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Bill Barnett (aka Billnthemale) [ View ] [ wb40@sbcglobal.net ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Chesterfield, Missouri (636) 675-3174

Hey, Happy New Year to you all............ I recently bought a nice low milage orignal family owned El Camino and want to jazz it up a little and of course as you know the wheels and tires are the first to cross your mind and I want to put like 16" wheels on it and don't know what size tires I can put on it without changing the gear ratio too much, do any of you have an idea ? I think maybe 225x60-16 what do you think as it now has 205 75 R14's Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have......what do you think about GM rallys and the little flat police caps ?

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Posted by hotrod39  -  01/06/2008 08:06 PM 225/55/16 oyu can try tire rack .com or american racing web site has a cool feature it will let you enter year and model and up size on your wheel and tire combo even change basic color on vehicle hope this helps Tom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] somerset, Massachusetts Charter Member since January 2008   Posted by scooting  -  01/06/2008 08:44 PM http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp?action=submit Use this site, put in the stock tire size and 4 optional tires you are looking at and it will give the percentage you will be off on the speedometer, also mph off at 60. It will also give you the diameter/section width so you can see if the options will fit. Then, put 18's on it. They fit the opening better in my opinion. Aw, never take anyones likes/dislikes but your own. scooting [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Elkridge, Maryland   Posted by MUDMANDENNY  -  01/06/2008 09:03 PM bill,-----check out my 1984 in readers rides, it has centerline Daggers on it. 17" on front and 18" on rear, gives it anice little "rubber" rake. it also has 2" dropped spindles.good luck with your project!!! oooops, forgot that i could attach it for you. computer-illiterate in ohio. MUDMANDENNY [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MCDONALD, Ohio   Posted by Billnthemale  -  01/07/2008 09:55 AM Thanks to all who have responded, I too think that a wheel tire rake would look good. Dennis that is one fine looking Elky. I used to only like the 67's but i'm kinda liking ther looks of the later ones.........Thanks agian and if anyone has any other ideas I would like to hear from you. Billnthemale [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Chesterfield, Missouri Charter Member since April 2005   Posted by tlp1968  -  01/07/2008 11:58 AM We had a great 1968 SS El Camino. My husband loved that car. Wish we would have kept her. Didn't hook up too well without any weight in the back but it was a lot of fun on the highway! I agree with scooting- decide what you like and do it your way. We had big corvette rally wheels and she looked sweet. I will try to find a picture or two. StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield, Illinois Charter Member since August 2003   Posted by Billnthemale  -  01/07/2008 04:56 PM Thanks Tammy, I have found several pic's of ones with different wheels and tires and I like most all of them. Mudmandenny sure has a good looking one I guess what I am most concerned about is putting to tall of a tire on it and kill what little gitty up it has now... lol Billnthemale [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Chesterfield, Missouri Charter Member since April 2005   Posted by MUDMANDENNY  -  01/07/2008 07:04 PM yo bill,----i typed another message in here,pressed the add comment tab and it never appeared. if it shows up later you`ll know that i`m not losing my mind. in it i said that i was told when i bought my tire/wheel set-up that manufacturers were cutting back on the production of tires for 16" wheels. could be B.S., but worth looking into. also said that the 18" rear wheel looked significantly larger than the 17" frontwheel. in my opinion the17"/20" and 18"/20' combos would look too large. good luck, i`m sure whatever you choose will look fine!!! MUDMANDENNY [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MCDONALD, Ohio   Posted by Billnthemale  -  01/08/2008 06:26 PM Thanks Dennis, I think yours looks just super the way it is.. I ordered two 16x8's for the rear and two 16x7's for the front and Tirerack has the tires I want. I will post a pic after I get all of it and paint the wheels to see what you think. Thanks again for your help...... Billnthemale [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Chesterfield, Missouri Charter Member since April 2005

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