Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
[Re: DaytonaTurbo]
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02/26/09 02:13 AM
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
[Re: Purphaz]
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02/26/09 08:04 PM
02/26/09 08:04 PM
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Matt,
I appreciate you sharing those photos. At this point, I'll take any submissions. I like to see pictures of various wheel and tire setups. You're 72 Road Runner certainly has a rake with those 70 profiles in the rear. What are you going to switch them out for?
I'm not sure yet since I haven't seen anything I'm crazy about.
Autorama is gunna be in detroit in a little over a week from now so hopefully I'll get some ideas there.
I was thinking 18's up front with 20's in the back but it all depends on what rubber will fit, so I'm kinda in the same boat, trying to figure out what will work and what won't. Who knows maybe 17's up front and 18's in the rear... I just dunno yet...
I'm sure everyone will hate 'em tho...
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
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02/26/09 08:59 PM
02/26/09 08:59 PM
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I'm sure everyone will hate 'em tho...
I saw that red 71 roadrunner that was built several years ago with the huge rims, looked like garbage with those big things to me, but if it floats your boat...
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
[Re: DaytonaTurbo]
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02/26/09 09:18 PM
02/26/09 09:18 PM
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These tires are only 225-70 15" but thought I would show what Mirada rims look like on my 72 Charger. I also had these on my 71 road runner and to me they look good on 71 up B bodies.
68 Polara 500...LL1 Y7 M6X 69 Hemi road runner...X9 X9 M6X 69 A12 road runner....R4 R4 M6X 69 ModTop FLORAL Super Bee...F6 M6W 70 AAR 'cuda...EW1 EW1 H4X9 71 Duster 340...FJ6 V24 L6X9 71 road runner FC7 V1X M6X9 72 Rallye Charger B5 V1W 74 'cuda 360...KB5 V1X A6X9 08 SRT Challenger #234
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
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02/26/09 10:27 PM
02/26/09 10:27 PM
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295x50x15 on 8x4.5" backspace
71 GTX 4sp Dana GY9
HD Road King
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
[Re: Purphaz]
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02/27/09 09:55 AM
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440Sat72,
Interesting setup you run. What size wheels are those for the front and back and how many inches have you lowered the car on both ends?
Those are 15x7 wheels in front and 15x8 wheels in the back. i didnt lower the car in the back, i just used the XHD springs. they dont have an arch but sit pretty much flat (which is good for cornering). and i used 1" torsion bars in front and did not jack them up all the way.
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
[Re: AZ-Nick]
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02/27/09 11:04 PM
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Pinkduster,
Thanks for sharing your photos. I have to agree those 355/50s are quite a stretch. It just looks silly. Sharp 71 you have though. How long have you had the car?
Thanks, yeah... Silly. I agree. When my friend called the look, "Folky"... after a [Edited by Moparts - Keep it clean] chevy guy we went to school with, I knew i had to change it. i've owned the car for 4 years now, but I've known of the car since about 1991 or 1992.
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Re: Wheels for 71 B-Body
[Re: pinkduster]
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02/28/09 12:27 AM
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Pinkduster,
Thanks for sharing your photos. I have to agree those 355/50s are quite a stretch. It just looks silly. Sharp 71 you have though. How long have you had the car?
Thanks, yeah... Silly. I agree. When my friend called the look, "Folky"... after a [Edited by Moparts - Keep it clean] chevy guy we went to school with, I knew i had to change it. i've owned the car for 4 years now, but I've known of the car since about 1991 or 1992.
That tire size would have looked fine if those rims had some more backspacing. Those stick out too far IMO.
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