The official Tire and rim Thread!

[leemr007]

1973 Chevy Vega GT
Chevy S-10 conversion spindals and rotors
Chevy 12 bolt w/ 3.73 gears
92 Iroc Z/28 wheels
front:
wheels 16x8
205-50-16
rear:
wheels 16x8
255-50-16

[bill1978v8]

leemr007,

Any Pics?

Bill

[peterpan]

75 vega gt
front
stock front end for now 175-80x13 with old school sloted mags i think 13x6


rear

narrowed 12 bolt 82 transam rear springs with the thick rubber isolator and 15x8 torque thrust II wheels 235-60x15 tires


allso with the slotted mags on the back they are 14x8 old school sloted mags with 235-60x14 tires but in that picture i had alot of tools and parts in the back and it had a s-10 rear end and no motor

[geartwister39]

205/60-15 on weld prostars 3.5 back space 15x7
255/60-15 on weld prostars 3.5 back space 15x8
s 10 front spindle with stock ball joints with bob gumm adapters
s10 rear axels in stock 7.5 rear air shocks with home made brackets
rear fender lips rolled ala ball pein hammer
rear coils are from a 65 chevy truck or a 57 bel air got them from a buddy who had them laying around.
also front coils are v8 monza
rear end is the factory 7.5

[AusRs]

I have a set of 14x7 zero offset rims (3.5 inch backspace )
what tire size should i be able to run and still keep the tires within the body line without the fender lips rolled ?

[geartwister39]

if you look on v8 monza.com they have faq with suggested wheel tire sizes. what you wont find is the fact they the vega and monza have different wheel well sizes. so those should fit correctly on your monza with out modification. i found out after the fact that i spent a hefty chunk of change on rims and tires.

[Astre-mutt]

I have a set of 14x7 zero offset rims (3.5 inch backspace )
what tire size should i be able to run and still keep the tires within the body line without the fender lips rolled ?

225's would be safe.

[waybad]

205/60-15 on weld prostars 3.5 back space 15x7
255/60-15 on weld prostars 3.5 back space 15x8
s 10 front spindle with stock ball joints with bob gumm adapters
s10 rear axels in stock 7.5 rear air shocks with home made brackets
rear fender lips rolled ala ball pein hammer
rear coils are from a 65 chevy truck or a 57 bel air got them from a buddy who had them laying around.
also front coils are v8 monza
rear end is the factory 7.5

How much room do you have on the inside of the rears? I was wanting something like this but tucked in a little more? I have 15x8 w/3 1/2 bs,.. I like the 255's look better than the 235's but will they fit under the lip without mini tubing with a narrow rear end? TC

[geartwister39]

i have the bare minimum ? room on the rears .the rear is the stock rear housing that came in the car. nothing is tubbed .as far as running the 235s,im sure they will fit better but im not sure if you can pull it off with out mods to the rear fender lip .i did what i had to to keep my rim and tire combo. yeah i know,not much help.

[waybad]

i have the bare minimum ? room on the rears .the rear is the stock rear housing that came in the car. nothing is tubbed .as far as running the 235s,im sure they will fit better but im not sure if you can pull it off with out mods to the rear fender lip .i did what i had to to keep my rim and tire combo. yeah i know,not much help.

No !you helped answere my question, thanks for everthing..
looks like I might have to mini tub this thing to get the look I want

[mldeolde]

275/40/17 tires in front and 315/35/17 rears . 12 bolt full floater differential out back and no tubbing required. just a lot of 75 IMSA body work pieces give the needed clearence.

[geartwister39]

cheater!

[hammerdown7]

Here's an earlier thread showing my 245/50X15

viewtopic.php?p=91288&highlight=#91288

Dick

[AusRs]

wheels are
14x7 Cheviot Hurricane 3.5 inch backspace (zero offset ) tires are 205/60x14 and they fit inside the lip (unmodified ) ,i want to keep my tyres inside the body line i could probably go to 215,s with no issues and i have approx 1/2 inch clearance on the inner fender
ohh the car also needs to be lowered a touch (3rd gen rear coils are fitted )i am waiting till i have fuel in the tank etc before i set the ride height

[Tailssideup]

Reading through this, I was wondering if anybody is putting down Lug spacing and if its a 5 or 4 lug. Actually, to run a pretty wide tire, what backspacing are alot of you guys using?