Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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295/50/15 are a GREAT tire size.......when they fit.
You are rolling the dice. Often they don’t fit. Manufacturing tolerances, a 50 year old car that has shifted just a bit over the years, never was perfect sized to side to begin with etc. Backspacing often needs to be dead on.
275/60’s are a much safer bet, but not quite as wide of course, which sucks.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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Thanks for the link, it helped me remember that even if it's the biggest tire fits, that it may not 'look right' when mounted. I would like it to fit and look good with it not going too far in out. Going to pull up some pics of my cuda with oversize wheels (currently at another shop) and see how those measure up in comparison to the charger specs..
yeah, Gonna have to measure that back spacing to e sure. not worried on the chassie specks too bad. Nice when it was a little old lady owned 92k mile semi-survivor I started with (rear swaybar bushing still looked like new and was pretty clean in the rear). 15X8 in the front may work well with 4"in back space and a 245/50 tire, but the rear is going to need some research for sure. Might have to save the wheels for last and do more checking into these bodies to see what's gonna work with it.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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Pacnorthcuda said. "275/60’s are a much safer bet, but not quite as wide of course, which sucks." The metric tires don't size up like the old designation. The 295 50 15 is kinda short at 26.6" tall.. The 275 60 at 28" has the height but could use more width. The old N 50 15 was around 28" and a solid 12" wide at the tread. I like RWL tires but would love a RWL non drag race radial in a 325 50 15.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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I think the 275/60 would fill the profile better in the large wheel opening.The 295 is nice and wide but is definitely short looking.We have used the 295/50-15 on a 10" wheel on a '69 Plymouth GTX and it fit for the most part.Minor rubbing on the extreme curbs.The short tire isn't as noticeable on the more shielded quarter opening of the Plymouth. RT That sounds like something I should check for since I do like my cars to corner abit.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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For "stock" look... all 4 corners the same. Easier for everything ( rotation, replacement, emergency, whatever )
If you get SG, consider the tire size for the spare too. Myself ( I installed SG ) got a specific tire measure WHICH I CANNOT REMEMBER right now to match with 255/60 diameter, not being 255 wide but stockish look wide on stock steel wheel to get a comfortably fitment and look on trunk space, not a wide tire into the trunk.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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I’ve often thought the best tire size would be a 285/55/15.......if only we could just order em up! Theyre are alot more variety of sizes in a non RWL type tire but I would like a Traditional N50x15 sized raised white letter BF Goodrich TA Radial.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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Migs,I have 295/50/15s on 15x10 Dragstars on my 73 Charger.
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Re: How big of a rear tire on you 1971-1974 Dodge Charger.
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For "stock" look... all 4 corners the same. Easier for everything ( rotation, replacement, emergency, whatever )
If you get SG, consider the tire size for the spare too. Myself ( I installed SG ) got a specific tire measure WHICH I CANNOT REMEMBER right now to match with 255/60 diameter, not being 255 wide but stockish look wide on stock steel wheel to get a comfortably fitment and look on trunk space, not a wide tire into the trunk. That does sound like a good idea. I don’t mind having an extra spare in the trunk as the trunks on these cars are huge and have a lot of capacity. Thanks everyone for the help. Taking a few days to reply, dang Christmas time is super busy out here.
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