[T2] 14" vs 15" wheels

[c.dreike]

John,
I'm running an old set of Bridgestone A/T 205/75r15 tires. These are 
NLA.  They fit fine. No interference problems. In the past I ran 
passenger car tires in the same size.  The Bridgestone doesn't quite fit 
in the storage well behind the front seat pushing the seat forward about 
1/2" however other passenger tires fit fine.

Take a look at tirerack.com for a selection of this size tires. Sadly 
none are strictly light truck rated however there is a Firestone A/T 
that looks nice.
Load ratings are 1598 and 1609 lbs with 44psi inflation.

Chris
64DD Kamper Kit

On 9/7/2018 11:50 AM, John Anderson wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I don’t know about the steelies and brakes, but I’d mention 15” tires to fit are getting thin on the ground, so consider that.  Plenty of 165/80r15 “bug” tires, low on load, skeptical tread patterns, but otherwise not much until 195/70 which can have clearance issues in the back sometimes.  Oddly more 185r and 195r 14 choices still about.  Just something else to ponder, as I was going to run rip off BRMs on my 1969 until I started looking at tires, admittedly with more offset so more clearance issues.
>
> John
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 12:39 AM, c.dreike <c.dreike at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I'm looking at installing front disk brakes on my 64 with 15" wheels. Seems that there is a clearance problem with the 15" wheels but not the 14". I would have thought that the 15" would have more space for the disk equipment than the 14". Is the profile of the wheels that different?
>>
>> Thanks guys.
>> Chris
>> 64DD Kamper Kit
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