Black Pig wheel mockup

[firefighter3931]

Here are some pics of the wheel/tire combo for the 68 street/strip hot rod for you guys to look at. The wheels are Weld Prostars front and back with BFG drag radials (rear) and BFG t/a's (front).

wheel sizing

rear: 15x8 x 4.5in backspace
front: 15x7 x 3.5in backspace

Tires

rear: 295/65/15....29.5in tall/10in contact patch/12.5in section width
front: 225/70/15...27.5in tall/6.8in contact patch/8in section width

The rear has SS springs mounted in the upper hole on the front hanger. Clearance to the front wheel opening is 1/2in which is fine and there's lots of clearance at the rear of the wheel opening. The radials don't grow at speed so this type of clearance is fine even at the strip. 

The 15x7 with a 225/70/15 fills out the front wheel opening nicely....not too wide and not too narrow. 



Ron

[evil1]

I like that look     

[resq302]

Now that is what I call some Black & Bling!

[Charger-Bodie]

That thing is looking Bad A$$ Ron!!    

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Coming along nicely Ron!  Love to see it on the ground.  keep us posted

[Hemidog]

Sweet tire&wheel setup Ron! those backwheels are HUGE!

[tan top]

look great ...... ......... nice work ................

[69bronzeT5]

The wheels look great! Lets see pics of the car! I've never seen pics of your Chargers

[speedfreak68]

looks good  but i agree... WE NEED MORE PICS!!!!

[Hemidog]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,31074.0.html
suprised you missed it cody   

[Charger-Bodie]

Ron,

When are you gonna put the donut spares back on ? 

[69bronzeT5]

Oh yea, I forgot about that thread! I've never seen pics of the 70 though

[mally69]

Awesome tire and rim combo front/ rear .  I love it    .  Ill bet that thing looks mean as hell going down the road

[zerfetzen]

Do you have a link to where you can buy those 295/65/15 BFG's?  I found some M/T's on Summit, and couldn't find that size at BFG's site. Lookin' good!

[firefighter3931]

The wheels look great! Lets see pics of the car! I've never seen pics of your Chargers

I'll post more pics of the 68 as it goes together 

Here are a few pics of my 70 r/t 6-pack car ; this one will be getting some steelies painted body color & dig dish caps. I'll run the conventional 275/60/15 out back and a 235/60/15 up front on 15x8 & 15x7 steelies.

The 70 is originally a plum crazy car now painted red (which i like  ) and i will add the hood blackout and tail stripe which it was coded for. The paint is still in excellent shape even though it's 20 years old and nuthin fancy (single stage)

Once the 68 is done the 70 will get some much deserved attention. 



Ron

[firefighter3931]

Do you have a link to where you can buy those 295/65/15 BFG's?  I found some M/T's on Summit, and couldn't find that size at BFG's site. Lookin' good!

I bought them at Summit a few years ago. It appears that Summit doesn't have them anymore....not sure if they don't carry that size or if BFG doesn't even make it anymore 

Hoosier carries a very nice "Prostreet Radial" that is allmost identical in size but would be a better choice for a street car, inmo. More tread depth and should last a lot longer. The 29x12.50x15 is almost identical to the 295 BFG D/R. 

I will use the Hoosiers when the BFG's bite the dust. 


https://www.hoosiertire.com/strttire.htm




Ron

[Rob R]

Looks Nice..!!

[labrat]

 Ron, same rear wheel and tire set-up as mine! Looks very nice! Those BFG's just barely fit with the stock spring location,but look a LOT better than a 275-60-15, in my opinion! Gives it that "MEAN" look!      RandyB