PM70

I know there's a buhzillion posts about this, but none seem to answer my question specifically. I have decided to mount 15" torque thrust wheels to my '70 CS and going for a blackwall and thicker tire appearance. I currently have 225 60 14s mounted to the 14" SSll wheels and the tires are not thick enough around the rim plus they are too short/small in circumference for the look in going for.

So for the new 15’s, I'm thinking 215/60 15 or 205/60 15 - but should I go for a 7" wide wheel or 6"?

My last car ('69 Corvair), I mounted 195/70 to a 14 x 6" wheel - the tires appeared too tall and not wide enough then either.

Im going to finally get it right, so any and all input, including pictures is greatly appreciated!

RetroRanger

255-60-15 on 7" rims

Gary M

245/60/15 on 8 inch rims in front
255/60/15 on 8 inch rims in back

droptopron

PM70, where on LI are you? Your car looks familiar.
Remember that the sidewall defines the relationship between height & width.
I.E. 225/60-14. Width is 225 mm. Sidewall height is 60% the width. last # is rim diameter. So is you go from a 225/60-14 to a 205/60-15 Your tire will be thinner with about the same overall height, too short for these cars IMO.
Tirerack is a good resource for comparing heights & widths of different size tires.

PM70

thanks!

PM70

thank you. I like the SSIs. Looks great!

PM70

Yeah, I'm going in the wrong direction. Thought I had it right with the BFGs and not happy. Already seeing how this works, thanks. I'm in Brightwaters, near Bayshore, and planning on going to the May 7 event. You?

droptopron

trying to make it in the AM. I am in Massapequa Park. I had my car looked at today by Blue Ribbon Auto Body in Bay Shore. Guy had some nice stuff. Do you know of them?

Fun71

7" minimum width for certain. I have 245-60-15s all around and like them. I would never use something as small as 215 or 205 60s. 70s maybe, but not 60s.

442 KO

295x50x15 rears on 10" rims
235x60x15 fronts on 7" rims

Gary M

hopefully someone will post a picture with the size wheels/tires the OP is considering so he can compare the difference. Myself, I like big wide tires and wheels.

PM70

Nice! That's exactly the look I'm going for. Thanks!

rob1960

I also did the 235/60/15s on 15x7s on the front & 275/60/15s on 8" rims on the back. The car's sitting high in the back in the pics but I hadn't "tweaked the billet spacers yet, I trimmed them down 'til I got just a little rake towards the front. Just my opinion but I like the look of the 68'-69' with their big round wheel wells filled up.

droptopron

Here is a few shots of the convertible I had. Maybe it helps since its close in color to your car. Both sets of rims were 15x7 & 15x8. Torq Thrusts had 215/70 & 255/60. SS1's had 225/70 & 275/60. 275's rubbed slightly on bumps but it had replaced quaretrs & I think the lip stuck out a little farther than stock. Not bad though. I didn't want the back jacked up. At stock height I liked the 255's more but that was JMO.
It was kind of weird at the time. I had the Torq Thrusts on it and got a good deal on the SS1's. I liked SS1's on everything except this car. I ended up going back to the Torq Thrusts but with the bigger tires from the SS1's, mounted blackwall out.




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onofre442

nice looking setup!!!! any issues with 295x50x15 w/ 10" rims install? what is backspacing of the rear rims?


thank you

droldsmorland

This is a good look! Steam Rollers bigs n littles...

On a serious note the 70-72s need to fill out the wheel wells. Taller is better IMO and Im not talkin about 20s with rubber bands for rubber I like sidewall on 70-72s. 245 and up on 15" Rims. Some of the 16" repro look alike billets aren't bad either.