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04-02-2003, 11:37 AM
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I am currently runing 15"x8" snowflake wheels, and was wondering if 275/50-15 BF Goodrich Radial T/A's will fit ok? I am concerned about the tires hitting the innerfenders. I currently have 255/60-15's and they seem to fit fine.
I am considering at some point in the future of going to 15"x8" Ralley II wheels. Does anybody know how much these weigh compaired to the 15"x8" Snowflakes? It is hard to find high-perf tires for 15" rims. Are the BF Goodrich T/A's the best we can do? Thanks! |
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04-02-2003, 11:37 AM
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I am currently runing 15"x8" snowflake wheels, and was wondering if 275/50-15 BF Goodrich Radial T/A's will fit ok? I am concerned about the tires hitting the innerfenders. I currently have 255/60-15's and they seem to fit fine.
I am considering at some point in the future of going to 15"x8" Ralley II wheels. Does anybody know how much these weigh compaired to the 15"x8" Snowflakes? It is hard to find high-perf tires for 15" rims. Are the BF Goodrich T/A's the best we can do? Thanks! |
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04-05-2003, 01:31 PM
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isn't a 275-50-15 a little short?
on a 15x8 a 275-60-15 will fit just fine without rubbing. Other tire options are the Nitto 555r's avaliable in 275-60 and 275-50.. the bad part is they don't make a matching 555 for the front. GURU: One who knows more jargon than you Scott Schering 70 Firebird 455 12.34 @ 108.2 Http://www.pontiacs.org
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04-05-2003, 01:59 PM
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'73 Firebirds have rear seat belt retractors so there is a hump in the wheel well that the tire might rub on. I know my dad had to hammer the hump in when he switched to 16x8 GTA rims.
1971 Trans Am 455 HO - Cameo white 1973 Trans Am 455 - Buccaneer red 1984 Trans Am 305 - Royal blue
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07-01-2003, 04:39 PM
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I run 295/50R15 on my 72 bird, they do rub on the seat belt bumps on the inside. Nothing a hammer didn't take care of
 72 Firebird, sorta green, mostly gray with a red trunk lid. 14.9 95mph in the Quarter mile. Street tires, highway gear open rearend.
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10-08-2003, 12:01 AM
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What kind of tires are those 295's Any chance we could see a picture of car with them on it. I'm interesting in wide back tires but am too old to deal with rubbing.
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10-08-2003, 08:55 PM
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I'm running B F Goodrich radial TA's 295R50/15's on eight inch snowflakes. Guess this is a good time to see if the camcorder takes a good digital picture.. I'll see how they turn out and post one.
72 Firebird, sorta green, mostly gray with a red trunk lid. 14.9 95mph in the Quarter mile. Street tires, highway gear open rearend.
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72 Firebird, sorta green, mostly gray with a red trunk lid. 14.9 @ 95mph in the Quarter mile. Street tires, highway gear open rearend. PRO Series True Street 15 second index winner 2003, 2004 Cordova, Il.
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#8
10-09-2003, 01:13 PM
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Looking forward to seeing those pictures. I'm most likely going to run BF goodrich tires on my honeycomb wheels. I was planning on 255/60/15s but would like to be even wider in the back.
Any body know how big a tire you can run on a 15x7 honeycomb 73 Firebird sorta grey, mostly orange and no trunklid.
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10-09-2003, 09:53 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GORDY DOYLE:
Any body know how big a tire you can run on a 15x7 honeycomb <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I used to have 275/60/15 on some 15x7 Honeycombs with no problems. It did cup the tires some so the centers wore out before the rest of the tire. The burnouts didn't help either  1971 Trans Am 455 HO - Cameo white 1973 Trans Am 455 - Buccaneer red 1984 Trans Am 305 - Royal blue
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10-10-2003, 09:26 PM
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It cupped the tires because they were squished on the rim? Was it on your 73? Did they rub? My buddy had a 79 with 5 leaf springs and claims he never had problems but was running 15 x 8 snowflakes.
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10-10-2003, 11:59 PM
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The tires were cupped because a 275 tire is really made for a 8 inch wide rim. It works fine but it just causes the center to wear out faster.
They were on the '71 T/A when I first got it. The previous owner planned to do some strip racing so he wanted the biggest footprint possible using 15x7 honeycombs. I never had any rubbing problems but the '71 doesn't have much of a bump in the wheel well for the seatbelt mount. The tires are long gone and I switched back to stock sized 235/60/15s so I have no way to test on the '73. My '73 does have 245's and has no rubbing problems. 1971 Trans Am 455 HO - Cameo white 1973 Trans Am 455 - Buccaneer red 1984 Trans Am 305 - Royal blue
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#12
10-11-2003, 05:56 PM
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Were you running gas shocks or jacked up with air? Did the 275's look redneck or good?
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10-11-2003, 11:25 PM
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It was running el-cheapo worn out Monroe shocks and a fairly new set of 5-leaf springs in the back so it was pretty jacked up in the air.
I'm a purist so I'd say redneck  . After I got the car payed off I went out and put the closest size available to the original Goodyear Polyglass GT F60's which is a P235/60/R15.1971 Trans Am 455 HO - Cameo white 1973 Trans Am 455 - Buccaneer red 1984 Trans Am 305 - Royal blue
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#14
10-13-2003, 02:52 PM
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I have 17x8 17x9.5 Americans on two of my T/As and 15X8 15x7 Ralley II's on my blue car with no rubbing at all. All three cars are lowered 2" all around.
SW     '70 T/A blue '70 T/A white '73 T/A red '00 C5 MTI '97 Viper GTS 510ci. '01 550 Maranello '92 454SS |
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#15
10-13-2003, 04:12 PM
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man those are some sweet rides.
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10-14-2003, 09:07 AM
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no kidding, wow, you goy my attention, those are some nice looking rides you have there....
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10-14-2003, 11:01 AM
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welcome aboard SW!
awesome collection.....just doesn't seem complete without a SD455. 1973 SD455 T/A 1979 S.E. T/A http://community.webshots.com/album/16587603rOyvmFCiHs
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10-14-2003, 12:30 PM
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Blue trans am is my favorite
Give us some more info on there engine specs ect... 1973 Esprit 400 to a 1972 T/A Clone with a Indian Adventures 467 Stroker kit.
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10-14-2003, 03:01 PM
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Streetking:
Absolutely gorgeous cars! '70 - '73 Firebirds are my favorite F-bodies, and you've got three of the nicest I've seen! More pics and details PLEASE! Later, Jealous Lloyd '72 Formula 455 - TH400, 3.08 posi, A/C, Y99, tach & gauges, AM-FM stereo, 8-track, Formula wheel, etc.; Lucerne Blue, Blue Deluxe Int; 12.96 @ 104 MPH @ the '03 PSN's 1970 GTO, 455HO, TH400, A/C, 3.07 peg-leg, AM, tach/gauges, tilt wood wheel & cruise, PDB, P/S, power LH seat, rear defog, etc.; Palomino Copper w/ Sandlewood buckets and Sandlewood Cordova top; All there but in need of resto Soon a body-off resto will begin on a 72 GTO 455HO, TH400, A/C, etc.; Sundance Orange with Ivory buckets
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#20
10-14-2003, 03:34 PM
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hey Lloyd....
where ya been? haven't seen you post for the last week or so. hope everythings going well. 1973 SD455 T/A 1979 S.E. T/A http://community.webshots.com/album/16587603rOyvmFCiHs
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