[urq] Tires and premature aging!

[Schaible, David]

Then you need a new shop or just tell them it's on you.  What you really need to look out for in a tire that size is fenderwell interference.  You have the later 83 which should have the inside fenderwell edge rolled from the factory so hopefully it won't interfere but if the car is lowered a taller tire may cause some issues.   with the unavailability of tires someone should have the 215-60 on their car.  My car has the 8" ronals with h&R progressive springs and 215/50 and they clear everything ok since my fenderwell edges are rolled, and I think the springs drop the car 1.5" which should be greater than your tire radius difference but you might want to check that out before you drop $$.

David Schaible
JRS Pharma LP
2981 Rt. 22
Patterson, NY 12563
845.878.8343
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-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tony Lum
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:57 PM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] Tires and premature aging!

Guys,

The urq is going to need new tires this year.  The current 215-50-15 Kumhos (or any tire in this size) are NLA.  The size is also causing my speedo to run 5% too fast which is prematurely aging my urq ;^) I swapped in the engine and transmission from my '87 5kcstq (top gear is now .73 vs .78), so the correct tire size should be 205-60-15, but that is too narrow for the 8 inch Ronals.  I did runs using a gps to confirm the odometer readings.  The alternative would be a Fuchs wheel (15x7), but I just love how the 8 inch Ronals look.  215-60-15 is available, but now they would be 5% too tall and some shops might refuse to mount them.  I am upgrading the brakes to 300mm front and 269mm rear so that tire size shouldn't be an issue.

TIA,


Tony
'83 urq #302
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