15"s on a 3/4 ton?

[DirtyLarry]

I ran 15” wheels on my ’78 K10 from when I was in college until just 6 years ago because the wheels were cheap and the 33” tires were free and I had a fresh new set of ¾ axles that needed 8 lug wheels. The wheels are now actually on my ’72 beater C20 and the ’78 got a set of 16’s with Q78 Swampers.

The rear wheels fit fine on both trucks but the fronts needed minor grinding on the calipers and backing plates on both the 78 4x4 and the 72 2wd. Nothing too major but make sure you grind enough off the caliper to make room for brake pad wear as the caliper move in the slides.

I would not recommend 15’s on a ¾ ton but if the price is right we are all easy.

The first pic is my '78 K10 back in 1998 at a park in the northern suburbs of Detroit wearing the cheesy 15” wheels after a fresh layer of paint. The second picture is my 'C20 wearing the same hand me down 15" wheels 2 years ago when I was landscaping my house in Colorado. Hey, the 15’s on the 72 were better than dealing with the original 16’ split rims.