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fusion_ta66 May 17th, 02, 12:49 AM I am planning on running 28X11.5-15 mickey thompson ET Streets on a 15X7 rim. Is this too narrow of a rim or will I be OK? The reason I want to run the narrow rim is to 'suck in' the sidewalls to give me a little more room in the wheel well. Joe ------------------ 1965 Chevelle SS Steve R May 17th, 02, 11:50 PM If you choose the right offset rim you should have no problem with an 8" rim. A 7" rim seems a little small. Steve R Barista May 18th, 02, 6:09 PM I agree with Steve. I'd also worry that the center of the tire would wear out pretty quick. These tires wear out fast enough already. ------------------ Bob Von Kaenel 70 SS 53k orig miles 69ChevelleSS396 May 21st, 02, 2:06 PM Mickey Thompson ET Street Tires recommend a 15x8 if running a 28x11.5-15 with a tread width of 8.6 . But if you are running a tread width of 9.9 they recommend a 15x10. fusion_ta66 May 21st, 02, 3:42 PM Thanks for the responses guys. Mickey Thompson recommends plus or minus 1 inch from tread width. In this case the tread width is 8.6 inches. So I would be running minus 1.6 inches, which is 0.6 inches narrower than M/T recommends. Do you think this is too far? PS: bonus question: does anyone know if the equivalent Hoosier quick time pro size would be exactly the same, narrower or wider than the same size M/T? ------------------ 1965 Chevelle SS 69ChevelleSS396 May 21st, 02, 5:01 PM On the Hoosier Quick Time Pro Tire... The suggested rim size is 8-10 inches. The tread width of those are 10 inches. That is for a 28x11.5-15 . junglejimmie May 22nd, 02, 6:44 AM I have a brand new set of 28X12.5X15 ET Streets and, contrary to what the ads say "8.5,9.0,9.5,10.0" is printed on the tire sticker........JJim ------------------ "Laissez Le Bon Temp Rouler' Cha!" 1.64 60ft. 7.67 1/8 mi. 12.23 @ 110 12.18@108 Chevytalk Moderator (http://www.chevytalk.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi) 70SS396 & 70 Malibu My Car (http://members.tripod.com/junglejim14/id17.htm) 11's or Bust! Club fusion_ta66 May 22nd, 02, 8:40 AM Thanks for the comments guys. So, if I had to run a 7" tire for clearance, could I run that 28X11.5-15 Mickey without problems? thanks Joe ------------------ 1965 Chevelle SS 69ChevelleSS396 May 23rd, 02, 12:56 PM I don't know... I think that you might run into problems because that is 1 inch that it is off. I've been looking around and on the Micket Thompson web site... http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/strip.html . They show a recommended size of 8.5. But in the Summit Magazine they show 8.0. So the descision is yours. They only problem might be that the tire really hangs over the rim. Well good luck!! | ||