Tire kicking advise

[Canadian1968CoronetR/T]

I am looking at summit racing for tires they said to ask the people who own "1968 cornet R/T" for advise on what size tires, do I need to go on 15x8( not sure if car can handle wider?) on rear and should I go 15x7 on front with 4 1/8 back spacing rear 4.25 on cragiar chrome rims. car has 14" mag on now and they burn way to easy think I should put more rubber on road. See in my photos what the guy did in 1977 when he restored it?
I not really up on tire sizes etc, that is why I am asking the experts?
Oh it has a Dana 60 rear end with 3:54 gears.

 

[Budnicks]

The car can & will handle wider than 8" wide wheels, it really depends on what your trying to do, how low or high you want the car, ride height can dictate tire size some also... But a set of 15 x 8"s or wider on the rear with the proper back-spacing, like 4.5" B-S should fit fine with a 8" rim, if you go wider you want more back spacing, like 5.5" B-S for 9" wide wheels, to 6" B-S for 10" wide wheels {allot depends on the tire size/girth/bulge}, even with a much larger than stock tire, like a 275/60/15 fits with a ton of room still, then 15 x 7"s on the front with a little less or the same back-spacing will fit easily, even with a 245/60/15... that is a great looking bigger than stock, common type wheel/tire combo... you can go even bigger easily... they have a ton of wheel well, in these 1968 B-Bodies, you can put allot of tire/wheel in/on them a 295/50/15 or a 315-345/50/15 even {or 16"-17"-18" wheel diameters}, on the rear, with the right wheels & Back-spacing or ride heights... you need the proper back-spacing with the proper width/diameter of wheel/tire you choose, the wheel well gets narrower as it goes up toward the top, the leaf springs in the rear will become an issue if you go too much B-S vs rim width & tire girth, the outer lip will need to be trimmed if you go more than a 10" wide rim {12"-13" wide tire girth/bulge}usually or not enough B-S in the rear wheel/rim... the front will rub on the inside of the wheel/tire too, on the sway bar, frame or inner wheel well, with too much B-S also at steering wheel lock in either direction, anything wider than about a 9" wide & 5" B-S up front is a really tight/tricky fit {it can be done thou}... there's is a great/accurate tire fitment tool sold by Summit Racing or Jegs, for like $70.00 it's a Percy Tire Fitment Tool, well worth the money spent, you can adjust them to many different wheel diameters & widths, different bolt patterns, different tire diameter & widths/sizes, especially if you plan on getting the most tire, you can without any rubbing issues ever...

 

[Canadian1968CoronetR/T]

The car can & will handle wider than 8" wide wheels, it really depends on what your trying to do, how low or high you want the car, ride height can dictate tire size some also... But a set of 15 x 8"s or wider on the rear with the proper back-spacing, like 4.5" B-S should fit fine with a 8" rim, if you go wider you want more back spacing, like 5.5" B-S for 9" wide wheels, to 6" B-S for 10" wide wheels {allot depends on the tire size/girth/bulge}, even with a much larger than stock tire, like a 275/60/15 fits with a ton of room still, then 15 x 7"s on the front with a little less or the same back-spacing will fit easily, even with a 245/60/15... that is a great looking bigger than stock, common type wheel/tire combo... you can go even bigger easily... they have a ton of wheel well, in these 1968 B-Bodies, you can put allot of tire/wheel in/on them a 295/50/15 or a 315-345/50/15 even {or 16"-17"-18" wheel diameters}, on the rear, with the right wheels & Back-spacing or ride heights... you need the proper back-spacing with the proper width/diameter of wheel/tire you choose, the wheel well gets narrower as it goes up toward the top, the leaf springs in the rear will become an issue if you go too much B-S vs rim width & tire girth, the outer lip will need to be trimmed if you go more than a 10" wide rim {12"-13" wide tire girth/bulge}usually or not enough B-S in the rear wheel/rim... the front will rub on the inside of the wheel/tire too, on the sway bar, frame or inner wheel well, with too much B-S also at steering wheel lock in either direction, anything wider than about a 9" wide & 5" B-S up front is a really tight/tricky fit {it can be done thou}... there's is a great/accurate tire fitment tool sold by Summit Racing or Jegs, for like $70.00 it's a Percy Tire Fitment Tool, well worth the money spent, you can adjust them to many different wheel diameters & widths, different bolt patterns, different tire diameter & widths/sizes, especially if you plan on getting the most tire, you can without any rubbing issues ever...

I am trying to attach the quote on rims and tires for your opinion from Summit
Thank you for your reply.

The list of parts based on the attachment you sent would be as follows for a pick-up in our Ohio store:

2 CRR-61715 WHEEL SS 15X7 335.52
2 CRR-61815 WHEEL SS 15X8 345.60
5 CRR-27723-4 LUGS RH W/OFFSET WASH 43.20
2 SUM-G1955 VALVE STEMS CHROME SH 11.90
2 BFG-17476 P275/60R15 319.90
2 BFG-98854 P245/60R15 299.90

Parts $1356.02 + mounting and balancing $FREE + Ohio tax $88.14 = Total at Store $1444.16

We appreciate your business.
Thank you,
Oscar
Summit Racing Equipment

 

[Budnicks]

that should be nice sizes wheel/tire combo

 

[satman72]

How much to ship that to you?
Adding HST & possibly brokerage... may be worthwhile buying in Canada.

 

[beezee]

Hey Brian,
If your going to Carlysle try to find out the tire vendors and pick up there.We saved a lot of money when we had to replace our tow rig and trailer tires when we were there a couple of years ago,blew a trailer tire in Williamsport and arrived in Mechanicsburg with a flat dual wheel.8 tires cost $1300 mounted and balanced.

 

[Canadian1968CoronetR/T]

Hey Brian,
If your going to Carlysle try to find out the tire vendors and pick up there.We saved a lot of money when we had to replace our tow rig and trailer tires when we were there a couple of years ago,blew a trailer tire in Williamsport and arrived in Mechanicsburg with a flat dual wheel.8 tires cost $1300 mounted and balanced.

I was thinking of doing that, they want $200.00 to ship plus border fees. Summit will ship to Carlisle for free or I can swing bye and pickup them, but it is out of the way to get there. Just using this as a starting point in my search of a good price. Just kind of wondering what this setup will look like on car, or if anyone thinks I should go wider on both front or rears.