Thread: '34 Fat Steel Front Fenders

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Originally Posted by 35fordcoupe

I have those..I want to say they are 3/8" narrower on each side?

The Heidt's are 5/8 narrower per side. Another alternative is a set of "shallower" hubs and rotors, look at ECI brakes for examples. Another option is to check with Rocket and see if the offer custom offsets by special order.

I'm with REG's, don't screw up the car because of wheel fit.

Originally Posted by btsave

IBefore I modify the fender lip, I think I'll mount 155r60-15's on the 15x6 rims. Looking at the tire calculator ( http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp ) it seems that section width then drops from 7.67" to 6.1", which would pull the tire in by 3/4" on each side (pretty much flush with the rim sides), and the sidewall height drops from 4.22" to 3.66". The only fly in the ointment here is that the recommended rim sizes are 15x4.5 to 15x5.5, so I will be flattening the tire slightly. Anyone do this before? Any insights?

Bart

Bart,
You are within 1/2" of their "recommended" rim width, which is not going to be a problem. The tire may be slightly harder to seat on the rim initially, but I doubt you'll notice much, if any difference between a 5.5" and 6" rim. I strongly agree, I would not consider cutting up the fenders until you exhaust all other options.

Originally Posted by rspears

Bart,
You are within 1/2" of their "recommended" rim width, which is not going to be a problem. The tire may be slightly harder to seat on the rim initially, but I doubt you'll notice much, if any difference between a 5.5" and 6" rim. I strongly agree, I would not consider cutting up the fenders until you exhaust all other options.

What's your thought about inserting an inner tube on this wheel? I know that on some of the older "miss-fitted" tire applications, this was a way of insuring against accidental loss of the bead seating.

i have been runing a tire that can go on a 8 inch rim to 10 thats on a 7 it pulls the side wall in i been doing this for years on my GTO it a rear dot sticky tire i can not find a rim in a 8 like my front s and it helps with pulling in the side wall i have just a wee bit of roll up on the foot print but not much to talk about .never lost a tire .but going in to a cornner it hi speed and on the front if you go to small of rim you could roll tire off the rim . i have the same thing on a car were i need about 3/4 inch i was looking at putting the rim in the lathe triming off 1/2 of the hub part of the rim and checking how thick the brake hub / hat and taking it off there if there to take