[Chase Rath (70wss)]

I've made the decision that 15" steel wheels and dog dish hubcaps will look awesome on my new 70' Challenger ( keeps up with the basic racer image ), I have found a few sets of 15" steel wheels on Diplomats in the junkyards, I can get 4 for like $25 so I have plenty left over to get the rear wheels widened. My question concerns the hubcaps, do they have to be from 15" wheels?

[Jim Wilson (Jim)]

No they don't.
But you will find a decent set of 1970 style Dodge dog dish hub caps hard to find.

I'm not too sure that wheels from a diplomat will be OK: What year diplomat?
I've found big early 70's C bodies are a good source of 15" x 6.5" wheels.

[Chase Rath (70wss)]

Not sure of the year, it is one 80's cop car ones, I have read that these are good sources of HD rotors and calipers, so I guess that the wheels are Ok to use, they look just like old 70s steel wheels.

[Jim Wilson (Jim)]

Sounds OK. I reckon its worth trying a hub cap on the wheels to be sure they fit OK. Good luck.

[Larry M (Larrylava)]

I just learned that one of the wheels on my car
is 15 X 6 and the others 15 X 7.I measured the
rear tire to chrome molding and sure enough
one is closer than the other by bout an inch

Is this something I should correct immediately?
Any safety issues?
I drove the car without any problems last year
and didn't take the tires off so didn't notice
a previous owner told me of the mismatch.

Larry

[Christer (Christer)]

I do not think that the mismatch makes any big difference. The height of the tyres are more crucial, especially if you have different tyres on the rear axle and a limited-slip differential. This may cause increased wear on the limited-slip unit.