randaroo
Member
As I build this thing, again, I was wondering how to shop for wheels and tires.
Years ago when I did the dropped axel and cobbled all the chevy stuff into the mess, I had enough room in the wheel wells to keep 15 inch wheels and tires. I used old Cadillac type tires, in those days LR78-15 which were quite cushy and big no problems.
Later I built in the Camaro clip and didn't narrow it so I went with an offset front wheel, common on the front wheel drive cars at the time.
So I wound up with 14's slightly offset on the front and the lr78-15 on the rear.
I had painted the wheels body color and did rings and baby moons which looked OK for that car.
Nowadays, I see you can spec your offset and wheel tire fitment before you screw up a set of tires/wheels that don't fit properly.
Any links or ideas on how I should be fitting/specifying my wheels and tires?
I'd like to go with something snazzy and a whole lot newer.
Years ago when I did the dropped axel and cobbled all the chevy stuff into the mess, I had enough room in the wheel wells to keep 15 inch wheels and tires. I used old Cadillac type tires, in those days LR78-15 which were quite cushy and big no problems.
Later I built in the Camaro clip and didn't narrow it so I went with an offset front wheel, common on the front wheel drive cars at the time.
So I wound up with 14's slightly offset on the front and the lr78-15 on the rear.
I had painted the wheels body color and did rings and baby moons which looked OK for that car.
Nowadays, I see you can spec your offset and wheel tire fitment before you screw up a set of tires/wheels that don't fit properly.
Any links or ideas on how I should be fitting/specifying my wheels and tires?
I'd like to go with something snazzy and a whole lot newer.