205/60 Snow Tires on Stock Rims?/correction

[Phil Rose]

At 10:58 AM -0500 2/28/05, Abe Berman wrote:
>Phil,
>
>Thanks for the advice.  I am considering running 195/65/15
>Hakkapelitta's on 200 10v basketweaves (narrower than BBS's on 20v),
>but those rims are pretty shot (a friend ran them for many years on
>his 200).  If this deal falls through, I may revert to that plan.
>
>New to the 200 fray, as I just moved on from my 4kq!
>Abe

Abe,
Ahh, I did really mean to say 195/65.

BTW I have a very nice (near perfect) set of 15" audi oem rims (15x6" 
et45) available for sale at a very reasonable price. The ad was in 
the audifans marketplace, but they appear to no longer list ads older 
than one month (what's with _that_?). These would be great for 195/65 
snows (unless you have UFO brakes). You can see photos here:
httm://www.phil-rose.com/audi_wheels

Contact me off-list if interested.

Phil



>
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:39:58 -0500, Phil Rose <pjrose at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>  At 10:17 AM -0500 2/28/05, Abe Berman wrote:
>>  >I need to replace the tires on my "new to me" 200tq 20v for state
>>  >inspection.  I have an opportunity to get a set of practically new
>>  >Hak's for $100 that are 205/60's as opposed to the stock 215/60's.  I
>>  >think they should fit ok and get me through the winter until I have
>>  >money for a set of summer tires that I plan to run on 16" AVUS rims.
>>
>>  Yes--they ought to be fine. Actually it's common to recommend even
>>  narrower, 195/60-15, for snow tires on this car, although perhaps the
>>  stock 7" rims would be a little wide for that tire size. In your case
>>  I wouldn't expect any problem.
>>
>>  Phil
>>  --
>>
>>  Phil Rose
>>  Rochester, NY
>>  mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net
>>


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Phil Rose
Rochester, NY
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