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From: penn twp.
yes there is. that was a common replacement a lot of guys with the 3/4-1 ton trucks would switch out back in the day cause tires for the 15's were cheaper than the 16-16.5's. also I believe they where 15x8 which offered better stability then the 16's/16.5's that where only 6" wide when the truck has a load on it.
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well they are kinda hard to find and really dont fit the trucks with disc brakes all that well. i have few sets of them and they fit my 74 well but it has drum brakes on the front. rumor has it if you grind the front caliper down they will fit but as i have never done this i cant tell you if its true or not. what i do know is they will not fit around the dual piston caliper at all.
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From: Sandy Eggo
they'll fit, they are just hard to find and more trouble than they're worth. they also usually have 2.5" of backspacing, so they stick out really wide and have a terrible scrub radius. i ran some for a while on my 1 ton bronco and was glad to get rid of them. good thing they were free!
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You can get them from Summit for around $60 and Les Schwab has them, also you can get different backspacing, the advantage for running less backspacing like 2 1/2" is so you don't have to grind as much off your calipers if you have disc brakes up front.
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Most 15" tires are going to be 4-6ply though, so you'll be more limited to lighter duty tires.
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All day long on the Summit for new and Craigslist for used, and yes you could have some caliper clearance issues and 6 to 8 ply tire issues.
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I have a set of 8 lug 6 1/2 15's aluminium slotted mags. They are 8" wide fronts and 9" wide rear's, but look to be more for a 2wd truck IMO.
Not really wide enough to put some 33's on.
Not really wide enough to put some 33's on.
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Post up pics....
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Ok well here you go, fronts are 15x7", "Shelby Cal 500", rears are 15x8.5, I was guessing my widths in my earlier post.
2nd to last pic is my slotted mag 16.5's and couple of sets of 16.5 hurricanes/fins rims.
I sold my 16.5 ALUMINIUM spokes
2nd to last pic is my slotted mag 16.5's and couple of sets of 16.5 hurricanes/fins rims.
I sold my 16.5 ALUMINIUM spokes
