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15" wheel with 14" stock hubcaps

Maxrat

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I have a 66 Charger and like the stock 14" spinner hubcaps. Does anyone make a 15" wheel that a 14" hubcaps will fit to? Tire sizes in 14" are very limited.
 
14" tires are plentiful on ebay.

That's where I get mine from.

...but no, I'm not aware of a 15" wheel that will accept 14" caps.

I am aware of an adapter to use 10" dog dish caps on 9" tang wheels, but the reviews are mixed.
 
I think his point is the available sizes, not that they are unavailable.
The widest commonly available is a 245-60 which is not nearly large enough for a 66 Charger (at least for my liking).
At one point I started working on modifying the stock spinner caps to go on a 15" wheel.
Project stalled, maybe some day I'll get back to it. I started on one of the outer pieces and cut off the the trim ring portion.
Then I was working on adapting the remainder to a similar 15" trim ring.
It's fairly easy to find good centers, the outer rings are commonly dinged and bent so I have a set to cut off the outer part.
Big tires!

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I think his point is the available sizes, not that they are unavailable.
The widest commonly available is a 245-60 which is not nearly large enough for a 66 Charger (at least for my liking).
At one point I started working on modifying the stock spinner caps to go on a 15" wheel.
Project stalled, maybe some day I'll get back to it. I started on one of the outer pieces and cut off the the trim ring portion.
Then I was working on adapting the remainder to a similar 15" trim ring.
It's fairly easy to find good centers, the outer rings are commonly dinged and bent so I have a set to cut off the outer part.
Big tires!

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Exactly, the rear tire well of the 66 Charger is way over sized for a 14" tire. Got to fill it up.
 
Hey Maxrat?

Did you ever end up getting those rims, and if so, can you tell me what you think of them and maybe post some pics of how they look on your car?
 
Hey Maxrat?

Did you ever end up getting those rims, and if so, can you tell me what you think of them and maybe post some pics of how they look on your car?

Haven't done it yet, but still want to.
 
http://themopardude.com/New_Custom_2.html

They have a wheel that is 15" that you can run a 14" cap.
My impression is that that is only for dog dish/poverty caps, as they use a 14" OE wheel centre. Full size hubcaps like our spinners for 14" wheels have nothing to grip onto in a 15" rim.
The method I used is the only way I found it could be done and worked out very well. Stock appearance but wheel wells are full of modern grippy rubber. I dread to even imagine driving my car again on the original 14" wheels and tyres!
 
Gents, I will pickup this posting. At moment, I drive the 15" MOPAR OEM Steel wheels with the 9" dog dish caps.
But I wanted to drive (convert) my 15" in this way, that the older 10" dog dish caps work on it.

Can anybody help me out?

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on this pic the 9" dog dish caps mounted.
 
I guess you could glue the 9" inside the 10 inch cap.
Or you could spend the money and get new wheels built , with the 10 inch wheel centers in the width you want for your car.

Frank PS. I only have the wheel centers
Not the completed wheel.

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I guess you could glue the 9" inside the 10 inch cap.
Or you could spend the money and get new wheels built , with the 10 inch wheel centers in the width you want for your car.

Frank PS. I only have the wheel centers
Not the completed wheel.

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Do you have a supplier with a part number for me?
I also looked in the internet for avaialble wheels, but nothing found. :-(
 
You can buy the wheel centers from me and I could send then to a builder of your choice. Or you can contact The Wheelsmith , he can build the wheels and did have some of my wheel centers in stock.
PM me for more info.
Frank
 
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