What wheel is this and how big of a tire can I run?

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So I want to run bigger rims/tires on the front of my Valiant, 67 model with BBP.....What wheels are these? I can't seem to find em anywhere.....the car has skinny tires on it now and I want to swap them out. Maybe if I can find the brand of rim, etc then I can see if they make a wider one. The back of the rim says ET 19.....15x4

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How wide do you want to go? I ran 15x7" cop rims on my Duster for awhile, they had a 4.25" backspace and I was able to run a 225/60/15 but that was pretty well maxed out for clearance. You can't run a whole lot more than 4.5" of backspace in the front with a 15" rim because of UCA, ball joint and brake clearances, and because of the limited sizes/profiles available tire height becomes a problem as you go wider.
 
they make this ultra warrior in a 15x7 with 4inch backspace, u think they will fit on the front wth no issues? this will be my only option if i wanna stick with this same rim.....
 
15 x 7 with 4" backspace should be O.K. You might not be able to go to a 225 tire. But every car is slightly different.
 
73SlantSwinger said:
So I want to run bigger rims/tires on the front of my Valiant, 67 model with BBP.....What wheels are these? I can't seem to find em anywhere.....the car has skinny tires on it now and I want to swap them out. Maybe if I can find the brand of rim, etc then I can see if they make a wider one. The back of the rim says ET 19.....15x4

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If it says ET on the back then it's an old ET brand wheel. They're out of business but it looks like you've found something similar.
 
No, "E-T" never made wheels like that. In this case, being a modern design of wheel, the "ET19" refers to the wheel offset in millimeters. ET is the abbreviation for the German word Einpresstiefe. I would guess these 4" wide wheels with a 19mm offset have a backspacing of about 82.5mm or 3.25".
 
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