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Re: Boss 338 Wheels **GROUP BUY**
Your box says it's the 82.80mm bore, so no real need to measure unless the box is mislabeled. I've got a brand-new caliper at home I've been looking for an excuse to use, so if I remember I'll see what the OD of the hub on my 1.25" rotors is when I get home.
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Re: Boss 338 Wheels **GROUP BUY**
I think there is a problem with your order Leviticus. That part number is suppose to have a Hub Bore of 94.62 (3.725 Inch). This was confirmed on the phone with Troy from American Eagle, Troy has my contact info and will be calling me back with more of an explanation.
http://www.elites-wholesale.com/Shop...d/0/rid/126374 This website also shows the new hub size.
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Re: Boss 338 Wheels **GROUP BUY**
Ok, guys,
A little redneck machining aka a grinder and they slid right on!! Looks like the fronts are solved, now onto the rears. Before and after, you only have to take a little off, not much. Havent tried the new revised center cap yet but will let you know in a few. ![]() ![]()
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Re: Boss 338 Wheels **GROUP BUY**
now its looking more promising. not that I was really worried to begin with.
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I was sweating bullets! I want these wheels and I want them to fit....
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Same here! I want these wheels bad too, theres almost enough of us getting these to form a club lol.
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Im still a little confused or retarded or both. Laviticus you wrote that they still didn't fit. Is that the 20" or the 18"s? So, this group buy is for the new version, with the modes so we DON'T have to use a spacer and it fits the hub on the front right?
I want (2x) 18x8 and (2x) 18x9.5 in grey to go on my '71 frame with stock rotors. I am getting CPP's Modular Dropped Spindles, with lowered springs. Also is there any issue with the Shipping address being different than the Billing address. Since I am working in a different state with the Army.
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Brent, Loot at the pictures of the hub bore on my other post, the taper from the back to the front of the wheel. They are deffinately the new design, I think some genius at Boss thought we were having fitment issues at the base of the hub and not the front. Either way, it was a five minute fix and I got em on. As for the rears ![]() The damage was done, he either cross threaded it or used the wrong lug nut. When I went to pull it off it was really tight on the threads, it spun about 1 and a 1/2 turns then stripped the splines inside the drum ![]() So I call em, they say yeah bring it back down, I drive all the way back to town and they say they can't fix it till tomorrow...it has been one of those days, its beer time now! I'll pull the other side and see if the 1/4" spacer will work...after I finish this beer ![]()
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I did get some funny looks driving back into town with 20's on the front and 15" Cragars on the rear though, maybe it will catch on as the new fad....man I sure hope not
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Brent,
You know, it may have just been my rotors, since no one else has test fit a set yet. Not sure where my rotors are from, they were replaced before I bought the truck. Only time will tell. And I didn't take it as you were saying they should fit, no worries. And I'm sorry if I came across a little miffed earlier, like I said, its been one of those days.
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coooome on rears!! (crossing fingers)
Someone posted some pictures of a Black truck with these wheels but they look like they fit under the fenders and not inside....or is it just my eyes? I want to bag my truck but those pictures dont look like it'd work. |
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after looking in the original thread, hickup pickup had to modify his hub alot more. maybe they just didn't retro it enough for us. but either way its not near as bad as what he had to do. nothin like a cold one to let the mind calm down
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Well...I have some good and bad news, the good is the rears look like they will fit with a 1/4" spacer, barely, and I mean barely. There is maybe 1/4" of clearance between the sidewall and inner fender face. Not sure if this is going to be enough, but we will see.
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please tell me that's just a bad reflection....
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do you have a picture of the outter edge clearance? Will it tuck inside fender (bagged) even with a spacer?
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Man, I wish it was a bad reflection, I really wish it was!
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Leviticus, I have tubed my bed 1 3/4 towards the center of the bed. Do you think that I would have enought room to run them on a 72? With no spacer....
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I may go for a 1/2" or ? spacer cause its still pretty close. And Jack, there should be no issues with tucking from what I can see with a 1/4 to 1/2" spacer.
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If you mini-tubbed 1.75" & are running a 72 length housing, the 'math' says you should be good. I had 1.75" mini-tubs w/20x10" wheels (5.50" back spacing) using the shorter pre-70 housing & they fit. You're adding .750 each side on housing length & offsetting it w/similar additional back space for the wheels.
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They were 295-40-20's.
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Re: Boss 338 Wheels **GROUP BUY**
So for my sake and everyone else watching this, the new design will fit the front? The rear will fit also on our trucks but will require a spacer depending on what year rear you have? Any mention of a group buy on spacers from the same guy that is ordering the wheels? Just thought I'd check. Thanks for all the info also.
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