[s-cars] Re: can I run a 215/55R16 on my stock 5 spoke wheels forwinter

[Lee Levitt]

I ran 205/55 16"s briefly on my 16x8 wheels. They just looked wrong...the
wheel is way too wide for the tire and it stretched the sidewall out. I
don't know whether it was actually unsafe, but it sure didn't look normal.

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Djdawson2 at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 12:37 AM
> To: l.leung at juno.com; sola4est at yahoo.com
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> Subject: [s-cars] Re: can I run a 215/55R16 on my stock 5 spoke wheels
> forwinter
> 
> In a message dated 12/2/2004 6:36:37 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> l.leung at juno.com writes:
> 
> > Only if the tire mfg allows 205's on an 8" wide rim...
> > (not too many I know of aside from competition
> > tires). Most 205/55-16's I've seen (when shopping
> > for snows) require a max rim width of 7.5".
> >
> 
> Yes, they do offer recommended rim widths.  However, I've run them with no
> issue on both my 15x8 urq rims, as well as 16x8 S4 rims, never with any
> issue.
> The 215's could possibly cause a rubbing issue, since they have a larger
> diameter, but I don't have any direct experience with them.
> Dave in CO
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