Are these to big.

[Animal]

I have seen a 73 road runner with 285x70x15 tyres,these are 30"1/2 across & 11 1/2 wide.Does anyone know if they will fit the 68 charger.I was led to believe the charger has the biggest wheel wells of them all.Thanks Adam.

[Blakcharger440]

Seems like it should work as there are guys running 295/50/15 series tires on 68-70 Chargers. But the fact that its a 70 series it will bulge out more than the 50 series. What is the overall section width of the tire?

[Animal]

Hello blackcharger,what do you mean by section width.All I know is the tyre is 30.5 across & 11.5 wide.These are on 15"magnum wheels.Hope this helps,thanks Adam.

[mikepmcs]

Adam
ok the 70 means 70% of the big number(285 in this case)  that means the sidewall height of the tires you are talking about is 70% of 285 which is 199.5 mm.
you can run in to trouble with a tire that tall.

I stuffed 295/50/15's in the rear which means the sidewall is 50% of the width of my tire... 295X50% =147.5 mm sidewall.  big difference.  i'm afraid you would get some rub(against the inner wells cause of going over bumps and stuff) with a 70 in there.

Now on my fronts I went 235/60's which is 235X60%= 141mm tall
if you went 245/60's it would be 147 tall
if you went 70's it would be 164.5 tall on a 235
and 245's would be 171.5 tall
you see the pattern developing here

If you are going to stuff fatties in the back I would worry about sidewall height (70) iin this case)  I say it's too tall and would rub.  If you went with a 50 series tire you should be ok.  Like i said I got 295/50's on the rear and I get a little rub on the inner of the tire from the leafs(i think) no rub on the inner quarters as far as I can tell.  285 50's would be a good choice if they make em.

Have i confused the crap out of you??
Sorry
v/r
Mike

[mikepmcs]

oh forgot to ask what size rim 15 x what??
i have 15x8.5's in the rear
i don't know that you could get a tire that fat on much less than that. someone will correct me if i'm wrong

check this thread out and there is lots of pics including mine

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,13349.msg154006.html#msg154006

v/r
Mike

[Animal]

Got the tyres & they fit like a glove.I really didn't think they would fit.They fill up the complete arch with no rubbing issues & the back sits up 2" .Thanks Adam.

[Animal]

Sorry,the wheel is 15x8.Thanks Adam.

[mikepmcs]

 
i really thought those 70's would rub on the inside of the quarter.  glad it worked for you.
v/r
Mike

[Animal]

Thanks Mike.