restomod66, I see you say you have 15" rims also. My rear are torque thrust 15 x 8 with 225/60/15 on them and they only rub if I go over a pretty good bump. But since I want to replace them all around with cragar rims, I wanted to know what tire size will fit without worrying about the occasional bump. Your post said you were changing over to a different size.....what are you going with??

Thanks,

 

hey, when you decide to get rid of the torq-thrusts let me know. im looking for somedifferent wheels right now.

 

connor90, when I measured them I believe the torque thrusts on the rear are 8" rims with 225/60/15's and the froms are centerline rims maybe 5" or 6" widewith 195/60/15's on them. I can take pic of them, but have no idea how to post it.

JoeMustang

 

hmmm ya i would probably only be interested in the torq-thrusts. i have a guy with some wheels locally that im going to check out pretty soon. if you could take a picture that would be great. to post the pic click on post reply on the bottom of the page to get you into the full editor and then there should besomething that says click here to upload. click that and a box should pop up and then click browse to find the picture and upload it. thanks a bunch.

 

You can get them pretty much anywhere. I'm torn between the Cragars and the American Racing Torq-Thrusts.

 

I was thinking about going with15x8 4.25BS 225/60/R15 but if they are rubbing on your car they probably will rub on mine also. I will have to think this one over again.

 

restomod66, the TT rims I have now have only a 3 3/4 or so backspace, plus I think they may be 8 1/2" wide instead of the usual 8" rim. I also want to go with cragar15x8 with 4.25 bs thinking that the backset will bring them in towards the leafs a bit and would eleiminate the occasional rub. They do not rub during normal driving, so I don't really mind, but since I want to go with new rims I want to make sure they fit a little better. The fronts are 195/60/15 and there is no problem with them at all. So I am hoping the larger BS will eliminate the occasional rub altogether.

 

I Agree!!! I believe going with the bigger BS will help eliminate your rubbing problem.

 

Can anyone verify my thinking that my if current rims may be 3 3/4 or 4" backspace, andI get new rims that have a 4.25 backspace that the tire / rim moves IN towards the leaf spring a bit?? I think it does?