A-body wheel question

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Offline Burpin Chunks

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A-body wheel question
« on: January 08, 2008 - 10:35:20 PM »
What is the widest 15 inch tire that will fit under a 71 dodge dart in the rear. thanks




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Re: A-body wheel question
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2008 - 10:48:06 PM »
ok here is the deal, I did a disk brake conversion on the front of the dart. But, the bolt pattern is larger than the original. What needs to be done here. I have the small bolt pattern in the rear and the larger bolt pattern in the front now. Is there different roters for it or what, I really dont like the idea of having different bolt pattern rims but if that is the cheapest then that is what I will do. Chryco help

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Re: A-body wheel question
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2008 - 02:22:41 AM »
this has been a thorn in the side of virtually every A body owner I know including me , you cannot service the factory disc brakes even though they do work great , any disc upgrade requires using larger bolt pattern rotors , there is no easy fix , the rear is easier to deal with , you can have the rear axles redrilled & redrill the drums as well or use a similar 10" dia drum off a B or E body 8 3/4 or you can order new axles with the larger pattern , or run a spacer with a high offset wheel . I cannot remember how much tire fits in the rear , both the A bodys I had recently had tubs , I think a 275 will fit with the offset spring hangers . possibly without as well + there are far more wheel choices once all 4 are the 4.5" bolt pattern

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Re: A-body wheel question
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2008 - 05:40:49 AM »
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Do the A-body not come with disc's and 4" bolrpattern...???

My Fastback got disc's and, - somekind of spacer. I think, to fit 4½" pattern...
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Re: A-body wheel question
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2008 - 11:23:38 AM »
the A body had discs with 4 " bolt pattern up to 72 in 73 they went to a 4.5" pattern & disc but dropped the 8 3/4" diff so there never was an 8 3/4" diff with 4.5" pattern for the A body 

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