New wheels are on!

[Dino]

As many of you know, I have been looking for wheels for a while and had a hard time deciding.  I did keep coming back to the MB old school wheels and especially the 9.5" wide version which has a pretty wide machined lip.

The only rim with that wide lip was 17" so that meant not going with the more common 15" and rwl tires.  I also wanted a thicker sidewall to cushion the ride seeing Michigan has such wonderful roads...

After a lot of contemplating, looking at others' rides, I figured it's only wheels, the car will not explode when I bolt them on and they don't look right.

I went ahead and ordered a set of 17x8 with Nitto NT555 245/45 for the front and 17x9.5 with Nitto NT450 275/50 on the back.  There's about 2" difference in tire height giving me exactly the rake I wanted.  It's there but it's not in your face.  Not that there's anything wrong with that, just not my style.

As I thought, the wheels do not come out as far as I wanted due to the limited choice in backspace.  Front has 4.5 while rear has 5.5.  

I'm not going to mess around with spacers but since I will get disc brakes on all 4, maybe there's a way to bring the disc hubs out further than the drums?  I like how it sits now, but 1/2" to 1" less backspacing would be pretty much perfect.

This is only optional though since there is more room to bring them out but as it sits, I am very happy with the results.  The car handles a lot better, the tires are quiet and the steering feels a bit tighter which is a bonus.  

A special thanks to Skijogg who sold me a drum and hub with RH threaded studs and got it to me real fast.  While I was removing the old drum, the postman dropped off the new!  I also removed the old bolts in the axle with the help of a BFH, cleaned the holes a bit and pulled the new studs in which went pretty well.  

As soon as I had them on, I drove back to Discount Tire and they torqued them for me and made sure everything was okay.

The memorial day sale was going on and I also found a better price for the tires online so they matched that and gave me $200 in rebates.  Total cost around $1300.

I know some of you can't stand the sight of bigger wheels but with this amount of sidewall I feel it looks like a classic wheel with a modern touch.

[Dino]

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last ones for now with the new wheels

[Dino]

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[Patronus]

The wheel wells looked pretty lonely with those old 14's in there... what a difference. Looking real good.

[XS29L]

Looks sharp !  Now you've got room for some big disc brakes.

[lasvegas69charg]

nice setup and a great price. 

[Back N Black]

Very nice! Good wheel choice.

[skip68]

Looks great.   

[Ram07]

That looks really good!! 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Wow great choice!  Looks awesome

[bull]

Nice! What's the rear offset?

[JB400]

The suspense is over     Looks great

[cdr]

DINO you did great !!!! those wheels look really good on YOUR car ,i like it a lot.   

[BrianShaughnessy]

 

[FlatbackFanatic]

Those wheels and tires look great!!

[Baldwinvette77]

Oooooo Thats delicious 

[Mopar Nut]

Good choice. 

[General_01]

They look great. 

[71green go]

Dino...Great Look....I would be Very happy also!...what a change in the look of the car!

[RIDELIKEHELL]

I really like them My BOSS 338's are same width but 18's....I think they are a huge upgrade in the look department

[b5blue]

ME LIKE! Crap now ya got me thinkin!! 

[Fred]

Spot on. 

[Ryan.C]

that is one tuff looking charger.
love the wheels, what are they called and where do I get a set?