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question on tire size for the panel
It has been a long time since I have been down in the 15" tire ranges so thought I would pose the question... What would be the ideal sizing for the largest rear tire I can put on the 68' panel truck using my 8" wide aluminum slot rims? Only rear mod is it will be lowered with 2" blocks to help equal out the front dropped spindles. I have 7" wide rims for the front and would like them to be smaller than the rears.
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What look are you striving for? Street truck? Then 275/60/15' are tall and wide a 295/50/15 is wider but shorter. Although with just a 2" drop some 285/70's would fill the wheel well nicely. There are some larger light truck tires out there if want the big tire off road or commercial look.
Check this thread on 15's http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=703601 |
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I run 255/70/15's on a 15x8 rally. Rear suspension is bags. They measure a lil under 29.5". No rubbing ever. I want to try a 31/10.5 with a highway tread to fill the wheel well better.
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What it has now is 235/70 in the rear and 215/ 70 on the fronts with the vette rallys. and this is what it looked like when I 1st brought it home. Attachment 1810162 It will sit at least 2" lower front and rear now due to spindle change and added block in rear. There are a lot of pages to sift thru on the link you provided so I hope to find something that has the stance I am looking for. I am not ready for tires yet but there are a lot of deals locally on craigslist for tires from time to time and would hate to miss out on a decent set. Thanks for the link. Richard |
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THIS is what I "Really" wanted to do to this panel. I have the rear and tires (33x21.5 MT on 15x15 rims) pictured as well as a narrowed frame section with ladders & coil overs I bought from Summit years ago. The guy that was going to set it up for me got hurt and no longer does it so it has all just sit here in storage since. I have yet to find anyone else local that is willing to help and that is way too far from my comfort zone to be messing with that.
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The frame section you can see hanging on the wall behind the photo shop of the panel in 1st pic
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Boy those 295/50 tires look nice but I wonder if they are too wide for the 8" rim
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I have 275 60 15 in the rear on 15x8 and 255 60 15 up front on 15x7.
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I have 265-75-15 on the rear with 8" rims and 235-75 15 on the front with 7" rims. Plenty of clearance. Second picture is the tires I am going to put on the rear as soon as I figure out exactly what I need for rims. I am thinking 11 or 12" wide with a 7 or 7.5" back space. The tires are 14" wide. LockDoc |
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A Follow-on related question on tire size. What is the tallest tire that can be used on a 1970 4x4 C10 Suburban. No Lift, 15inch wheels.
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I have 33x11.50 on my Blazer with no lift and it does not hit at all I would suspect the Suburban would have the same limit
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Thnx Richard.
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