xbgs351

Has anybody put the 16 x 10" Challengers on all four corners of an XB Coupe? I have seen the 15 x 10" Challengers fitted to an XD but it had Group C flares.

I have also seen 9" wide FR17's on the front of an XA.

An XA with 17 x 11" wheels needed the front guard to be pumped out.

brenx

you won't get much more than a 225 in a 16 under the front without hitting everything in there. I woudln't go more than an 8" on the front. Go for your life on the rear.

225's on the front with manual steer is painful too.

Brenden

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XB Fairmont (street car) 11.07@123.02mph.

xbgs351

You can definately fit 17 x 9" on the front with 235's. 245's should also fit.

I am not concerned about how hard the steering is.

JG33PY

[QUOTE=xbgs351]You can definately fit 17 x 9" on the front with 235's. 245's should also fit.

but don't lower it in fact with wheels this big you may have to lift it a couple of inches

i had 15x8jj csa globes with 245/60 tyres on the ass end of my xb, i lowered it 60mm and the guard sat on the sidewall, so i rolled the guard up and it STILL rubbed with a full tank and a 80kg bloke on the backseat
we put the same wheels on a coupe and they didn't touch anything.

brenx

I've got 16*8's on my XB sedan. i run 225/50's on the front and I've currently got 16"*10.5" wide*26.5" high drag slicks. I normally run around with 255/50/16's on the rear.

Nak302: the reason it would have rubbed is rubber bushes in the leaf springs or sidewall flex. Mine used to rub till I stopped all the leaf spring flex with nolethane bushes through-out the rear.

Brenden

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XB Fairmont (street car) 11.07@123.02mph.

JG33PY

Hi Brenden, the spring flex is a non issue because the tyre was hitting the guard just sitting there. the spring hangers are nolathane, the rest are rubber. the 16's with 225/50 would be about the same height as a 15 with 245/60. i even put 225/65 gt radials on but it still rubbed. i think the offset was too big for a sedan . i've now gone to 14x7 with 215/65 and have no problems at all. mind you i'm after the original look for my gt with 12 slots, trims and centre caps, also i wanted to use the wheel arch trims which meant i couldn't modify the guard lip too much.

brenx

Dare say the offset would have been an issue. My old cars guards weren't rolled or anything. This new cars been all rolled. My rims are EL Falcon offset.

Brenden

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XB Fairmont (street car) 11.07@123.02mph.

xbgs351

[QUOTE=nak302]The xa with 17 x 9's has the same ride height as mine. The brake ducts do make it a very tight fit.

JG33PY

would this ride height be standard, xbgs351? from memory i think top of wheel arch to centre of wheel measurement is about 360mm standard. mine now sits on kings lowered which brought it down to 310mm.

xbgs351

I believe the XA has Lovells Sports Low springs with 1 coil removed. I may measure mine this weekend.