What size tires on 4kcsq

[Rave Racer]

    I've never heard of 175 70's being used on any VAG products that I know
of.  The stock size for my Jetta was the 185 65's but I prefered the 195
60's for summer use.  It is the agreed alternate size for the Jetta, Golf
and Scirroco with those rims.  I beleive the same goes with the 4k.  My Q
has 185 65's on there now because the 195 60's are more difficult to find
used.  If you have to deal with snow and slush during winter then I'd stick
with the narrower tires.  If not, then I'd go with the widest.  I guess I
should mention that I have the Ronal's on  the Audi, and the Knuckled alloys
on the Jetta.  I can't remember the size of the rims, but I think they're
the same, this may be important to know.

       Rave Racer
'89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX
 http://www.vwot.org/members/Pete.html
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
 http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
'72 Triumph GT6
 http://motorcities.com/contents/01I3H011116682.html
'83 Toyota Tercel (yoda)     Possible future Sandrail donor...  Maybe

----- Original Message -----
From: Smeins, Larry <lsmeins at ball.com>
To: 'Audi' <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:56 PM
Subject: What size tires on 4kcsq


I've started driving my bargain 87 4kcsq and am considering replacing the no
name tires that it has on its wheels.  Tire size came up when I noticed the
odometer is reading at least 5% more miles than I'm travelling, maybe even
higher than that but haven't done an accurate check, yet.  I looked in the
owners manual for tire size and could not find any info, did I look in the
wrong area?  The tire label in the gas filler cover says 175-70-14.  The car
has 195-60-14s and a car tire sizing website I checked said that is the
proper size.  If the car odometer is set up for the 175-70s the tire
difference would account for 5% error in the direction I'm seeing.  I'd
expect 60s on a CS quattro and judging from the speedo on my 5k Audi may not
be concerned with speedo/odo accuracy leading to no change in gearing for
tire size.  If the gearing is for the 175s I might go for 205-60s which
would closely match the diameter of the narrow tire, if the stock wheels are
wide enough.  What is the correct tire size and is the odometer gearing
correct for it?  I am looking for a quiet, good riding, good handling tire
with good all weather performance.  Michelin X-1s will probably be the tire
I choose.

Larry in Loveland, CO