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ok, I get where you are coming from now.
So you've heard from many (me included) saying we thought it was a bad idea, but really, you should throw together a pair to experiment with. I've experimented with several things that most wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. The blackpowder-grassfire incident comes to mind... but I digrese
When I was in my early 20's, (circa 1984) a guy I knew ran a pair of space savers on the front of his chopped roof "Cal-Look" VW (chopped as in 'chopped off' with a sawzall), He wanted that 'slammed' look and lowering the beam wasn't enough for him. He had a hard time finding someone to mount them on his wheels, didn't get many miles out of the tires he chose as I recall, and got harrassed by the local police. (side note: talk about making yourself and easy target for the police, a kid, driving a primered VW, AND lowered 2" off the ground). You won't have that problem.
I think many of those are designed to be used on a specific rim, a 'steel rim on steroids' and if I remember right, a tire store won't mount space savers on a regular wheel. Somthing about regular wheels not built to take the higher psi required for a space saver, don't they run at 70psi or some-such? Maybe you know someone who works at a tire store that would do it anyway, just stand back or put the wheel into one of those tire cages when you inflated it, since tire changers have been killed by rims literally blowing apart. I'm going from memory and not positive, but it's worth checking out before you get to far into it. good luck and let us know if you find additional FE ---Tom
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