Replacement Rims

[cef2lion]

Working on a 52 Coronet for a friend. He wants to put 205/75R15 Radials on it. It has BIAS 205/75R15 with tubes on it now.

 

Concerns about the rims working with radials and not leaking at the rivets. We did get metal valve stems that work with the oval rim hole.

 

If original rims are not a good idea he is interested buying new rims. What steel rims would work with the original hub caps.

 

Craig

[capt den]

original rims will work fine. i have only had one ever leak at the rivets in many years.   capt den

[cef2lion]

Thanks. Any concerns about keeping radials on rim? I have read about a lack of an inner seating bead. And rim flexing causing hub caps to come off. 

[Doug&Deb]

Radials will work on the original rims but the tires will be shorter than the original bias tires which throws off the speedometer. I have 15x7 Mopar police wheels on my 52 Coronet with 225/75R15 radials. The size matches the height of the bias tires and the speedo is correct. I’m currently running the dog dish caps but I’ve used the original wheel covers on those rims also. You just have to bend the tabs to get a tight fit.

[Sniper]

I run radials on the stock rims of my 51.  Other than the hubcaps wanting to rotate in the rm I have had no issues. a set of metal tire stems and some rubber fuel line over them fixed that issue.

 

I test fit a Mopar cop car rim with P255/9r15's pm it.  Tire hit the upper control arm outer pivot before the rim seated on the hub.  In the back I am running P255/45-17's on late model charger/300 steelies.  Looks like I could get those to work up front with the right backspacing.

 

http://www.yourolddad.com/tires

[cef2lion]

Ok thanks all!!

[Adam H P15 D30]

22 hours ago, cef2lion said:

Thanks. Any concerns about keeping radials on rim? I have read about a lack of an inner seating bead. And rim flexing causing hub caps to come off. 

They flex quite a bit with radials.  More than I was comfortable with.

[LeRoy]

I'm running radials wo tubes on stock 47 dodge wheels with no issues. I did have the wheels sandblasted and powdercoated so that may help seal the rivets (a thin later of flex seal might be a possibility if a rivet leaked). I thought flexible sidewalls would be an issue but it doesn't seem to be so far. I do have a little bump steer I need to figure out (may be the radials).

[Booger]

Ive done both. Stock rims fine for bias tire. Modern rims for radial tire, When I priced new steel rims were about the same as a Cragar knock offs. And Im sure the 70 year old rims are fine as long as you dont drive crazy like Sniper?

[cef2lion]

Thanks everyone for all the input. I passed the info to my friend for him to decide.