66 coronet wheel and tire question

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what would be the widest wheel and tire that i could fit in these small wheel wells

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The rear is the smallest imo. I was able to stuff a 10" section width tire in there with 1/2" to spare on either side. I needed a 5.5" backspace rim to do it.

Most people would call it a 5" backspace, but most all the wheel MFG's want 1/2" added on either side for the rim lip when giving the the backspace specs for custom wheels. They want you to measure from the edge of the rim, so an 8" rim is 9" in their world when talking backspace.

It's hard to see in the pic, but there is alot of rubber on the ground with a 10" section width tire. I needed 18" rims to clear the upper ball joint with 5.5" of backspace in the front. 18x8" wheels and 255/45/18" tires on all four corners. You can check the tire manufacturers web site to find other size tires that have a 10" section width.

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My 67 GTX has 275/60-15's on cop wheels with no rubbing. Stock suspension. Basically the same car as yours!

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Lefty will you ever show a full picture of your car? Everytime the wheel question comes up you answer and post beautiful pics of the suspension and nothing else. Please post some pics.

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I would like to but now I spend 7 days a week working on other peoples cars. My Coronet is in pretty much the same shape since that picture was taken. As soon as the 47 Dodge truck I'm working on is done, the Coronet get's it's spot in the shop and will be finished or I'm gonna go postal!

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67wedge thats what i wanted to hear.. do you have a pic of from the rear of the car with the 315/60's? do you know whats the bck space on the 12's thanks!!!

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Here are a couple. The backspace is 4 1/2". I used Afco slide links instead of shackles to keep it low plus we boxed the frame for the front spring hangers. Keeps it from looking like a 4x4

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67 Wedge, That is a beautiful car.


can you give a little more data on your rear tire brand and size I have BFG drag radials 345/65 15 which are not made anymore, they have a 12.5" tread and about 14" section on 10" wheels

I am having a hard time finding a set close to this size.

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Thanks for the compliment.
Mine are 315/60/15 Mickey Thompson drag radials which are 12" tread 14" section on a 12" wheel.They are 30 inches tall. I think they would be just right for your car, they have less tread grooves than the BFG'S but they will hook My car has 1.47 60 fts with them

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Thank you 67 wedge, It is amazing how my tires which are wider do not look as wide as yours.

I will definetly look into thoses when I go to put on new rubber. henry

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what would be the widest wheel and tire that i could fit in these small wheel wells

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The rear is the smallest imo. I was able to stuff a 10" section width tire in there with 1/2" to spare on either side. I needed a 5.5" backspace rim to do it.

Most people would call it a 5" backspace, but most all the wheel MFG's want 1/2" added on either side for the rim lip when giving the the backspace specs for custom wheels. They want you to measure from the edge of the rim, so an 8" rim is 9" in their world when talking backspace.

It's hard to see in the pic, but there is alot of rubber on the ground with a 10" section width tire. I needed 18" rims to clear the upper ball joint with 5.5" of backspace in the front. 18x8" wheels and 255/45/18" tires on all four corners. You can check the tire manufacturers web site to find other size tires that have a 10" section width.

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what would be the widest wheel and tire that i could fit in these small wheel wells

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The rear is the smallest imo. I was able to stuff a 10" section width tire in there with 1/2" to spare on either side. I needed a 5.5" backspace rim to do it.

Most people would call it a 5" backspace, but most all the wheel MFG's want 1/2" added on either side for the rim lip when giving the the backspace specs for custom wheels. They want you to measure from the edge of the rim, so an 8" rim is 9" in their world when talking backspace.

It's hard to see in the pic, but there is alot of rubber on the ground with a 10" section width tire. I needed 18" rims to clear the upper ball joint with 5.5" of backspace in the front. 18x8" wheels and 255/45/18" tires on all four corners. You can check the tire manufacturers web site to find other size tires that have a 10" section width.

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so whats on the front, or whats the widest wheel/tire combo you could put on the front? backspacing?

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On my 67 coronet with stock wheel wells I installed 15X7 with a 4" backspace w/ 225-60-15 Radial ta's... On the rear I used 15X8 with a 5 1/4" backspace using 245-60-15 radial ta's..

I had some slight rubbing on the right rear inside fender well.. In measuring again, my rear end is an 1/8" further to the left contributing to the rub.. I installed a rear (firm feel) sway bar and ( something I disdain) a 1/8" spacer on my right side and it fixed the rubbing..

I agree with Lefty and to do it over again I would have used 5" backspace on the rear.. Remember that your wheel, lip to lip measurement will be appx 1" wider than stated.. ( 8" lip to lip will measure 9")... Personally without doing anything to the car I don't think you could go much wider on the rear wheel/tire combo than mine.... If you want to raise the rear, cut out the outer lip, move your springs, then your talking other options.... I see alot of people on here talking about wider tires and personally I have never liked the looks of "rear shackles" even from "back in the day"...

The fronts could probably go larger ( wheel and tire) and the "standard" 3 3/4 inch back space would work.. I wanted a basic cruiser that wouldn't walk all over the road and drive nice..

My 2 cents after having my wheels and tires on for 1200 miles....