borrone821

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I searched around and there are a lot of invididual build pages that have wheels on them, but can anyone list their wheel/tire combos on 68-72 A-bodies?

I'm personally looking for 17" wheels but dont' know what backspacing to use and/or what looks good or what tire width would be good. Obviously 275s would look nice out back, but if we can have a few people chime in with what they're running and maybe a pic or two, I think this would be a great thread for anyone in the future.

Thanks guys
jim

bczee

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71 Chevelle

front Wheel 8"x17" 4.5"BS w/245x45x17" Tire
Rear Wheel 9"x17" 4.5BS w/275x40x17" Tire

borrone821

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BCZee, what wheels are you running?

bczee

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Cragar SS's...

chuckd71

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There is a thread over on chevelles.com called something like 'wheel and tire database' (I think it's a sticky) that has a lot of info in it.

bczee

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Chuckd71... I think i posted my info on there.. good place to look.

flywheel

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Front-245-45-17 4.5"BS
Rear- 285-40-17 4.5"BS
Nitto tires, on American Racing grey centered wheels.

Rick
71 chevelle Ascot Blue

99VetteFRC

LOL.... I'm still running 15's. 235/60 front and 275/60 rear with Centerline Telstar.

oldgoat69

245/45x17 on 17x8
275/40/17 on 17x9
American torque thrust "M" can't recall the back space.
I plan to try the 275 in the front and go to a 315 in the rear. Still trying to decide on wheels. Most likely 18x9 front and 18x10 rear.

borrone821

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Does anyone care to post pictures? I'm thinking the same thing as old goat. 245/45/17s up front and 275/40/17s out back.
Looks like the majority here (and on performanceyears and chevelles.com) are running 4.5" backspacing.

Now to figure out what wheels to choose. Does anyone have pics of their wheels they'd like to post?

ls1_chevelle

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18x8 front. 275/40/18 C5 Z06 wheels with 2" adapters
18x10 rear 305/35/18 C5 Z06 wheels with 2" adapters

15x10 rear 275/60/15 MT drag radial. 5.5" backspacing

bczee

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Ok. here you go..


Side.. got a little more room to go bigger...


BC

99VetteFRC

^^^^ Wow, I painted my Chevelle 2 tone about 7 years ago and it was the only one. Now they are popping up everywhere. Love the grey and silver bczee. I also restored a '71 for my stepfather and painted it the same way but used dark and light metallic blue. Did that one in '07.

stealth71

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17x9 - 5" backspacing all around
275/40 17


This was actually the old tires on front 255 something.

bczee

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Stealth. .Nice to see your still around. !.. anything new with your Chevelle .. other than popping up in magazines !...

99.. I painted the Chevelle back in Spring of 04'.... you might have been the only one one the East Side LOL... but then again. Stealth's is two tone black and primer !

BC

99VetteFRC

Yeah I painted mine in the winter '05. Bought the car in spring'05.

flywheel

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Prepping my 66 Post for a 2 tone paint job now...Blood red pearl/charcoal pearl......can't wait....
Rick

stealth71

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I still drop by every now and then. Not much going on with the car. Did some 1/4 mile passes last weekend and installing a Tick clutch master cylinder. Have a 3 month old at home so that's taking my time and $$$.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

rockytopper

BC I didn't know you had a LAMBO kit on your chevelle

bczee

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LOL.... Yeah.. its the Lambo Fender kit ! make servicing the engine a breeze !