Wheel Size Advice

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Mon Oct 02, 06 11:27 am

I will be ordering some Centrelines Auto Drag wheels today hopefully, now I am going to go 15 X 10 on the back and 15 X 8 on the front, will this be too big? I'm not clued up on offset and backspacing etc so what do I need to do to find out about that? 1968 Charger, i'm sure the guy at Webster Engineering will know but I thought I would do some research before ringing, thanks

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Oct 02, 06 12:54 pm

I presume you've tubbed the Charger then Justin?

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Mon Oct 02, 06 1:08 pm

No it's not tubbed, I know I always refer to Alan Rush's car but that's how I want the wheels to look on it, i'm not sure what size he has though, perhaps I should go smaller, maybe 15 X 9 on rear, 15 X 7 on front? Thoughts please, on the black Mustang I had 15 X 7 all round but that was a smaller car obviously

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Oct 02, 06 1:25 pm

In which case, I'd say 10 x 15s will almost certainly rub the arches, even with a big offset.

Mine are 8.5 x 15s with a 4.25" offset and 275 x 60 tyres and they fill up the arches quite nicely...what's more don't rub under any circumstances.

There have been loads of threads on wheel and tyre sizes in the past, so a trawl through the archive, should help out.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Oct 02, 06 6:26 pm

Which car did you buy Justin?? lets see some pics

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Mon Oct 02, 06 7:48 pm

I bought the blue 1968 that was on Ebay, went to view it and really loved it, collecting tomorrow, I have bought some American Racing Outlaw 1's to fit tomorrow and will probably paint the vinyl black, if the vinyl paint doesn't come out that good I will just remove the vinyl and do the top blue

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Mon Oct 02, 06 7:49 pm

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3528713

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http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3528715

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JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Mon Oct 02, 06 7:51 pm

Hope they worked

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Oct 02, 06 8:27 pm

10x15's will go on easily with the right offset and tyres those rear arches are huge, admittedly these are 8" rims but the 295/50/15s fit easily and I have loads of room between the tyre and spring, just measure carefully, or better yet try some before you buy, I think 4.5" or 5" backspace is what you'll need

I like the white top

but I know it would be a bugger to keep clean

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Mon Oct 02, 06 8:37 pm

Anyone know where I can get the correct vinyl paint? Or the name of the product? And most importantly if it's done properly does it look ok?

SteveCase · Post by **SteveCase** » Sun Oct 08, 06 4:12 pm

The bigger the rear wheels the better

, white vinyls are ok too!!!

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Oct 08, 06 4:46 pm

There is a HUGE difference in total width between a 295/50/15 on a 8-inch rim and on a 10-inch rim.

Trust me I know. I have tried both on the rear of the Chally.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sun Oct 08, 06 4:55 pm

thats why he'd need more backspace than me if he used a 10" rim
best thing is to try some if you can

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Oct 08, 06 7:27 pm

I hope there is more room under a Charger than under the Challenger (which has a longer axle) because with those tyres on 10" rims you need to move the springs inboard to clear the sidewalls. This is with 5.5" backspace.

I still had to cut the wheel lip too.

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Sun Oct 08, 06 8:05 pm

It's ok, i've got them, 15 X 8 on the rear, 15 X 7 on the front

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