Reply to "What Size Wheels"

My thoughts are the wheel/tire choices are 16, 17 or 18 up front & 17 or 18 out back.

The world will never run out of 225/50-16 tires for the front, if thats what you choose, although I doubt you want that small of a tire on your wide body car. 16" diameter wheels limit how much "brake rotor" you can install up front, if you update the brakes in the future. 17" front tires offer several choices in 235/45-17 or 245/40-17 for the standard cars, I'm not sure what the guys with wide bodies are running. The sidewalls are getting pretty thin with an 18" front wheel, trying to maintain a tire diameter no greater than 25".

In the rear the challenge is to keep the tire diameter near the oem 26.8" diameter. The 335/35-17 & 335/30-18 are 26" OD. Word has it the choices in the 335/35-17 size are getting slim. I haven't verified that.

The tire choices you make may upset how "level" the car sits, which will require making a spring pre-load adjustment to correct. If your car doesn't have shocks with that feature, factor in the price for new shocks & springs. Also, the low profile tires need modern, low friction, gas filled shocks to prevent the ride from being too stiff.

If you want 2-slot Campy clones Pantera East offers them in 16 or 17 for the front & 17 or 18 for the rear. The 10 spoke clones for your wide body car are only available in 17" diameter all around, to my knoweledge.

I'm running the Etoile wheels on my '73L, 17" all around, 245/40-17 in the front, 335/35-17 in the rear. If I were chosing today, I would chose 18" wheels for the rear. My advice when shopping for wheels is to shop weight. Some wheels are much heavier than others, the lighter the better, light wheels improve ride quality, acceleration & deceleration.

George