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17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? #1435053
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what do you guys think of the year one 17" rally wheels on a 70's truck? (my 78 shortbox)
if I keep it I want to upgrade the tires and thinking these would look cool on it. only issue is perhaps the backspacing. 17x8 with 4.25" backspacing. think I would have front end issues?
what do you guys think?

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: chrisf] #1435054
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as far as looks I'd think it would look good. my main issue with the bigger wheels are when there isn't enough sidewall.


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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: basketcase] #1435055
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I would not put rubber band tires on them. its lowered but still has that big wheel well so would be a 28-29" rear and a 26-27-ish front. I hate the emergency spare tire look

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: chrisf] #1435056
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They fit the cars they will fit the trucks. Should look good

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: chrisf] #1435057
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what do you guys think of the year one 17" rally wheels on a 70's truck? (my 78 shortbox)
if I keep it I want to upgrade the tires and thinking these would look cool on it. only issue is perhaps the backspacing. 17x8 with 4.25" backspacing. think I would have front end issues?
what do you guys think?


wow strange looking truck?? when did they build that one?

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: chrisf] #1435058
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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: d100clubcab] #1435059
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36g bet that will never leave. those are 15" so same but different

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: chrisf] #1435060
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should look good....a 255/60R17 would be .3" taller than a 235/75R15, a 245/60R16 would be ~.3" shorter.....

for the back, 275/60R17's would look right, and are about 30" tall...

are you afraid the 4.25" backspace won't be enough?

I wonder if you could use LX wheels, which are 5x115mm bolt pattern (vs. 5x114.3mm) and +24mm offset on the 18x7.5" rims (which would be ~5.2" backspace) because these are sharp looking cheap OEM wheels

http://moparonlineparts.com/advanced_sea...n_description=1

and LX's have tire sizes that would look right on a 70's truck....a 235/55R18 is ~28.1" tall


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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: patrick] #1435061
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I think they would look SWEET! With a 17" wheel on a truck, your sidewall wouldn't be low profile(rubberband).

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: chrisf] #1435062
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I think it would look great!
I am a cheapskate, plus I really liked these, so I went this way.
These are 17x8, '03-04 Ram. $100 for the set.
These have a 5 1/2" backspace, and my factory steelies were 4", and with a 255/70/15 rubbed the rear inner well some.
I would have used a 1 1/2" spacer, at the time couldn't find one. I wanted hub centric specifically.
So, I got 2". This moved the sidewall pretty close to the outer fender lip, bed is not perfectly centered, so some adjustment may cure this problem, or roll the lip.
Both only needed if lowering, and carrying weight.
On front I went with 1" spacer, to me is seems perfect, so 4 1/2" backspacing.
A couple inner fender bolts will be replaced with button heads, but only again if I lower it.
Tires are 275/60/17.
What I saved on wheels, after buying spacers and modifying them, I could have bought a set of cheap Summit wheels, but I like these much better.
Obviously on yours the bolt pattern/hub hole would be correct and spacers/adapters not needed.
To summarize, I think the 4 1/2"back space MIGHT be a problem on the rear.
I didn't try the 1" spacers on the back, I think it would be iffy on the inside.

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: VL21] #1435063
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Your running P275/60R17 on the front of a 2wd D series? I was always told that they are to big for the front even with stock ride height.

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: 98RAM1500] #1435064
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Yes, 275/60/17.
At stock height, plenty o clearance.
And I think they will be fine at a couple inches lower, which is all I want.
Not sure if these will show you anything ...

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: VL21] #1435065
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Sorry, big pics. I'm a dummy, I know.

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: VL21] #1435066
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265-75-17 tires on 17 x 9 factory SST wheels.
Plenty of sidewall , just what I wanted. Factory tire size for these wheels is 275-60-17 ,
even those are too short for me.

Frank

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: duster2] #1435067
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Totally wrong truck
Those sizes are within and inch height difference also

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: 76dodgeboy] #1435068
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Hey VL21 can you take one of the whole truck from the side to see how much they fill the fender wells.

Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: 98RAM1500] #1435069
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Try this one ...

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: VL21] #1435070
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Need to do a little adjusting I think ...

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: VL21] #1435071
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Yeah thats it, they don't look to big at all to me, looks good. Im working on a 84 D series, single cab short bed and was kinda of wanting bigger wheels than the 15's but im thinking of a wheel that might stick out maybe a 1/4" to 1/2" more than yours tops, You think they would still clear aright?

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Re: 17" year one rally wheel on a 70's truck? [Re: 98RAM1500] #1435072
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Stock height you'll be fine with a wider tire/rim. lowered depends on how much lower and if you haul anything.
If your looking at supermarket wheels they usually have a few diff offset/backspacing.

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