What is the best size wheels and rims to put on my 71 skylark? spacing? I wanted a muscular look to it. wider in back and smalle in front is usually what i see but dont know what sizes.
The absolute biggest you can stuff up in there is 15 x 10's with about 5-1/2" backspacing. I'm running these rims with 325/50R15 DragRadials. Tread is 10.4" with a 12.2" section width and 28" diameter. I did have to trim about 1/4" off the top of my fender well lip. My car is a convertible and has a slightly different frame though. A lot of people run 15 x 8's with 5" backspacing. You can easily run 275/60's with tons of room to spare. A good way to see how much room you have left is to take good, accurate measurements of what you currently have on the car. Know the tires section width and tread width as well as diameter. Then you can fill in the wheel well as much as you want and search for just the right tire. M&H now sells tires through Jegs. Lots of sizes that fill in the gaps left by BFG T/A radials, DragRadials, Nittos, etc. Good luck.
