295/50/15's will it work??

[5.0fox]

i recently got a free pair of 295/50/15 bfg radials and would like to mount them on my 15x8 draglites with 5.5 inches of backspacing. i currently have 275/50-15 nittos with no rub. im thinking i could get aftermarket studs that are 3/4 in longer then stock and build a half inch wheelspacer. will it fit? if not what else will i need to do?


thx in advance

 

[Rick 91GT]

The spacer will push the tires outside the fender....

A 295 is a large tire to put in with out beating the inner fenders and rolling the lips. It would better fit on a 15" x 10" with 6.5" backspace.

 

[Michael Yount]

Besides the backspace issue, a 295 section tire is WAY too wide to be mounted on an 8" wheel if you want to effectively put all the tread flat on the ground. It should be on at least a 9.5" wide wheel, the 10" suggested above would be even better. While you may make it fit the car, that doesn't mean that the actual traction you get is gonna be better because the bigger tire isn't optimized when it's mounted on a rim that's too narrow for it.

 

[Daggar]

If I were made out of money I'd mini-tub mine and put some 305 or 315s on the back.

 

[5.0fox]

they are on a set of 8 inch wide wheels now and it looks like all the tread was hitting the ground by the wear

also a 15x10 with 6.5 inches of backspacing would probly not even fit on a fox without minitubs or a hack job

 

[Hissing Cobra]

I've got 295-50-15's on 15x8 inch Weld Draglites with 4.5 inch backspacing. They do not rub the inner rear quarters at all, but they will rub the exterior quarter panels unless you install a pair of Air Lift's air bags inside the rear springs. These will help out at the dragstrip too. As previously stated, they can be mounted on the wider rims, but I'm not sure of the backspacing. Also, I'm not too sure about the 5.5 inch backspacing on your wheels. I think that you'll have problems with it rubbing on the inner quarter panels with those.

FYI, the 8 inch rim width is the smallest size that is recommended by B.F. Goodrich to mount these tires. Mine also look like all of their tread is touching the ground.

Here's a picture of mine.....