Robert and/or Katherine Seamon <forestg@ionet.net> wrote:
>I just measured the backspace on my Ford Escort GT 15" wheels and it came
>out to 120mm.(There was a circled 12 stamped on the inside of the wheel
>which seems to back up the 12cm measurement.) That seems really high
>to me. Can this be right? I measured from the mounting surface to a
>straightedge resting on the wheel rim.
120mm = about 4.7" backspace and that sounds about right for a FWD car.
My Golf GTi's stock wheels have 4.75" backspace so yours is not out of line.
FWD cars tend to have more backspace than RWD cars do.
Randy Walters
85 Golf GTi DSP
So Calif
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