What size Weld Rims/ET Streets to go with?

Venom351R

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I want to buy set of Weld Pro-stars and some MT ET Streets. Whats a good rim size for the 94/95. Im currently running 10.5 / 315's out back.

I was thinking of the Weld 15X5 rim and 275/60R/15 tires.

And what about the back spacking for the pro-stars? They have 5 X 4 1/2 Bolt pattern with 4 1/2 backspacing 5 X 4 1/2 pattern 5 1/2 backspacing 5 X 4 3/4 pattern 3 1/2 spacing 5X4 3/4 pattern 4 1/2 backspacing and 5 X 4 3/4 pattern 5 1/2 backspacing.


Thanks for any info

 

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Hi,
You might not want to go this wide, but it is an option.. I use a pro star 15x10,5x4.5, 25mm offset with a 6.5 backspace, I run a 295/50/15 on the street and a 325/50/15 DR at the track. Fender well lip turned back the quad shocks gone and a hammer to the wheel well!! The 325/50/15's make the idiot light come on for the ABS to big a ratio change front and back.

Steve

 

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Im not looking at going anything to big, Id just like to be able to bolt them up with out doing any modifications to the finder lip but I dont want to go to small of a rim/tire either.

 

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A 15x5 is way too small for a 275/60. You need at least an 8" rim for that. If you go 15x8, 5.5" backspacing is about what you need. If you go 15x10 6.5 is about what you need. The bolt pattern you need is 5 x 4.5. The 15x8 should bolt on with no mods. The 15x10 might hit the brake line banjo bolt on the caliper - this was the case on my old Mach 1 which I put 15x10 Pro Stars on and it basically has the same brakes as Cobras. What size tires you need is dependent on many other things, so I can't say if a 275/60 will be what you need.

 

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If its usefull you can usde this calculator online to gather all the info and compare with other tire sizes :

http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp

 

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Thanks guys, I went with the weld 15X8's and MT ET Streets 275/60/15

 

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I have the 15x3.5 and 15x8 pro stars and really wish I had 15x10 but mine were a gift so I cannot complain...IMHO I think they just look better on our cars. The tires that will fit the 15x8 should be plenty for the power though. You can run a 11.5 or so max on an 8in rim with a 10.5 fitting really nice if your wanting to ever step up to a ET street or drag style tire...275 would be about as big as I would go on a 8in rim though.