Wheel and tire fitment

Hi guys I found these on marketplace they are 15 inch wheels 8.5 inches wide 3.75 backspace the tires are 255/70/r15 would these fit my 69 coronet?

Not the front. They would probably look like they do on that Mustang. Good luck turning the wheel!

Kern Dog said:

Not the front. They would probably look like they do on that Mustang. Good luck turning the wheel!

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Yea that’s what I figured but just wanted to double check

8.5" too wide on front for sure.

I have a 70 ply B body with factory 15x7 rallies and 255/60-15 on all 4 corners. Power steering, drives great, turns great. No rubbing ever but the car is sitting towards the high side, but not so anybody says anything, and it doesn't look high, but definitely not low.

R413 said:

8.5" too wide on front for sure.

I have a 70 ply B body with factory 15x7 rallies and 255/60-15 on all 4 corners. Power steering, drives great, turns great. No rubbing ever but the car is sitting towards the high side, but not so anybody says anything, and it doesn't look high, but definitely not low.

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Yea that’s what I figured but just wanted to get you guys’s input

R413 said:

8.5" too wide on front for sure.

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It isn’t the width that poses the problem, it is the offset or back spacing. I have 18 X 9” wheels up front with 4 1/2” back spacing. Mine clear.



It might be safe to say that any more than 4 1/2” FRONT spacing would interfere.

Kern Dog said:

It isn’t the width that poses the protectively, it is the offset or back spacing. I have 18 X 9” wheels up front with 4 1/2” back spacing. Mine clear.

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It might be safe to say that any more than 4 1/2” FRONT spacing would interfere.

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Ok gotcha

Keep in mind..
Even though Ford and Mopar wheel stud spacing are the same, the center cut-out center
for Ford is smaller than Mopar. So a Mopar wheel will fit a Ford fine but not the other way around.

Just my $0.02...

R413 said:

8.5" too wide on front for sure.

I have a 70 ply B body with factory 15x7 rallies and 255/60-15 on all 4 corners. Power steering, drives great, turns great. No rubbing ever but the car is sitting towards the high side, but not so anybody says anything, and it doesn't look high, but definitely not low.

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I have the exact tires on my 67 Charger. The car does sit high, but I think it looks good. Haven't driven the car just as yet to test and see if the big tires give me a problme.

Sinitro said:

Keep in mind..
Even though Ford and Mopar wheel stud spacing are the same, the center cut-out center
for Ford is smaller than Mopar. So a Mopar wheel will fit a Ford fine but not the other way around.

Just my $0.02...

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Die grinder will make that Ford rim fit in very little time.

They would probably fit okay all around, IF, (a big if!) they had 4.5-4.75 backspace.
Since they don't, they dont..
I have a couple pairs of 15x8 1/2 rims with 3.5" bs. The won't fit anything I own with correct size tires on them.

Beautiful tires/wheels. Perfect for a half ton pickup. Not much else.

440 4 speed said:

Die grinder will make that Ford rim fit in very little time.

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A funny story...
I won a pair of Hoosier street slicks at a Mopar Show at the Petersen Museum, next I got a set of 15x8 Torq Thursters had the tires mounted and balanced. I was planning on taking my built RoadRunner to the Famosa Bakersfield track but never did. The wheels/tires were stored in my garage for a few years but never put on the car. I decided to sell them and took them to the swap meet at our local Mopar Spring Fling show. This swap meet is pretty big and goes on for (2) days... I sold some other Mopar stuff but the only offer I got for the wheels/tires was $50... A ridiculous offer since just the wheels were $225 each and USA made not the China stuff plus the tires total retail value about $850. And I asking $500..
Anyway took the wheels/tires home and decided to list them on Craig's list for $500. For the next (2) days I got about 40 calls and (1) guy drove down about 75 miles, paid me $450 cash. He said he didn't care about the tires but wanted the wheels for his Ford Mustang project. He later sent me a picture, he had milled out the wheel center with a grinding wheel to fit his Mustang. Just illustrates that Craig's list has incredible circulation far beyond the Mopar swap meet and to sell something U have to find the (1) person who wants them and has the $$..

Just my $0.02...