Tires rub, buying new wheels, but unsure. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

muddpile · 10-21-2008, 01:43 PM

Well, I've spent 3500 miles in the driver seat this year, and have found a few little problems with my 72 C10 long fleet. The truck has 15x8 70's/80's style rallyes on it right now with 255/70/15s all around. The front tires rub when I hit low spots in the road and at full lock when turning. They rub top outer edge for sure, as the undercoating is gone. The truck has an ECE 4" spring/spindle front drop, and a 6" leaf-flip rear drop.

I want to upgrade to a set of 17's. The set I've picked out are 17x8 with a 4.5" backspacing. I will be running these all around. Will I have any problems and what is a good size tire for an application like this? Thanks!

The wheels will be wheel vintiques 66 series rallyes (or 68 if I go chrome). If anyone has any pics of these on a 67-72, that would be great. Thanks!

muddpile · 10-23-2008, 04:06 PM

I searched around a few threads and found the info I needed, even a picture of a truck with the identical wheels, it was even orange

10-21-2008, 01:43 PM	#1
muddpile Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,371	Tires rub, buying new wheels, but unsure. Well, I've spent 3500 miles in the driver seat this year, and have found a few little problems with my 72 C10 long fleet. The truck has 15x8 70's/80's style rallyes on it right now with 255/70/15s all around. The front tires rub when I hit low spots in the road and at full lock when turning. They rub top outer edge for sure, as the undercoating is gone. The truck has an ECE 4" spring/spindle front drop, and a 6" leaf-flip rear drop. I want to upgrade to a set of 17's. The set I've picked out are 17x8 with a 4.5" backspacing. I will be running these all around. Will I have any problems and what is a good size tire for an application like this? Thanks! The wheels will be wheel vintiques 66 series rallyes (or 68 if I go chrome). If anyone has any pics of these on a 67-72, that would be great. Thanks! __________________ 1964 Chevy Short Fleet: Tornado 1972 Chevy C10: Fast Orange Secondaries Wide Open

10-23-2008, 04:06 PM	#2
muddpile Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,371	Re: Tires rub, buying new wheels, but unsure. I searched around a few threads and found the info I needed, even a picture of a truck with the identical wheels, it was even orange __________________ 1964 Chevy Short Fleet: Tornado 1972 Chevy C10: Fast Orange Secondaries Wide Open



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