Still haven't been overly happy with the rim size on the van... the 6X14 with 215/65's don't fill the front out in my opinion. I stumbled across another set of GTS locally in Geelong - a pair of 6X14's with white wall tyres and a pair of 8X15's. After seeing a Blue HJ for sale with a really nice stance a couple of weeks ago which had 14's on the front and 15's on the back, I'd thought I'd grab them and see what the van would look like with the current rears (8X14 with 245/50's) on the front and the 15X8's on the back. The tyres on the 15's are 205's and are really stretched on fit, but found a brand new 245/50/15 yokohama pretty cheap so got that fitted just to see how it would look.
The 14X 8's fit nicely under the front and fill out the guards, although it needs to be dropped 1.5 - 2 inches. Someone told me 6 cyl Torana springs will do the trick
The 15X8's have a big back space, about 5 1/2" as best I can tell. With that offset, the 245/60's would be the biggest tyre I could fit as there is very little clearance on the inside now. The 15's fill out the guards nicely (in my opinion) although I reckon a 15X8 with a 4 1/2 or 5" backspace would be best - then probably 265/50/15. Anybody have any thoughts about this or have done similar?
So might be back to the drawing board looking for some 15X8 rears I reckon
Now I've got a spare pair of 14X6 GTS rims and a pair of 15X8 - one with a 245/60 Yokohama 352 with 100% tread (still got the sticker on it). I'll probably stick these on eBay or throw them in the back and try to sell them at the All Holden Day in Geelong on 14th March
Cheers, Jez
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