6 Lug 3 Nub 15 inch steel wheels
 

I have decided that it would be in my best interest to put disc brakes on the front of my 68 while I am in the process of rebuilding the front end.

My problem lies in that I currently have stock 15 inch steel wheels with the 3 nub configuration that I need to use so I can run my original dog dish hub caps.

I have done some searching and from what I have found, the stock steel wheels don't have the right taper to run discs. Correct????

Does anyone make a 15 inch, 6 lug, 3 nub steel wheel that will clear the calipers on disc brakes? I need to stay with 15's to match all around and I already have the tires, so upsizing isn't an option.

Thanks

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Old thread on what to look for and maybe as one member suggested, a 5/16 spacer on the original wheel.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=560599

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Up to 87 the 4x4 had 15 inch wheels

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Look for 4 nub steel wheels, they clear disc brake calipers.

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I read that the spacers MIGHT work...

If I remember correctly, the 87 wheels had 4 nubs. I need a 3 nub wheel.

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YOU need 4 nub wheels to clear disc brake calipers. YOUR hubcap will work on a 4-nub wheel. MANY on here have done this.
Look for 1971-87 steel wheels that came on 4x4 trucks, burbs and blazers.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=560599

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You need 6 lug 4 nub. Disk brake wheels . they will take your stock hubcaps and no need for you to run spacers

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Just to confirm... these hubcaps

http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/...psdumnrkqs.jpg

will fit on a 4 nub rim?????

I was pretty sure that I read several times on here that they wouldn't.

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They do.

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See there... learn something new every day.

I will start looking for some.

Thanks

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D.A.U.U.U.U.M.M.M.M.M
http://www.ebay.com/itm/67-72-73-87-...-/281899065390

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Thats because they are 15x8. People seem to think they are made of gold.

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Yup. I wanted some on my '69 but there's no way I'm paying the going rate for those things. The rally's will be just fine at that price.

Maybe go wheel vintiques? I'm fairly certain the smoothie will accept the dog dish caps.

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The wheel Vintiques 5 lug will accept caps, I have heard the six lug do not, hence the high price for 15x8 OEM 6 lugs

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Wow that's a lot of $ wonder if he gets it?

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if you can get by with 15x6 4 nub , which are on most 4x4 they are cheaper , and easier to locate , I might even have a few around here

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That's just greed on that Ebay listing. The actual going price is $100 ea, not bad for a cool set of wheels. You can even find them cheaper, but in the hands of an old GM Truck guy they are $400 a set all day long. Stock width are worth about $25 ea/$100 set. No smoothies accept factory hubcaps. They have a small inner nub on a smaller circle to accept car rallye wheel type center caps...and a few select reproduction car hubcaps made to fit. Wheel Vintiques started making 5-lug OEM style wheels but no 6-lug so far.

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I know this guy that has those wheels on Ebay... He lives about 8 miles from me,,, he is a real piece of work... He "deals" alot in these trucks but very few people around here will even deal with him...

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I definitely don't need the 8's. I only need 2, and 6's would work just fine. I am doing a 15x14 on the back and they already have the 6 lug 3 nub centers installed.

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What about a 15 x 5.5 3 nub rim?

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Sounds like my neighbor. He's a 47-72 Chevy Truck "expert" who never learns a thing and continues to eff up everything he touches. He wants too much for one thing and not enough for the other. He throws away parts that sell well. Worst thing he does is cuts vehicles up to make yard art he and only he enjoys. All he knows is double whatever he pays for a vehicle or he parts it out (even when he paid too much). He parts most out, but there are bigger dummies than him out there that find him.
3-nub wheels are made to fit drums. 4-nub wheels where made to fit calipers

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Won't clear disc brake calipers,...

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You just need to get two 4 nub rims.

6" wide ones are easy to find but 8" wide ones are tough.

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Thanks all.

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Wheel Vintiques series 62 come in 15x8 and they take the dog dish hub caps. summit ships free around 85-bucks a piece. i'm not 100% sure they clear disc brakes but i will find out soon.

EDIT: wierd they don't come in 6-lug. i see you guys already got that.