RiekusThomsen
Knuckle Buster
Hi guys, I know there's been countless discussions about wheel sizes on here and I've been trying to find the answer to my question in all related threads but it's beginning to turn into my slow decent into madness!
Now here's the thing, I bought a '62 Wagon recently (dream car for over a decade) which has a 283 sat in the engine bay almost ready to go, the Wagon came with a disc brake kit which I want to throw on there but I hear without spacers my 15" wheels won't fit over them. I'd rather get larger 16" wheels to go on there than spacers and it means I can get an ever so slightly higher top speed with its original T90 with larger tires which to me looks a little "cooler", whats unique about this I here you ask? Well I'm a 19 year old student living in the UK where there is 0% culture in Willys anything, apart from a little bit of WWII MB stuff and there's a small selection of WWII MB parts suppliers (mainly from Europe) which have 16" wheels, and I also happen to have a contact with a Willys Jeep friend who can help with parts (not local).
I'm wondering firstly if the MB wheels will fit on my Wagon, I believe the Wagons PCD is 5x5.5? I'm having a hard time finding the MB's PCD, and do bear in mind I'm looking at what seems to be reproduction welding rims, not the original combat wheels (see picture). Also am I right in think that 16" will clear the disc brake kit? And will 16" rims with BFG Mud Terrains KM2 fit in my rear arch...I'm pretty sure it will but I'd just like confirmation!
Any picture of Wagons with 16" rims would be fantastic as well just so I can see how it looks particularly in the rear! Cheers.
Now here's the thing, I bought a '62 Wagon recently (dream car for over a decade) which has a 283 sat in the engine bay almost ready to go, the Wagon came with a disc brake kit which I want to throw on there but I hear without spacers my 15" wheels won't fit over them. I'd rather get larger 16" wheels to go on there than spacers and it means I can get an ever so slightly higher top speed with its original T90 with larger tires which to me looks a little "cooler", whats unique about this I here you ask? Well I'm a 19 year old student living in the UK where there is 0% culture in Willys anything, apart from a little bit of WWII MB stuff and there's a small selection of WWII MB parts suppliers (mainly from Europe) which have 16" wheels, and I also happen to have a contact with a Willys Jeep friend who can help with parts (not local).
I'm wondering firstly if the MB wheels will fit on my Wagon, I believe the Wagons PCD is 5x5.5? I'm having a hard time finding the MB's PCD, and do bear in mind I'm looking at what seems to be reproduction welding rims, not the original combat wheels (see picture). Also am I right in think that 16" will clear the disc brake kit? And will 16" rims with BFG Mud Terrains KM2 fit in my rear arch...I'm pretty sure it will but I'd just like confirmation!
Any picture of Wagons with 16" rims would be fantastic as well just so I can see how it looks particularly in the rear! Cheers.