staggered wheel diameters

[dave73]

Anyone running staggered wheel diameters like 17 up front, 18 out back? If so, let's see some pictures and hear the setup details.

I'd love to run 15 front/16 rear but there are not many options for 16" tires.

[CudaMoparRay]

Anyone running staggered wheel diameters like 17 up front, 18 out back? If so, let's see some pictures and hear the setup details.

I'd love to run 15 front/16 rear but there are not many options for 16" tires.

Also interested

[GoodysGotaCuda]

...yep, 17/18s.

The secret is to buy tall tires on the rear if you want it to look "right" [to me]. I have had countless positive comments on my wheel/tire setup. To me, big wheels on these cars are very easy to make look a little odd. If you're going for strictly performance, who cares, if you want to seemlessly blend old and new, you want to spend the time to get it "right".

There is a 1.5" height difference in the front and rear wheel wells. The difference in wheel diameter gives the car a more of a pseudo "muscle car rake" than it really is, and the rear tires disappear into the wells, into the car. I feel that it's important to have the bigger wheels sink into the car, than the car ride "on top" of the tires, where you can see the entire tire.

"right" is all in what you think, however.

[dave73]

Thanks Goody, surfing some older cc threads, was hoping you'd chime in. What is your setup specs? (wheel width, offset, tire sizes, stock ebody rear, springs in stock location, etc)

I'm looking at LT-III by ET-Wheels (a minilite type of wheel) and there "in stock" sizes are 17x8 and 18x10 so those are significantly cheaper. Can get them with custom offsets so I'm exercising my options of going that route.

[Husk Challenger]

Check this link post #23 shawge used 18" ET-wheels

https://forum.e-bodies.org/wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-and-steering/12/e-body-tire-sizes-what-fits-whats-too-big-what-looks-good/4016/15

[dave73]

Thanks!

[MikeMikeMike]

After a lot of research I decided to run tall tires on modern rallyes to mimic the look but add a little muscle to my 71 cuda. I run...

15x8 4.5
15x7 4.25
P275/60R15
P235/60R15

I think it looks cool 

Clears body and suspension without any modifications.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Thanks Goody, surfing some older cc threads, was hoping you'd chime in. What is your setup specs? (wheel width, offset, tire sizes, stock ebody rear, springs in stock location, etc)

I'm looking at LT-III by ET-Wheels (a minilite type of wheel) and there "in stock" sizes are 17x8 and 18x10 so those are significantly cheaper. Can get them with custom offsets so I'm exercising my options of going that route.

Front - 17x8 with 4.5" backspacing
Rear - 18x9 with 5.9" backspacing

Tires - Nitto 555
Front - 255/45/17
Rear - 295/45/18

Stock leaf spring location and I am running a 1/4" spacer on the rear. I could bump up the spacer just a hair to keep the tire from touching the leaf on hard corners. An 18x10 would be very tight.

[dave73]

After a lot of research I decided to run tall tires on modern rallyes to mimic the look but add a little muscle to my 71 cuda. I run...

15x8 4.5
15x7 4.25
P275/60R15
P235/60R15

I think it looks cool 

Clears body and suspension without any modifications.

I'm running that same setup right now. Limited tire selection has me thinking of going to 17 or 18s

[djw383]

Thanks Goody, surfing some older cc threads, was hoping you'd chime in. What is your setup specs? (wheel width, offset, tire sizes, stock ebody rear, springs in stock location, etc)

I'm looking at LT-III by ET-Wheels (a minilite type of wheel) and there "in stock" sizes are 17x8 and 18x10 so those are significantly cheaper. Can get them with custom offsets so I'm exercising my options of going that route.

Front - 17x8 with 4.5" backspacing
Rear - 18x9 with 5.9" backspacing

Tires - Nitto 555
Front - 255/45/17
Rear - 295/45/18

Stock leaf spring location and I am running a 1/4" spacer on the rear. I could bump up the spacer just a hair to keep the tire from touching the leaf on hard corners. An 18x10 would be very tight.

I copied yours exact tires, rims, and size works and looks perfect.

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