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Rear wheel clearance query for '67

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67FBGT:
Have been trying to find an answer to this for some time, hoping for forum advice.
Am looking at sets of new alloy rims, one set option I've found is a mix of 15 x 7" with 4.25"BackSpace for fronts and 15 x 8" with 4.5"BS for rears.
Will a 15 x 8" rim on a '67 with perhaps a 225 tyre (I'd like a wider stance at the back) have clearance issues at the rear wheel arch lip?
I ask because the existing old 14 x 7" alloy rim with 4"BS puts the 205 tyre out fairly close to the lip, so not sure whether an extra 1" (split as 1/2" more inwards and 1/2" more outwards) will cause an issue or not?
I'm not terribly keen to roll the lips and all that as the car is painted and also has wheel arch trims.

Aussie-67:
I run 17 x 235 front 17 x 245 at the back (about the same back spacing as yours). They do bottom out on speed bumps etc.  I have pushed the guard lip up but not rolled them and it doesn't cut into the tyre.  But you do hear it when it hits though.

You can get the lip rolled without damaging the paint, but will make it harder to keep the arch trim. 

Tony

67FBGT:
Thanks for the feedback Aussiecv8, sounds like 245 is the absolute limit! I'm thinking around 225 so should be OK. I can trim the wheelarch trim back a little if necessary, as it projects inwards past the wheelarch sheet metal.  :thumb:
I presume your 245 at back is on a 7" rim if it has a 4" backspace?

Aussie-67:
Running 4.5" BS on 8" rim.  Agree, not sure I would want to go any wider than a 245.

BAC:

--- Quote from: 67FBGT on June 17, 2019, 03:47:24 pm ---Thanks for the feedback Aussiecv8, sounds like 245 is the absolute limit!
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What profile are you thinking of using?  I only ask as if you are going with 15" rims, anything taller than a 55 profile in a 245 width is going to result in a quite tall tyre height.  Just something to keep in mind...

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