Wheels/Tires for 89 200Q

[edkellock at juno.com]

Mine have the original Dunlop SP8000's and I have more clearance
than you mention.  That is surely nothing more than tire mfr's 
differences.

I haven't really looked at the rears.  I can share that when I picked
up the car in Wisconsin it had a set of snow tires/wheels in the trunk
and the rear shocks were/are very tired.  So it was loaded, fairly  
heavily, and suspension motions were exaggerated because of the
shocks.  I had no rubbing in the rear whatsoever.  I think the fender
lip is the only concern back there, right?

Ed
Colorado Springs

On Sat, 5 May 2001 14:33:41 -0400 Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com>
writes:
> I'm running A4 16 x 7 sport wheels and Kumho 712's 205/55-16s. There 
> is
> virtually NO clearance (about a credit card's worth) between the 
> steering
> knuckle and the inside of the front tires (could be cured by using 
> A8 16
> x 7's which are 37 mm offset vs 45mm) or by spacers. In the rear 
> there
> appears to be about 1/8 to 1/4 inch, BUT I've never fully loaded the 
> car
> to see if it's really as much as that. Due to the wear pattern I'm
> getting in the back, I'd hesitate trying to increase negative camber 
> to
> increase clearance, at least if I expect to either:         a) not 
> rotate tires
> every 1500 miles
>                         b) expect the tires to last more than 15K 
> miles
> So, with the limit seems to be about a 205 (maybe MAYBE a 215 tire, 
> with
> spacers up front and more negative camber in the rear with lots of
> experience in changing tires) on 16 x 17s 45 offset at least. My 
> BTDT.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> On Fri, 4 May 2001 08:51:50 -0600 "Ben Rush" <benrush at pi-si.com> 
> writes:
> >I just bought an 89 200Q, and want to replace the 15" BBS wheels 
> >(which are
> >in incredible shape) with either 16" or 17" wheels, tires.  I need 
> 
> >help
> >figuring out what fits.  I went to a few tire shops, and they know 
> 
> >what bolt
> >pattern I need (5x112), but aren't sure what offset will fit.  I 
> tried 
> >on a
> >set of chrome 17" wheels yesterday, and the control arm was in the 
> way 
> >(I
> >think they were like a 42 offset).  I've been looking at TT or S6 
> >wheelsets,
> >but don't know if they'll fit.  What have you tried?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Ben Rush
> >'89 200q
> >'86 4kcsq
> >
> >
>