Recent content by IChangeBrakes

Thanks Mike. From what I read, the stock wheels have an offset of -6 to -12 mm, and I was looking at 5x114.3 with an offset of 40 mm+. I thought a 2" offset (50mm) would balance them out, not push the wheel further out. Am I missing something?

Thanks for the replies. Not going with authentic, just running good & safe. Missed Christmas by a mile and still haven't touched the car other than to figure things out. His birthday is the end of the month, so I got motivated again... Lots of parts on the way. C4 column shift linkage. I just...

Thank you all for the replies. Good information. My Christmas deadline is looming and I haven't been able to even move it yet. Ugh.

So I found out my dad really likes a 56 Crown Vic. So I have been keeping an eye on them on eBay and realize $50K USD is not in my budget. Lo and behold a 56 Fairlane town sedan came up at a "local" auction. So I put the starting low bid on the car (<3k USD) and got a call that the guy removed...