20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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Ok guys,
Want to go to a 20x8.50 wheel on my 72 town and country. Currently running an 18x7.5 LX wheel with spacers.
What backspacing or offset should I run? I think they need to be as neutral as possible, most wheels ive looked at are -6 or +10 offset,
Also, opinions on tire size? currently running a 225/60R18 way too narrow for me, was thinking I could squeeze 275/45R20 on the rear but probably not the front.
67 Dart GT Vert 273/904 72 Town & Country 440/727 90 D350 reg cab dually cummins 15 Scat Pack Challenger
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Re: 20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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Oz,
Considering torque thrust style wheels. A lot of newer designed wheels wont clear front rotor design properly.
Not looking for anything super expensive, I drive the car frequently.
67 Dart GT Vert 273/904 72 Town & Country 440/727 90 D350 reg cab dually cummins 15 Scat Pack Challenger
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Re: 20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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Ok guys,
Want to go to a 20x8.50 wheel on my 72 town and country. Currently running an 18x7.5 LX wheel with spacers.
What backspacing or offset should I run? I think they need to be as neutral as possible, most wheels ive looked at are -6 or +10 offset,
Also, opinions on tire size? currently running a 225/60R18 way too narrow for me, was thinking I could squeeze 275/45R20 on the rear but probably not the front. My 71 Fury easily swallowed up 275/60-15's up front. My 72 Charger had 295/50's. You've got lots ov room there man. Better yet, anything over 17" diameter clears the A-arm better, so more room yet. I've bolted on a random set ov 18x10" Mustang rims on the front ov my 70 Challenger, w 295's no less. Looked weird (sucked in too far), but moved fine. I've seen a 69-71-ish Chrysler 2dr at shows (years ago, when i still went to shows), and it had pretty big 18"s all around. Same size all 4 too, i just forget what size. If you cant get at least 275 all around, your offset is wrong. Thats a big wheelwell.
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Re: 20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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measured last night, gonna run 20x8.5 front and 20x10 rear.
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Re: 20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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Most companies should do 10's along with 8 1/2's depending on what wheels you go with, so that shouldn't be too big a fuss..sounds like nice big wheel wells on it! ordered Ridler 645s. Ordered 2 of them at 8.5 wide, gonna check fitment and then will order the other ones once I have a better idea
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Re: 20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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Cool deal...I deal with The Wheel Group a fair bit. (who makes them) I wasn't sure on them, price is really good, but your original recommendation was good enough for me. In your experience, do standard lug nuts work, or do I need the narrow shank lug nuts?
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Re: 20x8.50 wheels on 72 chrysler
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Usually use the smaller head (3/4") style nuts..the 13/16 ones might be a little tight depending on the socket you use, but you can give them a try first off. We actually source most of our lug nuts from that company too.. (to sell in Oz that is) I still have about 7 pallets of them down at the warehouse to ship out in the next batch of containers actually. And we've used a bunch of various wheels from them and had good luck with them.
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