17in wheel recommendations

[Done Swimmin]

Hey All
Having no luck finding wheels for by 68 Dart. It has an SSBC 4 wheel disc conversion kit on it and the wheels are spaced out a bit.

I need a 17" wheel with 6-15 positive offset and 4-4.5 of backspace. The only options I have found are a US Mag model and a torq-thrust model.

NOT real excited about either. Anyone have a different brand that we may not have seen here in Canada?

Pete

 

[A56]

Check out Rocket Wheels on Jegs website.

 

[33IMP]

What widths are you looking for?
Which US Mag don't you like. (Pics, or model #)

 

[dano]

Width is going to dictate the offset. So what are wanting to do? Same all around so you can rotate or stagger?

Keep in mind that 67-up Darts (not Dart Sports) and derivatives like Scamps, etc have far less room than Barracudas, Dusters, etc.

 

[devilchicken]

This is the company I used

ET Mags or ET Wheels

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[72bluNblu]

Hey All
Having no luck finding wheels for by 68 Dart. It has an SSBC 4 wheel disc conversion kit on it and the wheels are spaced out a bit.

I need a 17" wheel with 6-15 positive offset and 4-4.5 of backspace. The only options I have found are a US Mag model and a torq-thrust model.

NOT real excited about either. Anyone have a different brand that we may not have seen here in Canada?

Pete

More information about your car and your goals would be really helpful.

What SSBC kit is on the car now? Is it the brake kit that's spacing the wheels out or something else? Are we talking factory suspension and ride height or something else?

What rear axle is in the car? Not all A-body rear axles are the same overall width. Are your rear springs in the stock location?

What size tires are you wanting to run?

 

[Done Swimmin]

Thanks for the replies. It is a 1968 Dart GT with a stock width 83/4 axle. I have installed the offset spring kit to gain a 1/2 in per side. The SSBC kit has a small inner bearing spacer in the front to allow the different hub/rotor w shorter distance between bearings inner and outer. I believe this spaces the wheel mounting surface out an extra 3/8? or so. Ride height is slightly higher than stock with fresh HD springs in the rear and 1.03 bars up front. I am likely to stay in the 60 series (p225/6015 now) but a 50 in the rear may work with offset/backspacing. Up front there is a smaller tire P195/60 15) so I will probably not be able to run same all round. Current wheels are torq thrust 15x7 with -6 offset and 3.75 BS.

 

[72bluNblu]

Thanks for the replies. It is a 1968 Dart GT with a stock width 83/4 axle. I have installed the offset spring kit to gain a 1/2 in per side. The SSBC kit has a small inner bearing spacer in the front to allow the different hub/rotor w shorter distance between bearings inner and outer. I believe this spaces the wheel mounting surface out an extra 3/8? or so. Ride height is slightly higher than stock with fresh HD springs in the rear and 1.03 bars up front. I am likely to stay in the 60 series (p225/6015 now) but a 50 in the rear may work with offset/backspacing. Up front there is a smaller tire P195/60 15) so I will probably not be able to run same all round. Current wheels are torq thrust 15x7 with -6 offset and 3.75 BS.

Ok, so, what are you planning do to with the car? And I should have already asked this, but are we talking about the large 5x4.5" bolt pattern here? I assumed we were with the disk conversion but SSBC still has 5x4" stuff too so I probably shouldn't have.

Because with that set up if you're BBP you could pretty easily run 17x8's with 255/45/17's all the way around. There's absolutely no reason you have to keep 195's up front. And I think you're off with your "series" thinking. You want to keep the front wheels under 26" tall, so you're not going to be running anything with a 60 series and 17" rims as that will be far too tall. Usually with 17's and the widths these cars run you're looking at a 50 series at the most.

 

[Done Swimmin]

Yes it's a 4x4.5 B BP hub and axle. I am not building a race car. I want an old school street brawler look but i have 3.23 gears for highway and am not interested in stoplight racing.

 

[72bluNblu]

Yes it's a 4x4.5 B BP hub and axle. I am not building a race car. I want an old school street brawler look but i have 3.23 gears for highway and am not interested in stoplight racing.

Ok. So here are some options for you. The SSBC kit in the front is not unlike a 73+ disk set up as in that it has a wider track width, so you need more backspace. With a 17x8" you should be able to run as much as ~5.6" of backspace in the front before you run into issue with the outer tie rod, which allows you to run up to 255 wide. Doesn't sound like that's your plan, but even with a 17x8 you can run a 225/50/17 (25.9" tall) or a 225/45/17 (25" tall) in the front with any of the wheels below. Or a 245/45/17 if you wanted, that should work with all of them.

In the back, your 1/2" spring offset also opening things up for you, you should have no issues running up to about 5.75" of backspace. So the wheels below are all 17x8", ranging from 5" to 5.5" of backspace. With that set up you should be able to run up to 255 with no issues, 255/45/17 or 255/50/17 would work. A 225/255 stagger would definitely keep some of the "old school brawler" look, while still giving you some decent street manners (handling!).

Obviously there are more options, but given the old school look you want I thought these would fit the bill best. I've run the Vision 141's on my Challenger, I thought they fit the look pretty well and they're a good quality wheel.

Vision Wheel 148-7865SGMF19 Vision American Muscle 148 Shift Satin Gray Machined Wheels | Summit Racing

Vision Wheel 141H7865GM19 Vision American Muscle 141 Legend 5 Series Gunmetal Wheels | Summit Racing

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