My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head

barbee6043 said

awesome build, i'm impressed! us big wheel hates will probably learn to embrace them as time goes on, and supply of 14's and 15's dry up! LOL

my 3500 ram, 1995 vintage, its hard to find decent used 16's for it..... tight ***, run used tires on truck till bald, then run them on stock trailer till they blow..... LOL really!!!

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Thanks!

Yeah honestly I never had a problem with 15's, and I actually would prefer to run 17's for the proportion of sidewall/rim. But tire selection is pretty much nil for 15's in anything wider than 225 unless you like BFG T/A's. For modern compound tires you really have to go to at least a 17" rim. Even the selection for 17's has started to drop off. And of course on A-bodies going to an 18" rim gets you a much wider tire up front because of the outer tie rod clearance they add.