[Candyman]

Hey their pteezer129,

I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. Now, I am not nearly as up on backspacing issues per the conversation here so I am afraid I am not much help their. What I do know about wheels is limited but the knowledge obtained was taken from my experience while taking a break from Long Distance Truck Driving, to running a Flatbed for one of the the largest Steel Suppliers in LA who supplied all of the Billit Aluminum to Boyd, KMC, American Racing, and so on of which two of them were on my daily route, and KMC had their Shop next door to the Steel plant I worked out of. As such, I had several good friends I made who cut wheels, and picked up bits and pieces here, and their. So for what its worth...

Most aftermarket wheels can be special ordered from the Manufacturer as Blanks (un-drilled), and can then be drilled to spec accordingly to fit most cars bolt pattern wise, so you might be able to order those Boyds, and have them drilled to fit. You can also request specific offset, and so on.

You can go as large as 19" wheels on a PT without exceeding the overall dimensions of the stock wheels on a PT size wise, and 20"s will fit in back as well no matter how low you lower your PT. I actually had a 19" / 20" combo test fit on my PT at KMC one day with my 3/5 drop and they actually fit without any issues, but they were way out of my budget even with a heavy discount so I had to let em be.

If you have Air Ride, you can go as large as 20"s without modification, however the width of the wheels does play a factor to a certain extent if you want to lower your PT on Air Ride due to clearance issues between the wheels, and front struts not allowing the front end to go all the way down to where it should be.

And of course, the biiger the wheels, the less the ride quality, and greater chance your gonna bend a nice shiny wheel on a pothole making for the potential to have a really bad day.


Now, I haven't heard about too many aftermarket wheels having such severe issues fitting over stock calipers myself, but like I said, I am not 100% up on it to be able to give a good educated answer either. It just sounds funny to me for some reason. It wouldn't be all that hard to have the wheels tuned to spec on a Lathe, but that beside the case.

So, in retrospect, you might have a decent shot at special ordering those wheels cut to your Spec's, and drilled to your PT Either way I would check with several Distributes, as well as see if you can find Rep directly and talk to them. TAsk Questions, Look at all your Options, and then go from their. As Chromenut said, at the end of the day, this is your Ride! DO what you want to it! Just be careful, go easy, go safe, and I'll catch ya later.

Candyman