nothing super fancy. As I type this it's sitting in the exhaust shop to have some nice loud pipes put on, and it'll be a rat rod cruiser for now. I am still in search of another 78 front end as someone decided to use a lot of bondo on this one, but otherwise it's a pretty unique car which I got for free.
New to me 1978 Pontiac Lemans Wagon
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Free is good. I had rubbing issues with TA snowflake rims. It took serious spacers to get them out farther from the frame. They rubbed the lip of the lower control arm. I think I needed 1/2" on the fronts and 3/4" on the rears ( to balance the look). I also added longer studs to properly engage the thick rims and the special lug nuts snowflakes use. Might work for you too.
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I'm not going to mess with spacers. I'm just going to drive it as is for now as it has brand new tires all around now and the exhaust should be done today. It doesn't actually sit that low. It's just strapped down to a trailer in that picture is all.
Thanks, does anyone know what the maximum back spacing for wheels is? Looking at chrome reverse that is 3.75" in the fronts and 4.5" in the rear I believe. Will these fit or do they need spacers?
I don't know what backspacing works with these wagons. All I know is that the thick lipped snowflake rims rubbed, yet Rally-2's fit perfect. Both rims were 15" and from 2nd gen Firebirds, so you'd think they'd be the same fitment.
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