My solution to Wheel Vintiques Series 62’s

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Originally Posted by powell72

First of all, gotta say I was hoping you’d chime in on this thread and share some knowledge!

They are 4 1/4” BS. I think that’s the standard on them. All the 62’s I’ve ran have been 4 1/4” BS on 15x6, 15x7, and 15x8’s.

The method I used here would only work for widths up to 8” I would assume without a custom backspace.

The issue with these wheels and the HD drums is the outside mounting surface of the drum is recessed in about a 1/4” deeper than the lip on the outside of the drum, so the lip on the outside edge of the drum hits the backside of the four window openings on the perimeter of the wheels before the inner wheel mounting face touches the drums outer mounting surface. It’s been so long since I’ve seen the back of a GM steel wheel I’d love to see a pic to compare how GM’s windows in the wheels are rolled in compared to Wheel Vintiques.

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.