wheels and tires

[51oleblue]

Hey Guys-
starting to look at wheels and tires. any thoughts on what might fit under her? I have a mustang 2 front end and a chevy 10 bolt out back. was thinking some type of chrome wheel ( maybe smoothie or old style craggers) but tire width is where i am stuck would like to do 50's in the rear and 60's up front but not sure they will fit.
any help will be as always greatly appreciated.

thanks
Joe

 

[coilover]

Here's a 49 with 50 rear 60 front and the rears are out of the fender a bit and clear the bed by less than half an inch on the inside. It has a Pacer front. The 54 is a MII front Camaro rear with 60's all the way round. If you go to a tire shop and let them know you ARE going to buy from them they will usually try several combos till they find what fits. I guess you know or might already have MII rotors with the chevy bolt pattern so same wheels fit front and rear. Speedway sells them.

 

[ol' chebby]

I have a M2 front and T bird rear. I run 215/75 15 front and 235/75 15 rear. The series (50, 60, etc.) doesn't matter, the width does. The tread width is the first #, in millimeters. The aspect ratio is the % of the tread width in the sidewall. 215 mm wide tread with the sidewall 50 %= 107.5 mm. Check here.... http://www.dbtires.com/aspectratios.html. The measurement you need to check is the width from fender to bedside in the rear......use a straightedge from the bolt surface of the axle to find the center line of the axle in the fender. now check the backspacing of your rim. Measure from a straightedge placed across the back lip of the rim to the mounting surface. This is the measurement that determines wheather the rim is centered over the axle or sticks out( deep dish) or in (like on a front wheel drive). Find the width of the rim, from inner bead surface to inner bead surface. Now look up the measurements of the tire you are interested in, don't forget to account for tire bulge over the rim and see if you have room.

 

[51oleblue]

Thanks guys that helps
Joe