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Hello people,I want to convert the wheels on my 70 442 from 15 inch rally wheels to the new Year one 5 spoke magnum wheel.
Can anyone tell me if they are running the new SSI wheels from year one?
If you have any experience with what back space I should use. The wheels are 17 inch .
Im currently running 15 x7 for the fronts using 245/60 radial t/a
15x8 on the rear with 275/15. They look nice but want to upgrade to the 17s
Could anyone tell me what they would use width ,back space, and size of tires for the front and rear and type of tire. I want the tires to fit in the wheel well nicely.Use the biggest rear tire with out rubbing and sticking outside the wheel well. I do have Bear disc brake conversion front and rear.

Thank you everyone for any advise

oldcutlass

I moved your post instead of resurrecting an old one. Why not use the same backspacing and tire diameter specs in your current wheels and tires, since they fit well.

TripDeuces

I thought the Year Ones only come one way?

texxas

I think 8 or 9 inches wide is the only choice with 4.5 backspace on the 8s and 5.125 on the 9s and only available in 17 inch. I've been shopping these myself for the 67.

joe_padavano

Once again, do not confuse backspace with offset. These cars need wheels with about zero offset. Backspace for a given offset will change depending on wheel width.

Gary M

1971 442 convertible project.. Look here. Is this what you want? scroll down to to see his wheel sizes.