My solution to Wheel Vintiques Series 62’s

[powell72]

Originally Posted by special-K

I guess what I was thinking is it would have made more sense for Wheel Vintiques to have replicated the same dimensions as GM factory wheels, since that is what the 5 on 5s were made for, primarily. Or at least use the same backspacing. I don't know the manufacturing process, but I was assuming the centers for each lug pattern has it's own tooling. I have no experience with these wheels to date, but IIRC, people have had issues with too much backspace 71/72s. Like I said, no experience myself and maybe I'm wrong about 71/72s. I'll say it's great to know the proper remedy either way

I’ve never ran a set bs production wheel over 8” wide on my C-10’s. When I’ve had larger diameter wheels I like to run 10” wide and set my own backspace.
But to your point, I’ve ran these wheels in 8” on my 67-72’s (67-70’s I’ve had 71/72 rears in) with no issues before.

Originally Posted by SCOTI

I couldn't remember where the contact point was when I tried them; I just knew they made contact. If they were making contact @ the area the center/hub contacts the barrel/hoop (where the welds are laid down), the spacer is likely the only solution as altering back spacing would only remedy contact @ the barrel in my mind. It's possible the thickness of the spacer could be reduced based on the dimensions of the recessed mounting surface vs. outer lip area you mentioned.

I tried the HD set-up w/8" wheels when I was looking for budget friendly wheels for my '64 years ago. I don't recall the exact specs but pretty sure they were 4"BS. It's been >12yrs though so.... I knew I was going wider than 8" so I stepped up to 16" (16x10's) & was able to mount them on the standard or HD set-up.

I'm guessing Wheel Vintiques has different 'standard back-spacing' depending on series/bolt-pattern/size. I got 15x8" 62 Series for my Malibu & they were 4.25"BS standard. The similar '82 Series' for my 3/4 ton OBS came w/4"BS standard (16x8" 8-lugs). I wound up ordering a 2nd set of those w/custom back-spacing @ 5" & selling the 1st pair of 8's.

So many different variables in this hobby of ours, remember how much more difficult and time consuming this was before the internet?