Just posting this info in case someone else wants to run these wheels.
I really like the look of these cars with 15" wheels but was thinking I wanted something a little different. "Everyone" running 15s have rally wheels (including me), looking at options, I really like the look of the 69 SS 396 5 spoke wheels. The catch is my car has Wilwood 12.19" rotors and 4 piston calipers at all four corners.
I bought a set, 15x8 with 5" backspace for the rear, 15x7 with 4-3/8" backspace for the front. These are Wheel Vintique wheels, the 5" backspace wheels have been discontinued, but I found some. Well, just mounting them up, they dont fit, they hit the calipers. I could get the rear to clear using a 3/8" spacer - that would give me right at 1/4" clear on the caliper. The front dont fit either. I could get them to clear the caliper with about a 1/4" clearance using a 5/8" spacer which has me worrying about them sticking out too far and creating tire rub/scrub. My gut feeling is the 4-1/2" backspace would fit the rear with no spacers. The fronts were the problem.
To me the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. I returned the wheels. These wheels are just too expensive to force them to fit. I may try the Pontiac Rally II, those were used on 67 Yenkos, but looking at pictures, it appears the SS 5 spoke and Pontiac Rally II use the same wheel hoop and just the center section is different, that is the problem so those may be a no-go with the Wilwood brakes also.
The Chevy Rallys fit fine with no spacers, so looks like I'll be sticking with them. The wheels will of course fit with stock brakes.
I really like the look of these cars with 15" wheels but was thinking I wanted something a little different. "Everyone" running 15s have rally wheels (including me), looking at options, I really like the look of the 69 SS 396 5 spoke wheels. The catch is my car has Wilwood 12.19" rotors and 4 piston calipers at all four corners.
I bought a set, 15x8 with 5" backspace for the rear, 15x7 with 4-3/8" backspace for the front. These are Wheel Vintique wheels, the 5" backspace wheels have been discontinued, but I found some. Well, just mounting them up, they dont fit, they hit the calipers. I could get the rear to clear using a 3/8" spacer - that would give me right at 1/4" clear on the caliper. The front dont fit either. I could get them to clear the caliper with about a 1/4" clearance using a 5/8" spacer which has me worrying about them sticking out too far and creating tire rub/scrub. My gut feeling is the 4-1/2" backspace would fit the rear with no spacers. The fronts were the problem.
To me the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. I returned the wheels. These wheels are just too expensive to force them to fit. I may try the Pontiac Rally II, those were used on 67 Yenkos, but looking at pictures, it appears the SS 5 spoke and Pontiac Rally II use the same wheel hoop and just the center section is different, that is the problem so those may be a no-go with the Wilwood brakes also.
The Chevy Rallys fit fine with no spacers, so looks like I'll be sticking with them. The wheels will of course fit with stock brakes.
