pic request - 255/70/15 or taller on lowered g-body

[khan0165]

- correct... the 275 is so wide, it actually sits below the lip.
- also correct... if you use a skinnier tire like 245 or 255, and with the right backspacing, the tire can sit inside the wheel well behind the lip

I think realistically... you will have to use closer to a 245 or 235 tire
I say this because the wheel well is rounded, and the edges of the wheel well are not much deeper than where the fender lip is anyways.

you could swing it with 30" tire and stock ride height, but I think it'll be troublesome with 2" dropped

a 28" or even 27" tire will still look badass, and you can achieve that with a 60 sidewall (for eg: 235/60 or 245/60)

but we can argue all day and we still won't know until you try it... Any chance you can go to a local yard and pick up a scrap truck tire? 255/70 or 245/75 is a common truck tire size.

 

[suffrn6]

A 275/50 or 275/60 will fit "in" the wheel well with the proper baackspacing and if you roll your wheel well lips. That is what I am planning to do soon, hopefully before summer. I do know that on a Regal the best backspacing for the rear is 4 inch, that will put the rim center in the wheel well away from the frame and the wheel lip.

I have 245/50-15 on the back of my Regal, with an Eibach spring drop, and have all kinds of room to tuck them in the wheel well. Will see if I have or can get a good picture of the clearance.

There is some good reading over on turbobuick.com in the "slammed Regal" thread. There is some low cars with some big tires tucked in the wheel wells.

Chris