17's or 15's?

[422STROKER]

15's and lower your car.......... 

With the 17's I was within 4.5" to the ground at the header and 4" to trans pan.

I may have gained a bit with the 15's but not more than an inch or so.

I couldn't get a floor jack under the rail at the front to jack it up with the 17's.

How low can you go?

Tom

[422STROKER]

17's are winning again.LOL

I am going to need a realignment if I keep the 15's on.  Still stable at speed though.  But they mess up my speedo a bunch(reads 62 and I'm going 70mph)  I had it perfect with the 17's.

Tom

[drewcrane]

How low can you go?, we need to find a reference point ,like the bottom edge of the fender and see just how low some of our cars are, mine is 23 3/8ths, my yard stick was upside down lol the first time

[422STROKER]

With the 17's my fenders are 24" to the ground, measured to the center of the wheel well.

Tom

[Jacksboys]

But they mess up my speedo a bunch(reads 62 and I'm going 70mph)  I had it perfect with the 17's.

Tom

Just get another speedo gear and it will be fixed.   

[422STROKER]

I just got it squared away with the trans change a little while ago, although I still have the old one but don't know what gear it is.

Tom

[cudagirl4406pk]

17's  i like the look better then the 15's

[Bullitt-]

OK it's a dead heat
 Poll 
Question: Which ones?  (Voting closes: October 01, 2008 - 11:23:09 AM)
17" rims  19 (50%)
15" rims  19 (50%)
 
Total Voters: 38


Solution...17's on the rear 15's in the front.   
 

[422STROKER]

We seem to have a very progressive board here, I have this same poll on a local to me site and it is like 13 for 15's ans 3 for 17's.LOL

Tom

BTW if the 17's and 15's were the same brand I'd try it out for you Bullitt99.

IIRC 17's are ahead now again.

[ntstlgl1970]

I agree with Goody, if you want something more modern, the 17/18 is a decent combination. I used to have 15's on my car. Currently I have 17's all around, but the tall tires for 17's in the rear are pretty much non-existent anymore except for maybe the old 275/60R17 Lightning tire. Once my rear tires are worn out, I will probably go with the same tire size as Goody on the back of mine. I have not seen any 17" drag tires taller than 26". I run some 15's at the track with ET streets. I used to run the car really low, but after I dented the heck out of my transmission pan, I raised the front end back up some.

[leithal]

ntstlgl1970
Much better look to me!  What width of wheels do you have?

[dwbiggs]

17's with the classic look.

[drewcrane]

for nostalgia i like that, alot, nice color, nice car!

[BB73Challenger]

I like the 17" wheels.
Large gleaming chrome and polished alloys make me smile - but there is a limit!
If you swap out for a set of 26" rims with spinners that's no good 

With my current Cuda project, I get to pick the wheel combo, and I'm going to want something that stands out from the normal.

So eventually I will be doing a poll on the wheel type/size for it 

[422STROKER]

Yup, the 17's will be back on sooner or later, I did pick up some drag radials for this weekends festivities at the dragway but the weather looks like

Tom