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Title: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: fc59special on November 16, 2005, 11:56:36 AM hi i have a nice standard fc special..Does anyone know how fat i can go with tyres on my white (original) rims?....i have 175's at the moment
Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: SRVLIVES on November 16, 2005, 12:16:35 PM 175's are about it I'm afraid.
Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: NascoHunter on November 16, 2005, 12:21:27 PM Hi,
You can fit a 185x80 on a standard rim which are the same height as a cross ply and they look great. Tony. Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: RET on November 16, 2005, 12:32:46 PM 175/70 is about the recommended limit on stock rims, but your local tyre bloke would know. Standard HR rims will take 185/80, which are a nice big tyre, not that much smaller than original "conventional" tyres. 175/70 have a significantly smaller rolling circumference, which will cause the speedo to over-report driving speed (and the motor to work harder to reach the same "real" speed).
What's wrong with 4" crossply tyres, anyway? Much more exciting ;D cheers RET [ Get caught up for 5 minutes doing something else and look how many replies appear whilst you're still composing. :-/ ] Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: fccool59 on November 16, 2005, 12:33:50 PM were do you find such a tyre.
I use 185/70/13 there used to be a 185SR but they dont seem to be around anymore, i had a torana rim sitting around that was 205/65, maybe thay are wider rims than FC. Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: RET on November 16, 2005, 12:37:52 PM I bought a set of ribbon whitewalled 185/80s from Torcu Tyres in Norfolk Street Greenacre for $100/corner about 12 months ago. They either had them in stock or got them from somewhere the same day.
cheers RET Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: oldgmh on November 16, 2005, 11:10:45 PM Ret - what brand tyres did you buy? I might try chasing some in Brisbane.
thanks ;D earlee Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: Martin on November 17, 2005, 12:48:56 PM I went to Beaurepaires asked them for something close to rolling diameter of the conventionals. They gave me 185/75R13. They seem to be pretty close. The speedo's as accurate as I could hope for out of a 46 year old car. Brand is SAVA 75 - never heard of them. Put them on the car to go to Jindabyne - no complaints.
Martin Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: fc59special on November 18, 2005, 10:51:14 PM thanks mate..ive got sava on my mrs honda they are good for the price...thanks again ill give them a go!!!
Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: RET on November 19, 2005, 01:04:02 AM earlee,
Sorry for the delay - remembered this morning when I parked the car to check the tyre brand :-/ They're labelled "SUMITOMO SC890 A/S" cheers RET Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: oldgmh on November 19, 2005, 02:10:56 AM thanks ret. I will see if I can get some. ;D
Title: Re: widest tyres for standard rims?? Post by: Johns on November 20, 2005, 12:59:01 AM I recently bought a set of Michelin MX 175 R13s, which are also coded 86T. These look nearly the same height as the crossplys I took off.
They weren't cheap though, about $140 each. These were the tallest I could find. Got them from Bob Jane. regards John :) |