Gary, My main reason for different size wheels/tire front and rear is stance and look. You can generally fit larger/wider wheels/tires on the rear than the front. The disadvantange, of course, is you can't rotate your tires from front to rear and makes the choice of a spare difficult. Depending on the external mods to a car (or lack of) and overall theme, the wheel/tire choice can be critical to the presence of the car. A relatively stock body/paint many times looks best with the same size wheel/tire combo, either factory wheels or "classic" wheels like the Cragar SS. Those with more mods (like my 67 SS), would, in my opinion, look out of place with 15" Cragar SS or 15" ralley wheels.
Dale McIntosh TC Gold #92/ACES #1709 67SS/67 Elky > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gm2 > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chevelle-List] Cragar SS Rims & front/rear size difference > > What is the difference between putting the same size rims all > the way around the car or putting a smaller size rim and tire > on the front? I don't think I would do this, but I have seen > it on other cars. > > I'm not sure what this does to the suspension or if it hurts > the car in any way. I currently have 4 drum brakes and I > will probably update to front disc brakes sometime in the > future, but not right away. > > Any comments on size selection and suspension issues? > > Thanks again, > > Gary > 1964 Chevelle Convertible > > see it here ----> http://www.geocities.com/ccvwc/g.htm > > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
