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05 town and country with smoothies wheels #1157752 01/15/12 01:13 PM 01/15/12 01:13 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 51 Czech Republic 6 69topless OP member
69topless OP member 6 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 51 Czech Republic	Hi, my friend wants to make a retro look of his 05 Chrysler Town and Country and use american racing smoothies wheels. Would 15inch smoothies fit or would be a problem with brakes etc? He wants 15inch wheels because of the tire with white strip. We are living in Europe and its hard to test fitment prior purchasing :-) Thanks for any suggestion

Re: 05 town and country with smoothies wheels [Re: 69topless] #1157753 01/15/12 01:23 PM 01/15/12 01:23 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,460 Florida STAYcation dOOc The village idiot's idiot
dOOc The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,460 Florida STAYcation	I have only had a later model Caravan for almost a year now ... but I think that there would be probs with that swap. The offset PLUS the size as you mentioned.... those smaller wheels would probably hit the caliper.

Re: 05 town and country with smoothies wheels [Re: dOOc] #1157754 01/16/12 12:25 PM 01/16/12 12:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI patrick I Live Here
patrick I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI	base tires on the LX's and caravan SE's are 15 inchers, so they _should_ work, if you can get the proper offset, which if I had to guess is probably in the +12-24mm range. 1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod SOLD!* 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)

Re: 05 town and country with smoothies wheels [Re: patrick] #1157755 01/16/12 04:25 PM 01/16/12 04:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	AWC does a 15 x 7 with +19mm offset. In dual 5 on 4.5/5.75 that is. Not sure what bolt pattern the FWD stuff is ?

Re: 05 town and country with smoothies wheels [Re: OzHemi] #1157756 01/16/12 04:42 PM 01/16/12 04:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI patrick I Live Here
patrick I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI	caravans, at least '00-07 are 5x4.5" 1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod SOLD!* 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)

Re: 05 town and country with smoothies wheels [Re: patrick] #1157757 01/16/12 04:54 PM 01/16/12 04:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Bolt pattern would do then... Guess it would also matter though if an aftermarket steel wheel would clear, with the way the drop center area is shaped compared to a run of the mill FWD type wheel ?

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