[ChevLoRay]

On my '69, I decided not to run the 8" wheels I had, because the backspacing on them threw the outside of the tire almost an inch outside of the front fenders. 7" wheels were no problem.

On my '96, I couldn't use the 8" wide wheels we had, with their 4-inch backspace, because the backside contacted the lower A-frame. 7-inch wide wheels with a 3.5-inch backspace cured that problem.

Later, I bought new tires (I run 245-60's up front and 275-60's out back) and had Wallyworld mount them. They wouldn't do it on the vehicle if I brought it in because they have a policy against the mixed/odd size combos that won't let them do that for us. I suppose some suit-happy dimbulb is the reason for that. They said, "You can't rotate them, if they aren't the same." I told them I didn't intend to rotate them. So, it was a carry in/carry out job.

Anyway, I looked at the tires and put them in their correct location on my '96. However, something wasn't right. Long story short....the tire guy assumed the wheels were all the same width and didn't put the right size tire on the right size rim, even though I told them up front of the difference. I took it to another shop to get the wheels balanced with Tap-A-Weights and they found the problem, corrected it and presented me with the bill.....which I successfully got reimbursed from Wallyworld. The tire guy said he never looked at the differences and that made me ask how he was able to balance them...you gotta set the wheel width on the balancer. No answer.