i would like to put 285/70-15's on my '70 elky. what width wheel would you recommend? backspacing? i have stock steel wheels/trim rings/etc.. on it now and would like to keep the same style wheel if possible. thanks for your help fellas.

You said, you have stock wheels and want to keep them, but you ask for wheel size?

I'm confused... but I have 275's on back of mine, and 225's on front. The tires don't rub and there is a little bit of space left between the qtr panel and the tire.

Now, if you want wheel size, I have 15x8 and 15x7 and both are 4.5 bs. The wheels I have are ProStars, but don't have any pix on here of the car with the new wheels, but in my signature you can see the tires and stock wheels still on mine. The pic labeled, "onthewayhome" is the one to look at. Hope that helps and got any pix to put on, i'm sure everyone would like to see them. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

i have stock steel wheels/trim rings/etc.. on it now and would like to keep the same style wheel if possible. thanks for your help fellas. It was clear to me, you want the same style wheels.

Wheel Vintiques makes a very good reproduction of the 69-70 SS wheel and you can get it with 8" x 15" w/4.5" backspace. It's what you want. This will have the tire perfectly centered in the wheel well.

That 285-70 tire is VERY tall (31"-32"???). Are you trying to make a 4.10 rear gear more streetable? That's why I run a 255-65-16 (29" tall) on my street rims. Otherwise, what's the object of these tall slim skins?

If they are much over 31" tall,they won't fit in the fenderwells. Don't ask me how I know that. :rolleyes: