new wide shoes. .. will they fit

[love_my_gt]

I have a '75 620. I've got some new rims for it (pics coming soon). The tires I found to fit them are 235/50r15s. Will those fit without rubbing in the turns? Will I be able to lower the truck without having issues rubbing then either?

[Dattokai]

Why'd you buy wheels that you weren't sure if they'd fit? 

[love_my_gt]

Good question. You see what had happened was...I was told the rims were thinner then they are. The guy who sold them to me said they were 15x7s which would have been the same as pathy rims. They had super big mudders on em when I got em and it never occurred to me to second guess him on the width and measure them. Once I took the mud tires off I measured because they looked wider then any 7" I'd ever seen. This is when I found that extra 1.75 inches of rim he'd forgotten about. Thus now I had gone from having awesome rims I knew would fit (15x7) to rims I don't know if will fit/clear (15x8.75).

[INDY510]

a 15x7 wheel will measure around 8" wide .. so you probably have a 15x8 wheel measured to 8.79" wide ........ but what's the back-spacing or offset?

[Guest 510kamikazifreak]

I have a sawzall you can use

 

:rofl:

[datzenmike]

a 15x7 wheel will measure around 8" wide .. so you probably have a 15x8 wheel measured to 8.79" wide ........ but what's the back-spacing or offset?

The above.

 

Wheel width means nothing or is 1/2 the info needed at best. Offset is really the thing the determines if a wheel will fit. If too far out the body is in the way.... to far in and struts, steering or leaf springs are in the way. Know what you have and it's offset. Then you can figure out how far each way (in and/or out) you can go.

[love_my_gt]

If I recall the backspacing is 3.26 inches which I think works out to 87.55mm. I think

[]2eDeYe]

You'll need narrower tires, but you might be able to pull off the wheels.

[love_my_gt]

Does anyone have pics of 225s on 15x8 rims? I hope it doesn't look goofy. I can't stand the stretched tire look.

[Mirrorimg]

Quick google gave me this.

http://949racing.com/15x86ulgallery1.aspx

 

15x8 6UL Wheels with 225/45/15 tires

 

15x8 TRM C1 wheels with 225/45/15

[love_my_gt]

Thanks I'd done a Google search, but I have a tendency to not trust what is posted on Google images lol.

[Dawa]

everyone pretty much covered everything i was gonna say:

your wheel measurement might be wrong,

we need to know your offset, etc

 

im running 225/45/16s up front on a 16x8.5 -10

and 245/45/16 in the rear with the same size wheels

 

on my wheel, 225s were the widest i could run.

235s would most likely rub on the inner fender

 

in the rear there is plenty more room for width.

 

front is lowered a little more than 3" i think, rear has 3" blocks on it

 

http://rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

use that site to compare your wheels/tires and mine. and or your wheels/tires old against new 

[love_my_gt]

Thanks for all the helpful advice and info. I think I've determined to go with a 215/50/15 or a 215/45/15. if I understand correctly this should well clear the fender wells and should fill out the rims nicely without looking stretched and ridiculous.

[Dawa]

yeah, 215s on an 8 isnt bad. i didnt like 215s on my 8.5.

[Boaty]

All this talk about wheel sizes and stuff....
Makes me keep wondering what a 205/50R15 or a 215/50R15 would look like on a set of swastika wheels (15x5.5 I think?)
Been running 195/50R15's for days but the selection in that size is lackluster at best... 205's are usually cheaper, too.

FWIW I have 15x8 -20 waiting for me to give them a test-fit on my 620 (rubberless). Believe me they'll poke, and I will have pictures. Giggity.

[Dguy210]

All this talk about wheel sizes and stuff....

Makes me keep wondering what a 205/50R15 or a 215/50R15 would look like on a set of swastika wheels (15x5.5 I think?)

Been running 195/50R15's for days but the selection in that size is lackluster at best... 205's are usually cheaper, too.

 

FWIW I have 15x8 -20 waiting for me to give them a test-fit on my 620 (rubberless). Believe me they'll poke, and I will have pictures. Giggity.

I'd expect them to look pretty decent. Close to what I'm running now. 15X6 +10 as far as I know.

 

195/55 (on the front now)

 

205/60 (on the rear)

 

205/55 (rubbed a bit on the front at full lock)

[Boaty]

Have any not-frontal pictures?
Like... from front or back so I can see sidewall  to rim lip differences?

205/50 would be smaller than that, probably not much different than 195/50.

[Dawa]

[Dawa]

spam

 

 

[Dguy210]

Have any not-frontal pictures?

Like... from front or back so I can see sidewall  to rim lip differences?

 

205/50 would be smaller than that, probably not much different than 195/50.

Sorry shitty camera phone pics but here you go. Hope this helps.

 

195/55 front

 

205/60 rear

[Radim]

It's all relevant to what the wheel specs are, and how much work you want to do on your fenders if you want to at all.

My truck rubs on the inner fender wells at full lock on 195/55/15 with 15x9 -63 wheels.  Doesn't rub on the fenders but they are rolled.... the truck is significantly lowered too so also depends on height...

Lower your truck to where you want it, mount the wheels, and go from there.