[urq] Re: Winter Tire sizes

[Ed Kellock]

I'm aware of that and agree.

The stock size is 215 and the stock wheel is 8 inches wide.

I intend to use a 205 tire and 7.5-inch wide wheel.

It's not a lot narrower, but it is narrower.

The tire size 195/65-15 is not spec'd for a 7.5-inch wide wheel.  In
fact, I picked up a set of S4 winter package wheels (15x7.5 et40) some
time ago with 195/65's on them that had been run for a while.  It was
obvious by the wheel edge and the shoulders of the tire that this
combo was not good.  I intend to use some V8 flat-faced wheels which
are et35 instead of the S4 winter wheels, to stay closer to the stock
offset of et24 on the 15x8 Ronals.

Ed

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:43:00 EDT, cardconsys at aol.com <cardconsys at aol.com> wrote:
>      Ed, although it will not make a great deal of difference in your case
> it is generally better, if you have the choice, to use a narrower tire in
> the winter snow.
>      Martin Dapot
> 
>