E-Body Tire Combos

[cudaneil]

 Hey punisher,  I think if you raise the back,so the top of the wheel rim is level with the fender lip. She will still look cool and
should also solve your tailshaft probs !

                                                                       CUDANEIL.

[TobiasM]

Hi guys.

I am new on this forum, own a 70 Chally R/T that will be delivered to me this weekend. I want to get loos off the 15" Cragar SS-wheel and go to 17" or 18" diameter.

Found a pic of this rims on the net, but don`t have any information about manufacturer, type, dimension etc...can you help, please?

Thanks in advance!

[ShelbyDogg]

Found a pic of this rims on the net, but don`t have any information about manufacturer, type, dimension etc...can you help, please?

Thanks in advance!

Welcome aboard!
Those are the FOOSE wheels that look like rallyes. Do a google search on them for a dealer.

[71cudajoe]

Hi guys.

I am new on this forum, own a 70 Chally R/T that will be delivered to me this weekend. I want to get loos off the 15" Cragar SS-wheel and go to 17" or 18" diameter.

Found a pic of this rims on the net, but don`t have any information about manufacturer, type, dimension etc...can you help, please?

Thanks in advance!

I've considered these same wheels myself. MagnumForce and Wheel Vintiques sell it -- their offering is very similar if not exactly what you are looking for:

http://www.magnumforce.com/store/detail.asp?ProductID=3914&CategoryID=81&BrandID=&Category=&SubCategory=&Search=&Page=
http://wheelvintiques.myshopify.com/products/billet-chrysler-95-series

[tommyg29]

Ive actually considered those too. Foose designed them to give a modern look to the originals. Theyve been used on several different car show builds, including the ultimate street fighter on musclecars.
I think MHTwheels.com is the manufacturer? They are 

[71cudajoe]

I think the wheels on TobiasM's photo may be Foose-inspired, but I don't think they are the exact Foose designed wheels. Foose's wheel is called the "Challenger":

http://www.newstalgiawheel.com/wheel_detail.asp?subcat3=1081103

The wheels in the photo, I believe, are the Billet Chrysler 95 Series:

http://wheelvintiques.myshopify.com/products/billet-chrysler-95-series

The Chrysler 95 Series wheels are still expensive but not nearly as costly as the Foose Challengers.

[TobiasM]

Hi guys!

Thanks for your contributions...the last post from David lead me to the correct wheel: it`s the Chrysler 95...but - wow - inexpensive is something different: they aks 515 bucks for the wheels + 49 for the centercaps...EACH!!! Makes a set of four wheel incl. centercaps not less than 2,254 USD. wow... Oh, I fortgot: you`ll have to add $$$ for the tires of your choice.

But very nice wheels anyway.

Thanks for your help. Will see us here soner or later again ;-)))

[ShelbyDogg]

That's why many of us don't run Foose wheels

[Roppa440]

That's why many of us don't run Foose wheels

That and because they are pig ugly.

[boydsdodge]

 

[punisher72]

Cudaneil, I have taken out the lowering blocks and left standard. Dosent look as tough but i can drive anywhere

[70 rtse]

hi every one i am looking to buy a set of pro convos but the rears are 10 inch wide whith 295 tyres on them whith a 50 50 back space he is going to sell them whith out the tyres do you think they would fit a stock 70 dodge challenger whith 275 tyres

[ShelbyDogg]

You need to test fit them. That is the width I run on my car. You have to look in the posts several pages back. I run the springs moved in 1 inch, the b-body rear, and a 5.5" backspacing.

I was told that a 5" backspace, 15x10 would fit without moving the springs but I never tried it.

[tommyg29]

I now have 15x8s in the rear with 275/60 rubber. I think the backspace is about 3.5" and I have about 3/4" clearance from the leafspring. The outer clearance is very close to the lip, so not much room there.
I want to go with ar ttIIs 17x9.5" (they dont make a 9") with a 275/50 tire, which is exactly the same overall size as my current tires.
I'm playing with the tire size calculator and I need a recommendation as to what backspace I will need with the wider wheel. Since the new wheel will be 1.5" wider, I think about a 4.25" backspace will work (3/4" more than current), bringing the rim 3/4" further in on the inside, and about 3/4" further out on the outside. This should leave the new tire in exactly the same relative position as my current tire.
Does this make sense?
Thanks.

[ShelbyDogg]

That makes sense, that's how I calculated how my tires would fit. I think you are wrong on your current backspace measurement though. I used to run a 15x8.5" with a 275/60/15.  That wheel had a 4-7/8" Backspace. If you are measuring wrong, you will get the wrong wheel.