Re: the giant wheels geometry

Do not think of the rim as adding height! When you get tires get them 26 to 28 inches tall. Stock tires are 27 inches tall and don't care about rim size, 27 inch tall tires are 27 inches tall using a 14 inch rim and 27 inches tall using a 20 inch rim. If the back spacing is good all will be good and will not rub unless you go overboard on the width of the tires. I have 20s on the rear with a 28 inch tall tire and 18s with 26 inch tall tires on the front of my 63 fury. That gives me 4 inch sidewall rim to ground. So with 17s you will have about 5 inches of sidewall with a 27 inch tall tire. IMO 17s are not that big, I have 22s on my 08 Magnum!

Hope this helps.

Herb

1954 DeSoto Firedome Estate Wagon 276 HEMI

1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 4-Sale

1959 Dodge Coronet 326 Poly

1961 Plymouth Belvedere Custom Suburban Wagon 318 Poly

1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Wagon 318 Poly

1963 Plymouth Fury 2D/HT 7.0L

1963 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible 361

1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst 440

1979 Dodge Aspen Sport Wagon 360

1999 Durango SLT 5.9L

2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L

St. Louis, MO.

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-------Original Message-------

From: neal zimmerman

Date: 8/26/2012 6:57:27 PM

To: 1962to1965mopars

Subject: the giant wheels geometry

I was at a garage sale and the girl had a set of these big wheels. The

price was right and they were in beautiful shape but they looked so

huge. they were a 17 inch variety and the side to side spacing (

meaning backspacing and offset) was perfect for my 64 cuda but I just

couldn't see how you could turn the front wheels. It seems like the

car would have risen up about three or four inches. How do guys put

these on the older cars?? Please I don't want to start a shooting

war here about the "hot wheels" look controversy, i'm not that fond of

it myself on the older iron. I am just inquiring about how they deal

with the geometry issues. Seems u would need to suck the suspension up

into the car a few inches to avoid looking like a 4x4, but then that

makes the turning of the wheels even worse. And what about bounce up

rear wheel contact to the inner rear quarter skins/wheel tubs too.

neal ZImmerman, Eugene oregon

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