Can I Fit??

[84hurstolds]

What does anyone say to me putting 15 x 8 rims with 275 tires on a stock 84 cutlass with no modifications to be done? can it be done?

 

[bananaMC]

those tires would look really bulgy in the middle. on the same topic though, I wonder if you need mini tubs to run 10" slicks on 15" rims

 

[illregal82]

is the rim wide enough for the tire my 20s have 255/35 on them and i beleive the rims are 20x8

 

[383Camino]

To Mr. Olds, I say that sounds good. I am not sure if the shape of the quarter of the Olds would positively or negatively change the amount of space in there, but I have 275/60 15 on a CUSTOM 15x8 and they look marvelous. The wheel is engineered is such a way that that rim is centered in the wheel well, and it just barely fits in there.

Mr. Banana, you CAN put a 15x10 NEAR the wheel well, but there would need to be tubbing and frame mods to get it UNDER the car.

And last but not least, Mr. 20s. A 255 should fit in there, but what is the height of your tire?? That and the ride height of the car will determine if you will tuck your 20s appropriately.

 

[ONE EYE]

heres a pic of my 81 camino with 275/60/15's on 10" CENTERLINE BILLET TELSTARS and an 8.5 rear that is 3" WIDER than stock.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/448000-448999/448975_197_full.jpg


heres a side pic of the same rims and tires

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/448000-448999/448975_199_full.jpg


not that it helps much, but heres an underside pic with the same rims/tires and the fact. size 7.5"

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/448000-448999/448975_198_full.jpg

the tires i race with are 28x10.5x15" SPORTSMAN PRO's on the same 15x10 BILLET TELSTARS (i have four and theres no way they will fit on the front so i have race and non race rear tires lol)

the rear end would squat and rub before i put the no hop bars air bag and heavy duty air cond. wagon rear springs in
i hope this helps you guys.

 

[mrapii]

What 8.5" 10-bolt rear axle assembly do you have? You say that itis 3" wider than the 7.5" 10-bolt but all G-Body rear axle assemblys, even the 8.5" were the same width.

 

[1fast87olds]

i have a 87 cutlass with 275/60/15s on 15x8 weld wheels

 

[mrapii]

No, talking to One Eye.

 

[RedHotRegal]

I ran cragar s/s 15x8 on the rear with 295/50's. the y rubbed the frame until i put a 7/16 spacer behind them. they dont tuck though. they look like 1eyes. just wider then the fender lip. I never got stuck in the winter though. 10" of tread woulkd get me through driveways that my buddies plow would get stuck in.

 

[ONE EYE]

i am pretty sure that it is out of a caprice, or older 73-77 chevelle. it may even be out of an A body, i never measured them to compare. i got it from my buddy who sold his camino and he got it out of a mini tubbed malibu he bought a while back. the spring perches and lower control arm brackets have been moved. other than that, the rear is original. i had to take the factory sway bar off so that the lower arms would spread wide enough to bolt to the axle. for now i am going to get a sway bar from whatever ithe rear is out of and put one in my car.
i am hoping to pull the tubes this winter and cut them down to fact size. then i will have a G body 8.5 .