RE: Rim/tire width
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RE: Rim/tire width



According to the BFG TA tire chart, the wheel should be 7.5"-9.5". You 
stand the risk of rolling it off the bead if the pressure is too low or 
maybe you go a bit too fast around a corner. You won't be protruding at 
all over the rim.

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Jeff Adams wrote:
> 
> I just got a new set of those Halibrand copies from Jegs yesterday, but 
> I don't like the fact that the front and rear rims look like the same 
> offset, even though the fronts are 7" and the rears are 8". What I'd 
> like to know is if anyone has ever mounted a 275/60/15 tire on a 10" 
> wide wheel? If so, how much tire bulge was there? Right now those tires 
> are mounted on a pair of 8.5" Torguethrusts and they bulge 1" at the 
> face and rear.
> 
> Jeff Adams
> 64 Polara



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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