YET another will it fit..... steelies on a 68 Val

Hey All,

Please help with steelies!

Car is a 68 Val. 8.75 rear, super stock springs out back, kyb shocks, standard spring locations. "Stock" suspension up front too, but rebuilt, boxed lowers, 1" torsion bars, kyb shocks, lowered a little bit, disc brake upgrade, and the later model sway bar.

I was going through my 6 cop rims today (15X7, 4.5 backspace) to find the best 4 for my 68 Val. I had 225/60/15's on two of them, so I tried them on all 4 corners and they seemed to clear. No problem out back, but up front they came pretty close to the rear of the fenders, but should work fine.

Out of 6 rims I only had 3 I'd really want to run. The rest had a bit more run out that I am comfortable with especially since I was going to blast and powder coat in body color. So I got to thinking about getting OE type steelies from Wheel Vintiques.

If I am going to go with new rims I thought why not go with 15X8's as they would be a little better width for the 225/60/15 anyhow.

Wheel Vintiques carries two backspace options in the 15X8 LBP (5X4.5) wheels. They have 4" and 4.5" BS.

My mind is telling me that the 4.5 bs option would be better as it was the outside edge of the tire that got close to the fender up front. But then I didn't pay too much attention to the clearance on the inside edge of the tire up front either.

Has anyone run this combo? Did it work?

Thanks!

CE