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

[Larry C Leung]

Yeah, I've seen such a set-up, usually on low riders. Really
unsure of the safety, and yeah, I'd bet tire mfg's are being
conservative, but why risk it. My guess is that wheel well
clearance wouldn't be too much of an issue, even on a 
lowered S-car considering the stock tire size on the 200Q 20VT
was 215/60-15 and they have smaller wheel wells than the
C4 cars. 

LL - NY


On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:46:22 -0500 "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com> writes:
> 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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> > 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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