What size tires.

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I bought a set of wheels for my 71. The fronts are 15x7 and rear are 15x10s... they are OEM style rims with hub caps and trim rings. They are gonna look great on my rat rod scheme. What is a good matched set (height wise) tires? I was thinking 295/50/15 rear and 195/75/15 fronts. Any ideas?

[HIO Silver]

295/50-15s spec out to 26.61 inches. I think 195/75s will be a touch too narrow for 15x7s.... 215/70s or 245/60s would be a better match.

I hope your rig is lowered cuz 295/50s will show ALOT of wheel gap... I think a better option are 275/60-15s.

Specs to assist:

15 INCH TIRES / TIRE HEIGHT
195 45 15/ 21.91

195 50 15/ 22.68
205 50 15/ 23.07
225 50 15/ 23.86
245 50 15/ 24.65
265 50 15/ 25.43
275 50 15/ 25.83
295 50 15/ 26.61
305 50 15/ 27.01

185 55 15/ 23.01
195 55 15/ 23.44
205 55 15/ 23.88
225 55 15/ 24.74

185 60 15/ 23.74
195 60 15/ 24.21
205 60 15/ 24.69
215 60 15/ 25.16
225 60 15/ 25.63
235 60 15/ 26.10
245 60 15/ 26.57
255 60 15/ 27.05
275 60 15/ 27.99
315 60 15/ 29.88

185 65 15/ 24.47
195 65 15/ 24.98
205 65 15/ 25.49
215 65 15/ 26.00

205 70 15/ 26.30
215 70 15/ 26.85
225 70 15/ 24.70
235 70 15/ 27.95
255 70 15/ 29.06

195 75 15/ 26.52
205 75 15/ 27.11
215 75 15/ 27.70
225 75 15/ 28.29
235 75 15/ 28.88
265 75 15/ 30.00

[tnlprt]

285/70/15 fill up the rear wheel well nicely on my 67 shortbed

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285/70/15 fill up the rear wheel well nicely on my 67 shortbed

I don't think a 70 is gonna fit a 10" rim.

[dailyf100]

195/75/15 on the front will look horrible. That is dang near a rubber band tire. 235/75/15 is closest to a stock tire size. They are tall and skinny which would look better in the front IMO.

[sargentrs]

These are 235/75-15's on my truck.

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These are 265/75-15's, I have on her now.

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[motzingg]

thanks sarge, thats a super helpful pair of pictures. your truck looks great with the black wheel on white combo, exactly the look i'm going for.

it would be cool to get a whole page of different tire/wheel/backspacing/lift photos for comparison... i can usually 'visualize' changes i want to make, but for some reason wheel and tire size eludes me.


are the wheels in the second photo aftermarket? same backspacing? They almost look like they are deeper but it might just be wider tires.

[tnlprt]

Re: What size tires.

New postby zoomer on Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:38 pm

tnlprt wrote:285/70/15 fill up the rear wheel well nicely on my 67 shortbed



I don't think a 70 is gonna fit a 10" rim.

You would be surprised how big a 285/70/15 really is...It is comparable to a 31-10.50-15

When comparing tires the second set of numbers is the side wall height

xxx/70/15 is taller than a xxx/60/15 which in turn is taller than a a xxx/50/15

The first set of numbers is the width of the tire

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/tireca ... -265-60r15

[tnlprt]

My truck with 235/60/15 on the rear

They were too short for my taste

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 16&t=60703

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My truck with 235/60/15 on the rear

They were too short for my taste

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 16&t=60703

Nice truck!

[trickf100]

I don't have any pics of them on my truck but I run 15x10's and 15x7's on my 72 f100. Both sets of wheels have standard backspacing and I run a 275/60/15 on the rear and a 225/70/15 on the font. Never had any issues with rubbing. Plus the tire's are close to the factory height. No more wheels gap than I had previously.

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Thanks for the input guys!