E-Body Tire Combos

[GranCuda1970]

1970 barracuda Gran Coupe

P195 60 r15 97s fronts
p245 60r15 100s rears



Looks like I gots room for bigger!

[Jamie]

 I may have gone cross-eyed now! I have red this thread 6 times! My question is that after spotting a deal on some goose wheels i hope the offsets work. My 70 cud a has a pretty stiff suspension and has relocation kit 3/4" . FRONT HOTCHKIS UPPER ARMS ALSO. wheels i found are 18 x 10 with 6.25 backspace, 18 x 8.5 with 5.25 backspace. After reading this thread, I feel a 1/2" spacer may make these perfect for me. tires are 275/40 & 245/40. any ideas?

[72bluNblu]

I may have gone cross-eyed now! I have red this thread 6 times! My question is that after spotting a deal on some goose wheels i hope the offsets work. My 70 cud a has a pretty stiff suspension and has relocation kit 3/4" . FRONT HOTCHKIS UPPER ARMS ALSO. wheels i found are 18 x 10 with 6.25 backspace, 18 x 8.5 with 5.25 backspace. After reading this thread, I feel a 1/2" spacer may make these perfect for me. tires are 275/40 & 245/40. any ideas?

Fronts should work as is, and you could run a wider tire than that too.

Rears might actually fit too if you have an E-body rear end. I have a B body rear end in mine with a 1" relocation kit, and I don't have the 1.5" of extra clearance I'd need to run 18x10's with a 6.25 backspace vs my current 17x9's with a 5 backspace and 275/40's. But an E-body rear would make up most of that space, so they actually might fit. If you have a B rear though I think you'd probably need that 1/2" spacer, maybe even 3/4".

[Jamie]

I ment "foose" wheels! polished nitrous 2`s . Thank you for the reply. i have a stock e-body rear. also disc brakes in rear which i think bumps the wheels out an extra hair.

[72bluNblu]

I ment "foose" wheels! polished nitrous 2`s . Thank you for the reply. i have a stock e-body rear. also disc brakes in rear which i think bumps the wheels out an extra hair.

With a stock E-body rear, offset kit and the disk kit in the back you might not even need any spacers. If you did I would think they'd be less than 1/2" for sure.

[peterro]

Hey all, I've looked through this thread and there are a bunch of posts that don't have images anymore. I'm probably going to go with 17x8 with 4.5" BS all the way around. What I'd like to see is some images of what those look like before I make my final decision. I'd like to have the rims fill out to the fender as reasonably close as possible. It's an awful lot of $$ to make a wrong decision and be unhappy with them.

Anyone?

[tommyg29]

back around post #330 I have pictures of what a 17x8 with a 4" backspace looks like up front

[peterro]

Looks like 4" is a better fit. Is/was the difference on the rear about the same? I'm not looking to get super close to the fender and risk rubbing, just trying to fill them out.

Thanks.

[ragtopdodge]

Hey all, I've looked through this thread and there are a bunch of posts that don't have images anymore. I'm probably going to go with 17x8 with 4.5" BS all the way around. What I'd like to see is some images of what those look like before I make my final decision. I'd like to have the rims fill out to the fender as reasonably close as possible. It's an awful lot of $$ to make a wrong decision and be unhappy with them.

Anyone?

Why not do a staggered setup?  Looks better IMHO.

17x8F, 17x10R.  Just get a Dr. Diff re-location setup.  4.5" BS F, 6" BS R.

[peterro]

I just did some eyeballing of a Foose wheel that my father-in-law loaned me from his Roadrunner. It's a 17x9 but I'm not sure of the backspacing. I put it on the front and it clearly needs to come out more. I like the way the 17x8 4"BS that tommyg29 posted.

I then moved it to the back and it could have moved out a little but not much. Now I'm wondering if the 17x8 with 4"BS will work all the way around. He had a Goodyear 235 50 17 on the rim and the tire sticks out from the rim a good 3/8"

Is there typically more room in the front fender than the rear?

[tommyg29]

from what I remember, there is a lot more room to play with in back. If your car is stock or close to it, 17x8 will fit all around, but if you dont have the exact proper backspace up front, you may have to trim the front corner of the fender a tiny bit.
If you dont mind possibly having to trim a little up front, you can probably fit up to 17x9 up front, but out back I have seen up to 17x10 without modification.
But....keep in mind what works on one car may not work on another when you are cutting it close. Our cars are now 40 years old, and unless youve owned it the whole time, who knows what prior owners may have done to throw you off.
Im a building contractor, and my first rule is always...measure twice, cut once. Same applies to buying new wheels!

[72bluNblu]

from what I remember, there is a lot more room to play with in back. If your car is stock or close to it, 17x8 will fit all around, but if you dont have the exact proper backspace up front, you may have to trim the front corner of the fender a tiny bit.
If you dont mind possibly having to trim a little up front, you can probably fit up to 17x9 up front, but out back I have seen up to 17x10 without modification.
But....keep in mind what works on one car may not work on another when you are cutting it close. Our cars are now 40 years old, and unless youve owned it the whole time, who knows what prior owners may have done to throw you off.
Im a building contractor, and my first rule is always...measure twice, cut once. Same applies to buying new wheels!

 

I run 17x9s with 5" backspace and  275/4017's up front on my Challenger. Even sitting as low as it does it clears the drivers side just fine, but has a slight rub on the passenger fender lip. So, fitting is definitely an issue, don't assume what will fit my car will fit yours, as what fits the left side of my car doesn't exactly fit the right side.

I think with 4" of backspace and 17x8's you're right at the edge of fenders, and you may or may not end up hitting the fender there. Those specs will put the outside face or your rims in the same exact place as mine, and I have  a minor rub on the fender. But still plenty of room to the inside, I'd be inclined to run 17x8's with a 4.5" backspace (more common too!), or even a 4.25" backspace if you can find it or have it made. With the 17x9's on my car, I think 5.25" of backspace would be about perfect (with stock spindles to clear the tie rods, drop spindles won't clear 17x9's with a 5.25" backspace).

[EDGECRUSHER]

OK, lets get a tire/tyre size combos thread started. Too many wasted threads about one topic.
Chryco if you or Ross or someone could sticky this topic that would be good.

Post what rear end you have, tire size, wheel size + back spacing etc
Also any mods or relocation kits that were needed to fit your wheel combo along with photos, definitely PHOTOS.


I'll go first:

1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
8-3/4 SureGrip

15x8" Rallyes Rear with 275/60 BFGoodrich Radial T/As
15x7" Rallyes Front with 245/60 BFGoodrich Radial T/As

Chrysler Rallye wheels: 56 Series purchased from www.jegs.com All wheels have a 4-1/2" (4.5) Back Spacing.
Rear trim rings leave a 1" gap due to the wheel being 8" and repro/OEM rings only available in 7" sizing.

No rubbing, no relocation kits, no worries. 

Cheers,
NZ440R/T

I'm about to buy the Firestone Indy 500's with rallywheels
but i was thinking going 235/60 for the front.. you don't have problems turning with 245's on the front?

[EDGECRUSHER]

Panther Pinks Combo:

295/50 R -15 with little clearance to the leaf spring.  Fits inside the wheel wells though.

the pics with the 295 wheels wont show up?

[Jamie]

stock rear axle, dr diff relocation kit, disc rear, 18x10 w/275/40/18  6.25 backspace. front are 18x8.5 w/ 5.25 backspace( needs 1" spacer to look right though) 255/40/18 bf goodrich .mopar springs in rear, 1.06 torsion up front with adjusters cranked out.