I have a 1979 Toyota pickup with 14 inch wheels on it currently. I want to go to a wheel and tire that will not rub in any way. I have been told that I can go up to a 15" wheel where the bolt pattern is 15 x 5 x 4.5, but I wanted to find out from other owners what their take was on this.


Thanks!

 

Our trucks ('79-'83) can take a 15X7 wheel with no problem. Is your truck lowered or stock height?
Do you like the wide tire / low profile look?

Let us know and we'll guide you!
Rick

 

Since the OP never responded I would like some help. I'm going with a 15x7 wheel. I want a lower profile tire but I would still like the strength of a light truck tire due to I will be transporting a 300-400lb motorcycle fairly often. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

you probably dont need to worry about weight ratings if your only hauling 3-400 pounds of cargo. even a passenger car tire would be fine for that. its just like having to full grown large men in your backseat

 

I have a set of 15x8 jeep wrangler wheels and 215/60/15 tires and they dont rub anything at stock height. Come really close to the locating? rods that attach to the lower control arm at full lock. and within 1% of the oem tire diameter so the speedo reads correctly, also running passenger car tires (radial t/A's) and have had no issues hauling 2 street bikes.

 

What about backspacing/offset?

 

My mistake wheels are 7" wide, tires are 8".

5.25 backspacing, could handle a more positive offset

 

Im thinking about running 16x8 on 225/45 0 offset. Willtheyfit.com says it will be close to equivalent to full stock wheel and tire diameter with 3.8 inchs of poke, 4.5 at -12 offset. Building a canyon sprinter here in central utah. Just curious what people are running to get that wide stable stance. Will be dropping the front 1.5” and rear 2”.