15x10 wheel and tire question

[donthekawguy]

I have a set of 15x10 ralley wheels for the rear of my truck. I need to know if these will fit in the wheel wells and what tire size will help make that happen. I would hate to go out and spend the money for tires and then have them too wide for the wheel wells. I guess I could take the wells out for now but I would rather keep them in for the rest of this year.

[jj1965]

295R50x15 I had to trim the inside of the wheel well about a 1/4 inch to get them to fit without rubbing. I don't remember the backspace of my ralleys, not any room left to spare. My truck has a four inch drop in the back, trimming wouldn't be needed at the stock height.

[donthekawguy]

Originally Posted by jj1965

295R50x15 I had to trim the inside of the wheel well about a 1/4 inch to get them to fit without rubbing. I don't remember the backspace of my ralleys, not any room left to spare. My truck has a four inch drop in the back, trimming wouldn't be needed at the stock height.

So thats the lip of the wheel well? Mine is pretty low also. Sounds pretty painless. Thanx!

[Captainfab]

Just so you know. the 295/50R15 tire is a fairly short tire.....small diameter. That won't help your rpm's any.

Originally Posted by donthekawguy

So thats the lip of the wheel well? Mine is pretty low also. Sounds pretty painless. Thanx!

[donthekawguy]

True. I hope the info you gave will pan out. I only work 3 days a week so I have plenty of time to change out the rear end..

[Captainfab]

A little bit of advice on changing the rear end. Unless the nuts have been off of the U-bolts recently, it is much easier to just cut the U-bolts off and install new ones. They really aren't that expensive, and well worth the cost versus the aggrevation of trying to save the old ones.

[donthekawguy]

Cool thanx for the tip. I'll get some odered today!