Getting ready to pull trigger on wheel purchase

[Glass Pony]

I'm getting ready to order a set of Mickey Thompson Classic Lock II's for my 74 "cut" Bronco with a 76-77 disc brake Dana 44 front end.
The wheels are 15"x8"
5 on 5.5 bolt circle
3-5/16" backspacing
Anybody see any issues before I pull the trigger?

 

[xcntrk]

What size tires?

 

[Glass Pony]

33x12.5
2-1/2" SL & 2" BL

 

[ep67bro]

They should fit just fine. I have the same size tire and rim combo on my wifes 73 and no issues, it looks good!

 

[xcntrk]

15x8 should fit just fine. It's a tough call though because with a 12.5 tire you can fit a 15x10 which will push the tires out a bit more and give you a wider stance along with more stability. But given these are fake beadlocks, there's not much sidewall that protrudes out beyond the beadlock with a 10" rim so you risk bashing them up. If you stick with 15x8, lots more sidewall between that ring and the rocks - but at the cost of less overall width...

 

[Glass Pony]

Thanks for the replies.
Xcntrk- I know what you're talking about, the tires call for a 8.5" to 10" wide rim so I contacted NTW and they don't have a problem with mounting them on that rim.
I had a set of 32x11.5 on 7" wide rims on my old Bronco II and they were just fine.
I would go with the 10" wide but I'm nervous enough to try to get this truck through Delaware DMV because of emission regs, replaced the body with a fiberglass one and all the other bs that comes up and I don't want to give the any ammo.

 

[BroncoDawg]

Don't get 10" wide wheels, when you air down they are far more likely to come off the bead and they look like dog doo IMHO. More stability? bit of a stretch there.
Really ought to look at 16" rims because 15" tires are being phased out. If you look at the tire pages there are more 16" tire sizes available than for 15".

 

[Glass Pony]

What I was really concerned about was backspacing.
I heard it's more critical on the 76-77 disc brake D44 axle.