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Cragar Soft 8 15 x 7, 4" backspacing, do these fit 4 dr Sidekick?

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Offline reese

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I am working on my rig this weekend and started thinking about wheels to go with my new tires.

Has anyone run these  http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRR-3975755/ on their rig?

Do they fit a 95 4 door Sidekick with 4" backspacing and not rub or hit the caliper? I have a 2" lift and some 30x9.5 tires.

Does anybody run these in 8" width?

Thanks! Erik in Portland
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Re: Cragar Soft 8 15 x 7, 4" backspacing, do these fit 4 dr Sidekick?
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2011, 12:26:13 AM »
I'm running 15x7 Cragar V-5 wheels with 3.75" backspace and 30x9.5 BFG A/T. I had 2" coil/strut  spacers and under hard flex wheels contacted the lip in the 1/4 panel. IDK how close it was to inner metal. 2" body lift fixed the rubbing issue tho and now I want 32s or 33s.

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Re: Cragar Soft 8 15 x 7, 4" backspacing, do these fit 4 dr Sidekick?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2011, 12:37:52 AM »
They will fit and work, but the back spacing is a little large, I would go at about
 a 50/50 or 40/60 backspace, like 3.5 or 2.5 back space, I didn't look to see what
they are offering, but push the tires out and away from the frame. Stock wheels
(Sidekick) are 5.5 wide and have probably 4.5 to 5 inch back spacing, and a 235
tire will rub the frame, also the wider wheel and farther out will soften the ride
and improve stability of your truck.

I run an 8" rim with my 33 13.5-15 Swampers, I also have a 7" wheel with my
spare 33 15.5-15 Swamper, I think the thinner wheel keeps the bead better
at low tire pressures

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Offline Skyhiranger

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Re: Cragar Soft 8 15 x 7, 4" backspacing, do these fit 4 dr Sidekick?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 06:30:21 AM »
One of my 4 door sidekicks had some 15x8 wheels with 255/60s on it.  The wheels were 3.75 or 4" backspacing...can't remember.  The didn't rub.  Most any (maybe none) 15" wheels shouldn't rub the calipers.
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Re: Cragar Soft 8 15 x 7, 4" backspacing, do these fit 4 dr Sidekick?
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 04:48:49 PM »
I am running 30X9.5X15 with 3.5 backspacing.  I had some rubbing on the inner fender lip, so I took an inch out of passenger side floor to make space.  Seemed to be a lot of work for so little gain, so on drivers side I just used a big hammer and bent the lip over.  I don't have any rubbing on either side now.
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