[urq] tires and premature ageing

[Lino Valadas]

I'm following this thread with interest, because sooner or later I will need to replace the 225/50x15 Kuhmos that I have on 8J Ronals on my 83 Urq.

I was confused by Tony's comment.  If the factory recommend size for the Urq 8J is 215/50x15 how can the 225/50x15 be undersized?  If nothing else it would be oversize.  It does affect my speedometer to show a lower speed than what I'm actually traveling at.  Am I missing something?

Lino
83 Urq 900500

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> On Jan 17, 2014, at 7:32 PM, "Tony Lum" <tlum at flash.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Maybe special order only.  Their website has no tires in this size :(
>  225-50/15 would be last resort but 3.3% undersized.
>  215-60/15 are plentiful and just 1.9% oversized if they'll mount on the 15x8 Ronals.
> 
> Tony
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> ________________________________
> From: Steve B <urq at pacbell.net>
> To: John <johnkarasaki at msn.com> 
> Cc: audifans urq <urq at audifans.com> 
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] tires and premature ageing
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> 
> Odd, I was able to get a set of BFG tires in 215-50/15 for my car not that long ago.  I got them from America's Tire.  IIRC they are G Force Sport.
> 
> Steve Buchholz
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> John <johnkarasaki at msn.com> wrote:
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>> Are you seeing what I am? 12 tires and most of them competition tires are not plenty.
>> 
>> On Jan 16, 2014 2:41 PM, kleinbiker1 at aol.com wrote:
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>> I have a completely stock 85 urq with the factory 8" wide ronals.  I mounted Kuhmo 225-50-15 and they look great.  There are plenty of tires in that size.
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>> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?skipOver=true&width=225%2F&ratio=50&diameter=15
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Del Tergo, Mike <Mike.DelTergo at Bangor.com>
>> To: UrQ <UrQ at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 10:56 am
>> Subject: Re: [urq] tires and premature ageing
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>> This is a great site for figuring clearances with different tire and rim sizes.
>> As far as shops refusing to mount tires, my independent wrench is fine with it,
>> otherwise I'd bring in just the rims and tires and they have no reference point
>> without the car for making any oversized/undersized judgement.
>> 
>> http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size-Calculator
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>> http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator
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