[mrcurlywhirly]

Hi Guys,

I am thinking about switching to a flashy set of speedy wheels for road use, they are 15x7 alloys with a negative 13 offset.

Currently have 15x6 Sunrasias on our '94 WT LWB Stockman running 205/70/15 tyres (ie pretty standard). I think these are supposed to be +10 offset, at least that is the spec for the 5.5" wheels... correct this if its wrong for the 6"...

Question is, using the same profile tyres on the Speedy wheels, will there be any rubbing?

From my calcs the wheels should have 10mm more clearance on the inside and hang out 36mm on the outside. Has anybody used these wheels on a zuki without a lift?

Also, how far outside standard specs can you go without munching wheel bearings?

Cheers,
MrC

[Damo]

mrcurlywhirly wrote:

Hi Guys,

I am thinking about switching to a flashy set of speedy wheels for road use, they are 15x7 alloys with a negative 13 offset.

Currently have 15x6 Sunrasias on our '94 WT LWB Stockman running 205/70/15 tyres (ie pretty standard). I think these are supposed to be +10 offset, at least that is the spec for the 5.5" wheels... correct this if its wrong for the 6"...

Question is, using the same profile tyres on the Speedy wheels, will there be any rubbing?

From my calcs the wheels should have 10mm more clearance on the inside and hang out 36mm on the outside. Has anybody used these wheels on a zuki without a lift?

Also, how far outside standard specs can you go without munching wheel bearings?

Cheers,
MrC

That size and offset is pretty good on a Sierra. You should be able to run up to about a 31x10 tyre and still not getting rubbing on the springs at full lock. Your calculations of where the tyre will end up sounds right to me.

As for wheel bearings you shouldn't have any problems there. I have found that even with 31x10.5 on an 8" rim with -25 offset the bearings still cope pretty well.

[Ridge]

you wont have any problems with that set up.
im running 235s on a 15x8-24 with no problems.

[JrZook]

Ridge wrote:

you wont have any problems with that set up.
im running 235s on a 15x8-24 with no problems.

Wowzers!! Wide rim for a fairly narrow tyre! Got a pic of it? Had my 30x9.5's on 8's and even they looked a tad stretched out for my liking (9.5 = 241mm). Ive swapped back to 15x7 and the tyre profile is alot better.

Dan

[mrcurlywhirly]

Appreciate the feedback guys, sounds like it should not be a problem.

Cheers,
MrC

[Scrawny]

JrZook wrote:

Ridge wrote:

you wont have any problems with that set up.
im running 235s on a 15x8-24 with no problems.

Wowzers!! Wide rim for a fairly narrow tyre! Got a pic of it? Had my 30x9.5's on 8's and even they looked a tad stretched out for my liking (9.5 = 241mm). Ive swapped back to 15x7 and the tyre profile is alot better.

Dan

I was thinking the same thing I run 31's on my 8" rims and they are about right.