Sport Truck Tires on a 9C1?

[copcarguy]

I'm looking at getting new wheels and tires for a '95 9C1 Caprice. I've been running 275 series Toyo Proxes S/T Sport Truck tires on my 93 Silverado for years and love them. They're mounted on 15" wheels. I was wondering if anyone knew if they'd be a good match for the Caprice even though they're designed for trucks. Any help or other suggestions for a 275+ tire on 15" wheels would be great.

[KW Baraka]

I'm looking at getting new wheels and tires for a '95 9C1 Caprice. I've been running 275 series Toyo Proxes S/T Sport Truck tires on my 93 Silverado.............was wondering if anyone knew if they'd be a good match for the......
You could run them if you want to. The sidewalls maybe be a bit stiff, but you shouldn't have any particularly ill effects.

What wheel size are you going with, 15"x7" or 15"x8"????

What specific tire size you looking to run?

275/60/15's would be my recommendation, but ONLY on an 8" or wider rim.

255/60/15's would be my recommendation on a smaller than 8" rim.

The B-body community tends to favor the Firestone Firehawk Indy 500.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Firestone&model=Firehawk+Indy+500&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&partnum=76SR5FHI500RWL

KW

[copcarguy]

Thanks! I had run those Firehawks on my truck before the Toyos, and they ran very similarly. I wouldn't recommend a 275 tire on anything narrower than a 15x8 either, that's what I run on my truck actually. The nice thing is that both my truck and the 9C1's have the same bolt spacing for the wheels. I really don't want to go narrower than 275s, and was even thinking about going with 295's, but didn't know if anyone's run anything that wide.

[copcarguy]

by the way, the tire I'm looking to run is either 275 / 60 / 15 that have a diameter of 28", or the 295 I was thinking of is a 295/50/15 with a 26.7" diameter.
On my truck I have a set of steel wheels that are 16x8 that I run 275/60/16s with a diameter 29" high that I might try out just for kicks.

[KW Baraka]

by the way, the tire I'm looking to run is either 275 / 60 / 15 that have a diameter of 28", or the 295 I was thinking of is a 295/50/15 with a 26.7" diameter.......

295/50's?

Don't know of anyone running that size tire up front. I suppose they'll fit......


KW

[mrcadillac]

I put 29" tall, 235 truck tires on my caprice, and it was rather tall, and filled out the wheel well. I also have a set of 275/50/15 Drag radials on *GASP* 15x7 steel crager D windows. See Mr Avatar? :D. One caprice I bought had 295/50/15's on unknown rims. The guy kept them and knocked some money off the price, but they looked like they were gonna sneak off the rim! I think for the front it would really be pushing it. In the rear it seams to stick out a hair. I have seen 275/60/15's fit up front.

Here's the 295's

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/duce1021/DSCN0506.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/duce1021/DSCN0468.jpg

[mrcadillac]

on a side note, it's a real shame what the 295 tires did to the car, because of the snow on the ground, and it hiting 2nd pretty hard....

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/duce1021/DSCN0817.jpg