[urq] winter tires

[Ed Kellock]

Thanks for the heads up.  When I first got the car it had 225/50's and
they would rub on the inside of the fender opening when turning.  I
have 215/50's on it now and no rub.

I don't know what my suspension is, I just know that's it's lower than
stock.  There are some ABT parts on the car which were installed long
ago I believe.  There's a boost knob and an ECU and a shift knob.  I
wonder if ABT had a suspension package then as well?

The 205/60's were the stock size until the 15x8 Ronals were used,
right?  I've assumed they would be fine, height-wise.  They are only
4/10's of an inch taller than the 225/50's and with the stock V8 wheel
being 15x7.5 et 35, the tire/wheel will intrude less deep into the
wheel well on this inside, by about 2/10's of an inch and on the
outside, they will be a little more than an inch further in from the
fender opening.  I suppose I should stick my head under there and see
if there are any visible clearance issue areas to get a better idea of
what I'm even talking about.

Thanks,
Ed

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 03:32:19 -0400, Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu> wrote:
> Careful with the 205/60s and H&Rs combined.  Mine rubbed on the harder
> bumps, even with Konis set on 4.  The rubbing was on the inside of the
> wheel well, directly fore of the top of the brake rotor.  Both sides.
> Now I have slightly shorter tires (225/50 I think) and they don't do
> it.  If you don't go over any hard bumps, you can probably get away with
> the 215/60s, but if you still want to do some sporty driving on them, I
> think I'd recommend something in a 50.
> 
> -Cheers!
> Mike Fitton
> 85 4KSQ
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> 
> Ed Kellock wrote:
> 
> >Here's the deal, I'm putting my V8q 5spd snow set on my the "new" v8q
> >that I bought for my girlfriend and I've never had a snow set for the
> >urq.  I want to buy a set of snows that I can use on either my V8 or
> >my urq.
> >
> >My urq is an '85 so the stock size is 215/50-15, but the earlier ones
> >had 205/60-15's.  The stock size on my V8 is 215/60-15.  The stock
> >wheel for my '85 is 15x8 et24, for the V8, 15x7.5 et35.
> >
> >My urq is lowered so the 205/60's would represent a lift of a bit more
> >than a half inch.  The other dimensions, using the stock V8 wheels,
> >would fall within the dimensions of the stock '85 urq tire/wheel
> >package.
> >
> >The difference in size for the V8 is negligible... just a minor
> >decrease in ride height and a 2% speedo difference, so I'm not really
> >concerned there.
> >
> >I don't see a downside either way really, but I'm polling the list
> >just in case I'm being short-sighted.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ed
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