<VV> 14" to 15"wheels

[Ron]

My Rampside has been on 14" Pontiac snowflake wheels for many years now with 
no problems at all.
RonH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel McGregor" <joel at joelsplace.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 14" to 15"wheels


> >From these answers I'm wondering if any of you have FCs or maybe I'm just 
> >crazy.  I can tell you what I've tried on my '63 Greenbrier.  A standard 
> >15x7" GM wheel with 3 3/4" backspacing hits the front steering arm/tie 
> >rod hard on an FC  they fit fine on the rear.  A 15x6 might fit?  A 16x8" 
> >IROC front wheel hits the front of the tie rod end but you can grind the 
> >tie rod to clear.  I haven't had any tire clearance problems on the front 
> >with 245/50R16s.  If you had a 16" steel wheel with the same offset it 
> >should clear ok.  You can use the 16x8 IROC wheels with the same tires on 
> >the rear but you have to do a lot of grinding on the lip of the cross 
> >member.  You might have to grind the control arm too but I don't 
> >remember.  They clear the sheet metal just fine although they look like 
> >they wouldn't.
> On the front take a look at your stock wheels and remember that going from 
> a 14 to a 15" will only give you an extra 1/2" of clearance in diameter.
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org 
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of BBRT
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:23 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> 14" to 15"wheels
>
> Since you are going to a larger wheel diameter, you may not have tie rod 
> end interference that is an issue with FC 14" wheels. It is wise to check 
> as some mag wheels are thick on the rims.
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