14 inch vs. 15 inch

[sdolsay]

Hi guy's

Normally when I buy a car and it has 14 inch rims I take them off and get some 15's, but this time around I'm rethinking that, mostly because I picked up a set of 14 inch rallye's really cheap

Whats the pros and cons of 14 vs 15, not counting looks, I totally get that. My car is just a 74 Duster cruiser/driver and will never see the track, I'm thinking 255/60/14 out back and either 215/60/14 or 225/60/14 up front, tires will be BFG Ta's

Thanks for any input, I didn't ask about fit because I assume those tires will fit as they are not that big.

Scott

 

[demon seed]

I couldn't decide so I got 255x60-15's on the back and 225x70-14's on the front. I like the way the 15's fill the wheel well.

Terry

 

[sdolsay]

yep, 15 do fill up the well nice, I got these rallye's for $160 with the center caps included, good deal for me, I guess I'm trying to talk myself into the 14's before I buy the tires.

Should look ok I think, do you think 255/60/14's on the back are tall enough?

 

[demon seed]

yep, 15 do fill up the well nice, I got these rallye's for $160 with the center caps included, good deal for me, I guess I'm trying to talk myself into the 14's before I buy the tires.

Should look ok I think, do you think 255/60/14's on the back are tall enough?

Looking at the BF-TA sheet I got they don't make a 255/60/14, it's either a 245/60/14 which is 25.6"dia or a 265/50/14 at 24.5". The 255/60/15's are 27.1". So comparing the 245 to the 255's is only 1 1/2"dia. or 3/4" all the way around which isn't a lot. Ask around to the other guys who may be running 14's on the back and get some pictures.

terry

 

[sdolsay]

ahhh, 245's would work, I don't like the front and the back to be to different in width, maybe 225's on front and 245's on back will look good.

 

[71DartGuy]

Thats what I've got on the dart, They dont look all that much different unless you get pretty close to the car.

Demon, that combo you've got looks real nice

 

[dgc333]

Here is my car with 14x6's with 235/60-14 all the way around.

Now here is my car with 15x8 with 255/60-15's on the back and 15x7 with 225/60-15's on the front.

I like the larger diameter and wider rim. It better fills out the wheel well and moves the side wall out towards the fender well lip.

 

[jomoper]

I think mainly you need @ least a 15" wheel if your gonna change to larger brakes ,for clearance . That's what I'm doin on My Dart.
Also I've heard there's less and less options for tires for the smaller wheels .
Especially now that vehicles are coming from the factory with 16" and larger wheels .
My .02

 

[2 Darts]

My 72 Demon sits on 15 inch (7" width) cop car rims. Stockton wheel advised me that the 235/60-15 was the largest package I could use. Since I had a pair of 255/60s already mounted, I tried them. Too close to the leaf spring in the rear and wouldn't clear the front wheel wells. I went with a set of 235/60-15 T/As and have had no problem yet.

 

[briankaplan]

Here's the Duster with 215/70-14s on the front. Back has
255/60-15s. Fills up the wheelwells.

 

[abodyjoe]

biggest problem with 14" is the lack of choices when it comes to size.