73 rim clearance confirmation

[Imposter71]

Good Morning,,

Been lurking around for a while. This is a great source of info. After a lot of thinking I ( OK - really my wife) decided to go with Magnum 500's on our 73. If I read the fat wheel posts correctly I should be able to go with a 15x10 w/5" backspace on the rear . Cooper Cobra 295/50x15 and a 15 x 8 w/4" backspace on the front, 245/60x15.

I saw the stance on the 2 cars I could see in the posts with roughly that set up and they look great! ( I think one was from uud looz, black w crager SS and the other maybe Paul w/ Magnums?)

If I read correctly, there doesn't seem to really be any clearance problems, just wanted to check in with you experienced folks to be sure. I will replace the shocks at the same time. I was just going to go with a regular decent shock in the front and some type of air shock in the back in case I needed to have some small adjustability. I don't have to do any spring or shackle work for this set up, do I?

Car is basically a stock 73 charger w/a 318 2 barrel set up. Just gonna cruise around in it and wanted to keep her pretty original looking because she is in halfway decent shape as is.

Any comments/suggestions/opinions are appreciated ( of course I will post pics when she is done)

What do you think?

thanks.  Tom

[DANF]

Tom - I hope this doesn't come too late.  I have 15 x 8, 4.5" Backspace in the back with 275/60/15 and 15x7 4" backspace on the front with 245/60/15. No Clearance issues, my shocks and springs are soft.  I do need to crank up the front an inch or so but this may be close to your set up.
I did all my research on the awesome site.  I have a few more things to do on this beast and I'll be going down the road.  Thanks to all who put time into this site!


DANF

[FLG]

Heres the thread on it i saved awhile back,

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,13886.30.html

On page 2 "68RT4ME" posts the widest that the car can accommodate

[Imposter71]

thanks for the reply, probably should have titled this different to get more responses but........

Anyway, rims and tires are done and I am picking it up tomorrow. Could have gotten it today but I am in coastal NC and wanted to let Hannah get through here before I brought it home to my tree filled yard. They said no clearance problems, I'll let you all know. My fronts are the same as yours and I stopped by to look at it yesterday, seems like plenty of space. Rears are 15x10 and that is where I am concerned. I put air shocks on it too so I think it will be OK. I'll try to post some pics tomorrow, might need help with that though - haven't gotten the pic size thing quite figured out yet.

tom

[uud looz]

The cragars on mine are 4 1/2 back spacing I believe, no clearance problems with the springs, but I definitely needed the air shocks for the tires to  clear the fenders

[71Charger JT]

no clearance issues on my 1971 with front 17x8 with 4.5" BS 255x45x17 and rear 18x10 with 5.0"BS 295x45x18