What tire size and rim combo are you running? I wanted to start this thread to get everyone to post pics of their tire/ rim combo. Please post pics... regardless of how your car looks.:beer I'm running 205/60/15 in front 275/60/15 in back.
I have 15x7 Buick rims in the front and custom made 15x8 Buick rims in the rear (4.5 inch backspace all made by Curt McKim). Currently have 255x60x15 Firestone Firehawk tires all around. With the 15x8 rear rims I could always go to a 275x60x15 tire in the rear.
Now that's a combo I would like to see. That's what I'm goin for big on back. I have air shocks in back so it should work
I've been through just about 3 tire combos 215-60 - 15x7 4.25 bs all around then 255-60 15 on 15x8 4.5bs and 15x7 4.5 bs on a 235-60 currently running same rim combo but with 275-60s rear and 245-60 fronts will be switching to 325-50-15s on 15x10 with either 5-5/8 bs or 5-3/4 bs and possibly a 275-50-15x8 with 4.5 to 4.75 for the front! ps i'm thinking with the spring info a fellow member gave me i'll be able to make the 325s work without air shocks! as the free height is 2inches longer then the replacement rear skylark coil springs with the same spring rate!
Just to let you know, on my car I did trim back the top of the wheel wells along the top to insure no rubbing issues. And I have airbags in the rear to keep bounce down. I run about 6-8 psi around town and pump the passenger side up to about 15 psi at the track. It's tight in there. I can just stick my finger in between the tire and the frame. And these cars weren't built to exacting standards. So they differ by as much as 1/4". I would say get your backspacing around 5.75" to be sure and you could always shim the tires out up to 1/4". My rims are 5-5/8", but they're for my car and I did a lot of measuring before ordering them. Here are the pics from when I first got the tires. The pics start at post #41. http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=15046&page=2
Man! That is one sweet combo! Do the rear rims match the fac buick rims? If so I could just get a set of those instead of cragars like I was going to do
just check out jegs and summit theires atlleast 4 street tires in that size all have a slightly different width i'll just be going bfg t/a g-force drag radial 2s front and rear 189 for the 325s via tirerack..i'm sure shipping will be 40 bucks thikn it was mt ssr? radials that had as nice tread design
This pic is with 27"x 11.5" Hoosier QT Pro's rear, and 215/70/15 Goodyears on the front. No rubbing issues what so ever.
Very nice... I'm still am trying to figure out what combo and wheel brand I'm going for. I like how a set of deep dish cragar ss wheels look, but the fac wheels look really nice as well.
heres a vid of my car with 245-60s front and 275-60 rears on back http://www.youtube.com/user/nothingface5384#p/a/u/0/U0LcSVYUWzU just hit play then pause it for a bit to load so it doesnt have to stop and buffer lol
Here is my 65. Front is 155-80 on a 15x4.5 Cragar S/S and rear is 245/60 on a 15x8. I can fit more tire in the rear as soon as I put the stock width rearend back in.